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sorting out electrical
- Thread starter Ronnie_D
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Is your bike a 1977 by any chance? That year had a resistor as part of the Reserve Lighting Device circuit. Its really of little value for everyday running of your bike, and many lads remove the RLD. It has to do with switching the High or Low beam on if the other beam fails.
yes it is a 1977. I would like to keep the safety feature for the headlight. I don't have my wiring harness yet. Do you know where it mounts on the bike?
thanks,
Ronnie_D
I think it mounts under the coils. See post 422 in this thread, there's a pic .....
http://www.xs650.com/threads/my-60th-birthday-present.47639/page-22
For a definitive answer, ask Mailman, that's his bike in the thread.
http://www.xs650.com/threads/my-60th-birthday-present.47639/page-22
For a definitive answer, ask Mailman, that's his bike in the thread.
thank you, I see Mailman's pics and yes it is under the coils. I found the bolt hole on my frame for it for it too!
cheers,
Ronnie_D
As mentioned that is a resistor and it was used in conjunction with RLU. When the RLU senses when one element blows it use that resistor to light the other headlight beam partially. The RLU also turns on a headlight failure indicator on the dash.
When you install the wiring harness it plugs into a matching plug on the harness. The harness only gives you enough wire to easily reach where it mounts.
You can keep it and use it or just make a jumper for the harness plug.
Leo
When you install the wiring harness it plugs into a matching plug on the harness. The harness only gives you enough wire to easily reach where it mounts.
You can keep it and use it or just make a jumper for the harness plug.
Leo
