Wiring a SP DT toggle for headlight switch

[goatrider]

I've seen the original thread regarding this but I can't seem to get mine to work. I bypassed the og handlebar switch harness and my lights work, but once I try putting the toggle in there I get nothing. I wired black (hot) to center post on switch, then yellow and green to either side. I get nothing. PLEASE someone tell me what I'm doing wrong.

It's a 1980 XS1100G.

 

[xjwmx]

my lights work, but once I try putting the toggle in there I get nothing.

just put the switch in the ground to the light. Then you don't have to mess with high and low beams. Easy Japanesey.

 

[goatrider]

just put the switch in the ground to the light. Then you don't have to mess with high and low beams. Easy Japanesey.

If I do that, once inspection time comes I won't pass.

 

[xjwmx]

^If you say so.

 

[goatrider]

In NC I have to switch between beams during my inspection.

 

[xjwmx]

^Putting the switch in the bulb ground wire will still let you do that. A spst switch will work too, just on and off position.

 

[goatrider]

Okay so with the most layman's terms possible, how do I do this? I'm 100% new at wiring.

 

[xjwmx]

Like this.

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

" I wired black (hot) to center post on switch" - " It's a 1980 XS1100G."

Is black 'hot' on those? What color is 'switched hot' or 'ignition'?

 

[goatrider]

Black is ground. This is all in the headlight bucket. Like I said I'm really new to this. Also, yellow is high beam, green turns into white after harness and is low.

 

[goatrider]

All that did was turn my light on and off.

 

[xjwmx]

Ah, ok. Do you want one direction on the switch to be hi and the to be lo? For some reason I thought you were trying to add a switch to turn it off and on,

 

[goatrider]

Yeah that's what I'm trying to do. I read it could be done with one side being high, middle being off, the other being low.

 

[xjwmx]

Give me a sec and I'll draw something up.

 

[xjwmx]

Here's one.

 

[goatrider]

Okay cool. I know my 12 volts are supposed to come from my relay, but what wire should I be looking for coming out of there? The only ones in the guts of my og switch were yellow, green, yellow/blue, and green/blue. I put the y and y/b together and the g and g/b together.

 

[goatrider]

Can I just run any wire from an open spot in the relay harness to my headlight, and use it?

 

[xjwmx]

It's an xs1100, so I don't know what you have. You could run the 12 volts from the battery and it would work. Or from the switched side of the relay you're talking about.

 

[goatrider]

Where should I ground the black wire?

 

[xjwmx]

^To some other ground inside the bucket.