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Welcome to this week’s CruiserCustomizing Run Turn brake Controller Tip of the Week.
Last week we installed these large silver bullets here around the back of this VTX 1300
Retro, and as you were able to see in that installation, it was extremely simple to plug
these into the rear fender rail. This week I’m going to show you how, for under eighty
bucks, you can turn the rear of your book into a run-turn brake system, with the flashing
tail-light.
We’ve got three different kits here from Kuryakin, they come for just about every motorcyle.
You’ve got the 4710 which we’ll install on this bike today, which covers all of the
metric models, it’s basically a splicing unit, super-simple to do, and I’m going
to show you how to make that happen.
You’ve got the 4613 that fits all of the roadstars V-stars and we have the 4610 that
actually covers this model and most of the VTX models, but it is a plug and play unit,
no need to splice anything.
So today I’m going to show you how to install one of the most difficult one of these units.
But before I do that, I need to swap these clear lenses out for red lenses. Come on in
and take a look at how simple that process is.
And we’re going to go ahead and remove this screw right here in the front.
Go ahead and pop out the clear lense.
Set this back up. And... reinstall our screw.
Got the right, got the left, now that we flash red in the back, it’s time to tear this
motorcycle down and install the run-turn brake controller.
And this here is the KY 4710. This has all of the pieces necessary to be able to install
this on just about any metric cruiser. As you can see they’re all labeled for each
of the specific wires that we need to tap into. This here is the load equalizer in case
you’re running LEDs. So this is the most difficult of these three units from Kuryakin,
and I’m going to show you how simple it really is to install.
On this particular install the first thing we’re going to do is we’re going to have
to locate the bunch of wires that come from the rear up to where the fuse box is. And
here on this VTX I’m going to remove the side-cover and then back in between the frame
and all the electrical components I’ve got this rubber boot. Now if I slide this rubber
boot up, I’m going to find all of the wires necessary for my run, my turn, and my brake.
So now I’m going to go ahead and follow the instructions in this manual, so come on
in and take a look as we install this unit.
So I just got done testing all these wires. The orange wire here is my left turn, blue
wire is my right turn, the brown is my tail-light, so what I’m going to do now is, this is
the input, these are the wires that are connected to the stock harness that goes towards the
battery, and then this section here on the end is my output, this is the side that goes
directly to my tail-light and turn-signals.
So what I’m going to do now is, I’m going to cut each of these wires, and I’m going
to fix one of these spades to the end so that they co-ordinate with each of these pieces
on my run-turn brake controller. You see the input for the right turn, left turn, brake,
we’re going to get all of these cut so I can plug these here on the input and then
these here on the other side are going to plug into the output.
[action video]
So these connectors run directly to the main frame of the motorcyle and these other wires
come from the turn signals and tail-lights in this direction. So on the input I’m going
to go ahead and take this brown one here, which is my right turn, which was my blue
wire, according to what we figured out earlier, so I’m going to go ahead and plug this one
in. Just like so.
This next one here is going to be my blue, which is my power, which is going to be my
rear tail-light, it’s going to be this one right here, just like that.
Next one here is going to be the output brake, which we figured out was that green striped
wire, and the last one here we have is the left turn, which we dictated as the orange
wire earlier, alright.
Now we’re pushing each of these and you’re going to hear a snap sound, and that’s perfect.
So now we have this side of the run-turn brake controller connected, now we go to the wires
that come from the back of the motorcycle, put their connectors on so we can put them
on the output portion of this run-turn controller.
[action video]
Okay, so here we can see that we have all of the input and all of the output wires connected
here with this Kuryakin unit, what I’m going to do now is I’m going to do two things,
the first is I’m going to go ahead and plug both of these ground wires, both the input
and the output, into this chassis ground bolt right up here, the instructions implicitly
say Do not connect to the existing groundwire that comes out of your wire harness. These
must be chassis mounted.
Okay, so now I’ve got both the ground wires hooked up here to the chassis. What I’m
going to do now is I’m running LEDs up front. So I’m going to go ahead and connect this
load equalizer into the socket provided. And that should take care of the fast flashing
that I would get if I were to turn the bike on without the load equalizer.
Got the key that gives us running lights on all three. We’ve got the running light and
the tail light and both of the turn signals.
There you go! The installation of the 4710 from Kuryakyn. Extremely simple. A couple
wires to cut and splice into, but it’s really not that bad.
Now that we’ve got everything hooked up with our flashing brake-light, let’s go
ahead and cut the lights and take a look and see what this looks like in the night-time.
Here we’ve got the running lights. Left-turn. Right-turn. And now, a modulating brake light.
This Kuryakyn 4710 Unit is super-simple to install and if you own a VTX or Yamaha, the
plug and play units are even simpler.