How To Hot Wire Lights - Yamaha YFZ450 Forum : YFZ450, YFZ450R, YFZ450X Forums

2fast4uracingxc · 08-13-2006, 03:39 AM

im changing the start button and need to know if any of you have hard wired your lights if so i need to know what wires to jump i have the manual but electrical stuff confuses the shat out of me.i know you say just relocate the switch but i dont want to do that i just want the head lights on all the time so no need for the switch.any help would be great.i have somwhat of an idea but thats just enough to get in trouble.

**Duane** · 08-13-2006, 07:17 AM

To hotwire the lights you can wire together the yellow with red striped wire to the solid yellow wire. This is the highbeam circuit and the solid green wire is the lowbeam circuit (which is not needed).

Also if you want the rear brake light to be on while the quad is running you need to wire together the yellow with red striped wire (same wire as the headlight circuit) to the solid blue wire. Doing this will allow the rear light to be on and also allow the brake light to work when the brakes are applied.

If you DON'T want the brake light to be on while the quad is running you can eliminate this step but yet the brake light will still come on when the brakes are used because it's a differnt set of wires for this NOT located in the "cluster".

2fast4uracingxc · 08-13-2006, 02:07 PM

thank you that helps alot

RPyfz450 · 10-04-2006, 01:58 PM

Has anyone tried hooking up the headlights so the highbeams and low beams are on at the same time?

I'm told the system generates enough power for another 70 watts for lights on the A/C circuit and the high beams are only 60w.

**Duane** · 10-04-2006, 04:23 PM

That was an old post on mine and I've since learned that the high beams are both the low and high running together. Whoops...my bad.

RPyfz450 · 10-04-2006, 04:58 PM

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the high beams are both the low and high running together[/b]

Are you sure about that? I just looked at the wiring diagram, and it looks like high and low beams are never on at the same time.

**Duane** · 10-04-2006, 05:06 PM

I retract my previous post.

dsm4life-awd · 01-14-2012, 09:30 PM

I know its an old thread but Im redoing the last owner mess and he did wire the low(green), high (yellow) and brake day light (blue) to the main positive wire (yellow/red stripe) and everything was working and the lightning was really bright. Does the low and high where both on ? I guess so but hasn't tryed to disconnect one wire ...

One day cheking the headlight bulb one has a bubble forming on it and I wasn't able to remove it from the headlight assembly. Maybe last owner toutch the bulb who knows. Slamed some new xenon bulb and never had probleme yet.

08-13-2006, 03:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
2fast4uracingxc Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: fort wayne indiana Posts: 1,464	im changing the start button and need to know if any of you have hard wired your lights if so i need to know what wires to jump i have the manual but electrical stuff confuses the shat out of me.i know you say just relocate the switch but i dont want to do that i just want the head lights on all the time so no need for the switch.any help would be great.i have somwhat of an idea but thats just enough to get in trouble. __________________ good old 04 still knockin em down

08-13-2006, 07:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Duane Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,943	To hotwire the lights you can wire together the yellow with red striped wire to the solid yellow wire. This is the highbeam circuit and the solid green wire is the lowbeam circuit (which is not needed). Also if you want the rear brake light to be on while the quad is running you need to wire together the yellow with red striped wire (same wire as the headlight circuit) to the solid blue wire. Doing this will allow the rear light to be on and also allow the brake light to work when the brakes are applied. If you DON'T want the brake light to be on while the quad is running you can eliminate this step but yet the brake light will still come on when the brakes are used because it's a differnt set of wires for this NOT located in the "cluster". __________________ My photography website---->http://duanenoblick.zenfolio.com/ "Live as if you were to die tommorow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Ghandi

08-13-2006, 02:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
2fast4uracingxc Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: fort wayne indiana Posts: 1,464	thank you that helps alot __________________ good old 04 still knockin em down

10-04-2006, 01:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
RPyfz450 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,181	Has anyone tried hooking up the headlights so the highbeams and low beams are on at the same time? I'm told the system generates enough power for another 70 watts for lights on the A/C circuit and the high beams are only 60w. __________________ Read why YFZRIDER9 can't be trusted. <span style="color:blue">2004 YFZ450

10-04-2006, 04:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Duane Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,943	That was an old post on mine and I've since learned that the high beams are both the low and high running together. Whoops...my bad. __________________ My photography website---->http://duanenoblick.zenfolio.com/ "Live as if you were to die tommorow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Ghandi

10-04-2006, 05:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
Duane Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13,943	I retract my previous post. __________________ My photography website---->http://duanenoblick.zenfolio.com/ "Live as if you were to die tommorow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Ghandi

01-14-2012, 09:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
dsm4life-awd Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 52	I know its an old thread but Im redoing the last owner mess and he did wire the low(green), high (yellow) and brake day light (blue) to the main positive wire (yellow/red stripe) and everything was working and the lightning was really bright. Does the low and high where both on ? I guess so but hasn't tryed to disconnect one wire ... One day cheking the headlight bulb one has a bubble forming on it and I wasn't able to remove it from the headlight assembly. Maybe last owner toutch the bulb who knows. Slamed some new xenon bulb and never had probleme yet.

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