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Wiring up the Front Fender Running Light on a Rushmore Ultra Limited

  • grahamjb
    grahamjb
    10 years ago

    I decided to connect the front fender running light on my 2014 Ultra and here are a few pics if anywants to do the same

    1. Remove the driving lights and indicator assy's by undoing the chrome Acorn nuts and then rest the assy on the crash bar or unplug the leads if you want to.

    2. Remove the outer batwing fairing by undoing the 2 x Torx screws on each side, the three that hold the windscreen in position and unplug the headlight connector from the headlight and then the fairing can be removed.

    3. Looking from the front of the bike, the fender tip running light connector is the outermost connector on the RHS and is shown unplugged in the photo below

     

    4. I fitted a two pin Deutsch plug to the cable and spliced the end of the Deutsch plug lead to the headlight connector. You have a few options when you splice into the headlight cable because you can connect it to run on high beam, low beam or on all of the time. I decided to have it on all of the time and connected it to the black (earth) and blue (constant 12 volts). A photo of the Deutsch plug is shown below

     

     


     


    Put everything back together and you now have the running light working on the front fender/mudguard

     
     


  • Steve L
    Steve L
    10 years ago
    its got me fucked why HD didn't do that standard, same with the tri bar light.
  • grahamjb
    grahamjb
    10 years ago
    Australian licencing requirements don't allow it to the best of my knowledge so they leave the factory with the circuits disabled
  • FLHuTChU
    FLHuTChU
    10 years ago
    I thought its cause we are not supposed to have any coloured constant light other than white at the front of a vehicle in OZ.
  • Steve L
    Steve L
    10 years ago
    not sure about either of those reasons but I know when I was running my own truck I got done for having an extra auxiliary not working. They told me that even though the light was extra if its there it must work, wonder why that doesn't happen with Harleys.
  • springsure88
    springsure88
    10 years ago
    The CVO limited has an operating fender light.
  • Chaser
    Chaser
    10 years ago
    Mine also has this light on all of the time - I'm looking at disconnecting it. It looks yellow ish when compared to the new headlight design. I can almost reach it up under the fairing, but only with one hand. I can see I will have to remove the fairing to do it properly. I've hated that light since day 1!!!
  • springsure88
    springsure88
    10 years ago


  • Krackers60
    Krackers60
    10 years ago
    Personally I like the fender tip light. If the light is not as bright as the other lights can you brighten it up?
  • Chaser
    Chaser
    10 years ago
    I disconnected my fender light today - super easy too. Couldn't handle the yellow tinge.