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Originally Posted by thedrewski86
Probably the best alternative in my mind is to quit screwing around with this stupid thing and ride it. It's running great and the new charging system is working perfectly; the only issue is the headlight doesn't work. I can get 12v to the light w/o going through that stupid junction box and possibly fried relay.
Not to mention, I don't like how the stock relay controls the headlight. I would rather run a relay that turns the headlight on with the ignition. I have the 12v accessory source right there at the front of the bike. I can run a simple relay from that w/ an inline fuse to the blue/yel wire at the 9pin connector under the tank, then use the brown ign wire to signal the relay. Done. And I would consider that an improvement.
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The reason why head light run directly off alternator is due to high amp draw as you want to keep amp draw down to min for starting and law req the headlight to be on at all times with the engine running that is why their setup this way with small battery or direct connection off large battery.
The ignition switches were not designed to handle that kind of amperage load and P.S. once the bike has started the relay switch to on precision and head light switch over to battery as long you leave ignition switch in the on position and use the kill switch to stop the engine.