Recent content by xaphod

hi y'all so after tapping into the right forward-facing side light and having my accursed multimeter still telling me 24V, i decided my meter is toast and just plugged in the GPS anyways. Seems to work ok :) thanks very much for the help!!!

OK so obviously my powers of observation aren't that great -- I took off the inner (black) fairing of my fazer and discovered that alongside the two headlamps are two MORE forward-facing lights! Durrrh didn't see'em before. So -- I plan to splice into one of these forward-facing side light...

Ah - light bulb moment - when you say "directional", you mean the turn indicators. NOW I got it ... thx I will go have a look later this week. My bike almost certainly has no mod on it - probably everything stock... so will follow the wire up from the directional and tap from there. :thumbup:

Thanks so much for the help. When you say "the directional plug, plugs into the main harness" -- the site of the tap -- do you mean where the wire plugs into the actual bulb on the right side, or somewhere else? sorry, am totally not familiar with this bike (yet)

Townsends, that looks perfect -- i've never heard of a posi tap before, now I will hunt for one (here in Switzerland). Where exactly did you tap the right headlamp wire? If that is shown in one of your thumbnails, then I did not understand where the tap on the headlamp wire is. My GPS is 12V...

Hi Mikesova Thanks -- yeah that is exactly what i WOULD do, if I wanted to hook up more than just my GPS, and also wanted always-on power. But, I only want the GPS powered when the ignition is on (or engine running -- either is fine). I also don't want to connect things directly to the battery -...

The Garmin unit has a battery so it is fine to be only active when engine running. How would you suggest piggybacking on the headlight - right where the plug goes into the bulb?

Hi all New to the forum, new to Yamaha - bought a 2009 Fazer 600 (abs, "S2" - in europe after all) a couple days ago. On my last bike I had a garmin gps mounted, with a fuse-hijacker thing that took the 12V from the fusebox directly. I had a look at this method on the Fazer but the fuses are...