The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Tv on January 29, 2010, 01:27:03 AM
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G'day, Im struggling along with the 81 and at the 'wiring delete' stage. My bike has a hazard light swithch on the dash and I need help with modifying the loom
http://www.suraklyn.com/r65_forum_gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0
From the direction of the indicator relay are green/purple, yellow/blu, brown going into the plug
coming from the plug is blue/red, blue/black, green/yellow
Question - if I want to rid of the plug. I have the wiring diagram in the handbook but cant find any reference to hazard light swithc
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Tony
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i've checked both my OEM BMW manual , and the BMW Twins Owners Workshop Manual, and neither list the hazard light as you've noticed, but both have a wire from left and right flashers going to a connector that goes nowhere. The wire colours for this plug are the same, blue/black and blue/red. the OEM manual liosts this connector as left handlebar connector (red) as opposed to left connector (Black)
I would have thought you could just pull the plug off the back of the hazard switch and your indicators would still work, try it and see what happens. I suspect the switch is joining the two sides (left and right) via diodes inbuilt in the switch.
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TV, I hold you responsible....
out of curiosity i went out to the bike and pulled the plug on my hazard switch and everything still worked (indicators, not hazard)
Did I mention i also have a 81 R65.
However in doing so i lost my neutral light.
I went straight to the switch and tried o short it out, still didn't work.
Then i thought Whet was the last thing I did that may have caused this.
I removed the cover underneath the dash and yes I have a loose wire. Aaargh. Too hard to fix right now, and it's only a neutral light, so I wriggled it into the right pplace where it worked put it on my to do list, and bolted everything back up. It's loose in the plug, or it's a loose socket on the plug. either way it's not a 5 second job.
John
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Aaah Huh!! Yes the actual swithch is big so it might be as you say. Upon closer inspection I think I may be able to conceal the switch and all the wiring, relocating the switch under the seat. I'm going to install a Vapour Instrument Panel hence the reason for asking the first question.
I'm getting better at understanfding wiring diagram but tomorrow I get a big magnifying glass as the old eyesight is crap even with these spectacles.
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Sorry Darwin I hadn't read your second post. Sorry, sorry to make you bike sh_t itself. Promise I won't do it again
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Perhaps this gallery of images from the installation manual will help you.
If you can remove it from your bike without hurting anything (cutting it up), there could be someone here willing to pay money for it.
http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/4_way_flashers