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Here is some info about the electronics that Ben has put onto or modified on his Goldwing.

When you put LED indicators on, the original flasher can will no longer......uh...flash. The LED's do not draw enough current to allow the can to work as it was designed. You can defeat one of the main reasons for putting LED's on, and use load resistors to make the LED's appear to draw as much current as the globes, or, you can spend the 20 bucks and get the right flasher can and be done with it.

When it came to adding the front parkers / indicators, Ben found that the LEDs feed back into the system and kept the dash board indicator lights on all the time. This is because the parkers are on all the time, and only turn off when they are functioning as indicators. To get around this, you need to add a blocking diode. True, you get a .6 of a volt drop across it, but there is no difference in the brightness of the LED. The blue wire is the parker, the black and white is the indicator.

When fitting the HID globe into the new headlight, make sure the HID base is properly seated on the headlight base. Bens was not, and when he did up the wire clamp, the base snapped.

Here is what the HID globe looks like.

To make room for the high/low beam actuator, you need to take out a bit from the back of the faring.

Its not a lot, but it makes all the difference. The headlight shell still needs a small washer at the back, but it now works well, and the extra time is well worth it, as the HID now flicks from low to high in a nanosecond, and it really gets everyone's attention when you flash your lights at them!

Here is all the Type II radio stuff that Ben took out. Its simply too old to be useful.

The bike looks great with the new crystal headlight and driving lights. You can see some of the stuff that is now behind the indicators and in the faring.