hockeyredneck14
Junior Member
So the other day I was riding my bike on the interstate for a couple of hours, and when I got off the interstate I stalled at a red light. When I went to start it the battery was dead. I had to do a push start to get it out of the intersection, and then I pulled into a parking lot and realized that my high beams were on.
The modifications that I have done to my bike that involve electrical components are: truegel battery that is new this year, Heated grips, cigarette lighter, gear light indicator, denali D2 headlights, air horn, and I modified the stock headlights so that both lights are on low at the same time. I did this by finding a totaled bike with the H4 bulb in it, cut the plug to the headlight off, pulled the wire out of the plug on the top (where it is missing on the h4 bulb on our bikes, and is why we only have one low beam), and then ran the wire to the power wire on the low beam light. This was pretty quick and easy.
By doing this both lights are on low beam, and then the high beam works as normal.
I did this headlight modification a few months ago when i installed the denali's, and have had zero problems running the both sets of lights on low, with the heated grips commuting to and from work which is 10 minutes each way.
When my battery died on me the other day, I was not running any of my accessories, only the high beams were on for a couple of hours. could my high beams really be taking so much juice that it would kill the battery even at higher rpms? Also I ran the bike for another half an hour after i got it started again at the intersection, with my headlights on low, and it has been starting fine ever since. Any thoughts or information would be appreciated.
The modifications that I have done to my bike that involve electrical components are: truegel battery that is new this year, Heated grips, cigarette lighter, gear light indicator, denali D2 headlights, air horn, and I modified the stock headlights so that both lights are on low at the same time. I did this by finding a totaled bike with the H4 bulb in it, cut the plug to the headlight off, pulled the wire out of the plug on the top (where it is missing on the h4 bulb on our bikes, and is why we only have one low beam), and then ran the wire to the power wire on the low beam light. This was pretty quick and easy.
By doing this both lights are on low beam, and then the high beam works as normal.
I did this headlight modification a few months ago when i installed the denali's, and have had zero problems running the both sets of lights on low, with the heated grips commuting to and from work which is 10 minutes each way.
When my battery died on me the other day, I was not running any of my accessories, only the high beams were on for a couple of hours. could my high beams really be taking so much juice that it would kill the battery even at higher rpms? Also I ran the bike for another half an hour after i got it started again at the intersection, with my headlights on low, and it has been starting fine ever since. Any thoughts or information would be appreciated.
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