billday
XS400 Enthusiast
Just installed a "Matchbox" headlight relay from CU Layer.
Here's the product: http://culayer.com/products.htm (scroll down for the Matchbox)
When you click on the link it looks like it's not available. But email the address on the website and he'll whip one up for you within a day or two. It's $45 including postage. It's very tidily put together and comes with 18 (!) pages of instructions and theory.
The install was easy and there's plenty of room for it in the bucket.
My other bike has Eastern Beaver's relay kit, but that's too big to fit in the XS bucket.
Why install a headlight relay? (1) It makes your headlight brighter, because the juice is not traveling through the switch (and smaller wires) on the handlebar. (2) It might make your switchgear last longer, because it reduces the amount of current passing through there.
Here's the product: http://culayer.com/products.htm (scroll down for the Matchbox)
When you click on the link it looks like it's not available. But email the address on the website and he'll whip one up for you within a day or two. It's $45 including postage. It's very tidily put together and comes with 18 (!) pages of instructions and theory.
The install was easy and there's plenty of room for it in the bucket.
My other bike has Eastern Beaver's relay kit, but that's too big to fit in the XS bucket.
Why install a headlight relay? (1) It makes your headlight brighter, because the juice is not traveling through the switch (and smaller wires) on the handlebar. (2) It might make your switchgear last longer, because it reduces the amount of current passing through there.
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