Brakelight Modification

[rickdog]

I have a 97 banshee and I would like to install the brakelight. I have the actuator and the new light. How would I wire it to work?

[GrMeyer]

I have a 97 banshee and I would like to install the brakelight. I have the actuator and the new light. How would I wire it to work?

 

This is what I tell everyone I ride with. If your close to me and you see my rear tires lock up. It equals me stopping. But for the banshee to become street legal, it has the have a functioning break light. Thats what the MVD for Phoenix states. And a long list of other things. But should be interesting to figure out.

[bansheesandrider]

Get the wiring diagram for a 2002 or newer, it will show where Yamaha tapped into the harness when they added the brakelight in 2002. I believe that they spliced into the wire that feeds the headlight switch and the voltage regulator, it is the yellow wire coming out of the stator going to the headlight switch and has a blue wire spliced to it going to the voltage regulator.

[rickdog]

Get the wiring diagram for a 2002 or newer, it will show where Yamaha tapped into the harness when they added the brakelight in 2002. I believe that they spliced into the wire that feeds the headlight switch and the voltage regulator, it is the yellow wire coming out of the stator going to the headlight switch and has a blue wire spliced to it going to the voltage regulator.

 

 

Could I use a wire harness from a 2003? Is the brakelight feature the only difference in the harness?

[bansheesandrider]

Could I use a wire harness from a 2003? Is the brakelight feature the only difference in the harness?

You can use the 2003 harness if all the plugs are the correct type, which I think they are. Just take the harness to the bike and start comparing the connector plugs to what is on the bike, there will be some different ones due to the brakelight, but check the stator, CDI, headlight/run switch, key switch if you have one, to see if they are the same. The rest of the stuff should be the same.