2002 Wiring

[smartsshee22]

I am in the process of going through my wiring harness on a 2002 shee and I would like to remove the wiring that makes the brake light come on when the pedal and levers are pressed. I have already removed the brake switches from the front and rear brake levers. I just need to remove the excess wires now in the harness. I have done searches, but all I have found is the wiring diagrams for the older shees. My taillight also has three wires instead of the two listed in those diagrams. My cdi and electronics are all relocated up front behind the radiator and I am trying to shorten the harness as well so a really good wiring diagram for the 2002 would be great. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Snopczynski]

just trace back the tailight and switch connector circuits and gut out the wiring. Your rear light has 3 wires cause its a brake light and a tail light.

[smartsshee22]

just trace back the tailight and switch connector circuits and gut out the wiring. Your rear light has 3 wires cause its a brake light and a tail light.

I have the harness unwrapped and exposed now. I have a solid blue, solid black and a solid yellow coming off the taillight. Blue runs all the way to the dimmer switch, yellow runs into the related connectors for the lever switches and then taps into a yellow/red wire which runs to the dimmer switch. Yellow from the stator is also tapped into that series of yellow wires. Black of course is ground. Which circuit/wiring do I eliminate to just run the brake light and not the taillight? Thanks again for the assistance.

[Snopczynski]

you said in the first post that you didn't want the brake light.

[smartsshee22]

you said in the first post that you didn't want the brake light.

Sorry, my bust got the two confused. I do not want the brake light function to work. I still want the taillight to stay on though when the lights are on. Sorry bout that.

[nunyabinness]

i'm just curious as to why you would not want the brake light to come on.

 

and i am going to guess that it is the yellow wire that you want to eliminate to get rid of the brake light function. the reason i am guessing that is because the older banshee tail lights (non brake light) have the blue wire and the black wire.

 

i'm not familiar with how the brake light banshees are set up. i'm guessing that you have a three-wire plug for your brake light? hence why you don't just unplug one wire??? like i said it's just a guess.

[Snopczynski]

I got rid of my brake light and put on a led tail light also. Do you have a digital multi meter or a test light?

[smartsshee22]

I got rid of my brake light and put on a led tail light also. Do you have a digital multi meter or a test light?

The main reason that I am getting rid of it was because i got a new rear brake pedal and it did not have the little bracket on it for the brake light switch linkage. i guess that I could wire it up like the older shees. The only concern was the yellow wire coming off the stator is tapped into the yellow wire running back to the tailight. On the older shees it goes straight into the dimmer switch. The shee is torn down right now for the off season so I can go through it and get rid of all the gremlins so I cant start it to experiment with the lighting wiring. I was thinking about putting on an led tailight as well. Yes, i do have a multimeter.

[Snopczynski]

With the way you described it being wired now the tail light would be on all the time. Are you sure your not mistaking the tail light wire with the voltage regulator wire?

[Banshee 79]

Sorry, my bust got the two confused. I do not want the brake light function to work. I still want the taillight to stay on though when the lights are on. Sorry bout that.

 

Looking at the wiring diagram in the clymer's manual the yellow wire should be your brake lights, green wire is your taillights, black wire is your ground. Working from the brake light forward you should be able to remove the yellow wire from the brake light to the front & rear brake light switches. On the other side of the brake light switches there is a yellow/red wire that runs to your magneto, voltage regulator, and handlebar light switch. Hope that helps, if you had a wiring diagram in front of you it would probably be a hell of alot easier.

Edited August 1, 2007 by Banshee 79

[smartsshee22]

Looking at the wiring diagram in the clymer's manual the yellow wire should be your brake lights, green wire is your taillights, black wire is your ground. Working from the brake light forward you should be able to remove the yellow wire from the brake light to the front & rear brake light switches. On the other side of the brake light switches there is a yellow/red wire that runs to your magneto, voltage regulator, and handlebar light switch. Hope that helps, if you had a wiring diagram in front of you it would probably be a hell of alot easier.

Thanks 79 that was exactly what I was looking for. The one wire is blue though not green, but I see what you are referring to so I will work that tonight. Thanks again.

[Banshee 79]

Thanks 79 that was exactly what I was looking for. The one wire is blue though not green, but I see what you are referring to so I will work that tonight. Thanks again.

 

No Prob. yea the one wire it shows green at the Brake/Tail light, then it shows blue at the handlebar light switch, I guess it changes at a connector or something. Hope ya get it figured out.