Installing an AdMore Lighting product on your bike is fairly easy and most of our customers do the installation themselves. We often say “if you have a tool kit and patience you can do it!”. There is nothing difficult about the installation – particularly if you know which wires to tap. But how do you know which wires to tap? Here are the common ways to figure it out:
- Refer to a shop manual for your specific bike
- Check on forums
- Use a multi-meter
- Send a request to AdMore Lighting (we keep a database of wire colors for hundreds of bikes including nearly all makes and many models and years of bikes)
- Refer to the general motorcycle make wire colors below
- Process of elimination technique (more details below)
BMW
Tail: Inconsistent across models and years (on late model BMWs, should not be used to power any accessory – use the BMW accessory plug instead)
Brake: Typically, Yellow with a Gray stripe (sometimes with yellow dots too!)
Left Turn Signal: Blue with a colored stripe
Right Turn Signal: Blue with a colored stripe
Ground: Brown
CAN-AM SPYDER
Tail: Orange
Brake: White
Left Turn Signal: Gray with a Pink stripe
Right Turn Signal: Brown with a Yellow stripe
Ground: Black
DUCATI
Tail: Yellow
Brake: Gray with Red stripe
Left Turn Signal: White with Black stripe
Right Turn Signal: White with Green stripe
Ground: Black
HARLEY DAVIDSON
Tail: Blue
Brake: Red with a Yellow stripe
Left Turn Signal: Purple
Right Turn Signal: Brown
Ground: Black
HONDA
Tail: Brown with White stripe
Brake: Green with Yellow stripe
Left Turn Signal: Orange
Right Turn Signal: Light Blue
Ground: Green
KAWASAKI
Tail: Red
Brake: Blue
Left Turn Signal: Green
Right Turn Signal: Gray, Green or White
Ground: Black with Yellow stripe
KTM
Tail: On late model KTM’s, use “ACC2”)
Brake: White with Green stripe
Left Turn Signal: Purple
Right Turn Signal: Black
Ground: Brown
SUZUKI
Tail: Gray
Brake: White with Black stripe
Left Turn Signal: Black
Right Turn Signal: Light Green
Ground: Black with White stripe
YAMAHA
Tail: Blue
Brake: Yellow
Left Turn Signal: Brown
Right turn Signal: Green
Ground: Black
The Process of Elimination Technique
- Determine the color of the Ground wires on your bike (this will be the most common wire color that you see on your bike – you will find this wire color at every bulb on your bike)
- The left turn signal Positive wire will be the other wire color going to your left signal bulb
- The right turn signal Positive wire will be the other wire color going to your right signal bulb
- There are generally 3 wires going into the tail section (one is Tail, one is Brake and the third is the Ground wire). You have a 50/50 chance of guessing which wire is Tail and which is Brake. If you guess right the first time, your light kit will work as expected. If you guess wrong, the tail light function on your light kit will not work and the turn signals will only work when you apply the brakes. This is your clue that you guessed wrong (don’t buy a lottery ticket today!). Simply flip these two wires around and you will be all set!