Ducati Monster Forum

Well i went down to Pep Boys today to get some new spark plugs and while i was there i noticed a couple of dual headlights (technically made for off-roading i think) but they were like $40 so i figured i would try them out and see what i could come up with.  So this is pretty much what i did:

1.  removed original headlight
2.  connected all the wires etc. from the box together with the new lights and hooked them up to the battery
3.  each light came with a bracket so i just bolted that to the existing light bracket

The whole setup has its own on/off switch.  So the system is basically setup up completely separate of the bike (ie. if you push the bright light button on the handlebar nothing will happen)

My question is:  Being hooked up to the battery separate from the rest of the bike, will it run the battery down or weaken it at all?

I'll try to get some pics up later tonight if anyone is interested.

You should be ok as long as you run it though the fuse box.  Plus then you can set it up to turn on when you start the bike.

I wanna see this.

^you're not the only one ;D

cut and splice the connection into your current lamp setup and you wont need to deal with a on and off switch.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2352/2535535806_912baa0eef.jpg?v=0)

The yellow arrow points to the black connection on the battery, the green arrow to the red connection (which runs through a fuse box that came with the headlights) and connects to a relay, which has a 3-pin plug that connects to the on/off switch and a couple more sets of wires that connect to the lights. 

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2535536064_ecb0b6d6f3.jpg?v=0)

Black arrows point to the lighting brackets.  They came with their own bracket which i just bolted to the original light bracket.  The yellow arrows show the wires that come from the lights, they go back and connect to the relay.

I'm not real good with electrical stuff.  So this setup allows me (separate from the bike controls) to have the dual headlights.  Really i dont know how to connect it to the bike fuse box or where to cut and splice the connection into the original lamp setup.

So does anyone think this will work?  How about the battery?  If it doesnt its no big loss, just a return trip to pep boys.

those look like angel eyes....... nice [thumbsup]

hope that fuel tank was almost empty though :-\

I installed those on my bike. they are hella opti-something right? I wired it up directly to the original headlamp connection, they are only 55watt each, and the angel eyes get powered by the parking light bulb. They dont have a high beam feature because they were H3s, and dual H3s arent even close to being bright enough for night time riding. I wired them so 1 is on in normal, and both are on during high beam. it will be fine since my new duals have dual H4s, they run 100watt x  2 in high beam mode and i haven't blown a fuse yet

If you need help wiring them up to your original switch, PM me or something. I can almost guarantee you, you will forget to turn them off and you will be stranded unless you wire a relay onto something else on your bike.

Is it bad to lift the tank like that??? Gas overflow???

Looks good. For $40, that's a nice deal.
I'd like to try those stacked vertically.

The finished product (for now)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2535208403_38bf7ac500.jpg?v=1212131320)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2088/2536024374_924f5df643.jpg?v=0)

Thanks to some help from He Man, i got the headlights rigged up so that when the bike is turned on, the angel eyes come on.  Then when i need the lights i turn on the brights and they both come on.

Not bad for $40.  I think it looks better than the big ole headlight that came on it.

Looks nice [thumbsup]

the hinge at the back of the tank is a notorious weak spot on monster tanks. lifting and supporting the tank in that position with too much gas (weight) in the tank is a sure way to cause cracks in the weld at the bottom of the tank :P

That's good to know.  I learn something everytime I log onto this site. 

that looks cool! ;D