2011 M696 Headlight Problems

[JamMad]

Hi All!

I had the same problem and thanks to this forum fixed it by removing the white connector from behind the light with an aftermarket 4 pin waterproof connector... I found it on eBay, I think listed as a marine/ boating part. It cost about $3 and is consequently way better than the terrible infamous white connector.

As you know, the white connectors are crap and will burn out... it was a recall that many people didn't have done to their bikes.

The white connector was a nightmare to separate, I ended up tearing it to pieces to get it off.

Here's the rub though... stupidly I assumed the Italians (or in the case of the 696, the Thais) who put it together would have matched wire for wire, but now my high beam turns on the tiny running light between the hi and lo, and both hi and lo are on permanently!

Can you please tell me how yours is wired?

Coming from the bike I have:

Yellow
Black
Yellow/ blue stripe
White

and I have the same going into my headlight.

But if I wire them up to match, normal function does not work (as explained above).

Any ideas please?

Cheers,  J

[JamMad]

FIXED IT !!!! Thanks to a multimeter and examining the wiring in the headlight unit. So on my bike, an M696 from 2011:

Bike: Black - Ground --> Headlight: Black
Bike: Ylw/Blue - High --> Headlight: Ylw/ Black
Bike: Ylw - Pilot --> Headlight: Ylw/ Green
Bike: White - Low --> Headlight: White

The high beam is the lower bulb in the headlight unit and the low beam is the upper light. The pilot is the small bulb in the middle.

AAAAAARRRRRGHGHGHGHG ! What a nightmare to fix... still... LOVE my bike, even with its ridiculous eccentricities like non-matching wiring.

[koko64]

 

[Curmudgeon]

Here's the rub though... stupidly I assumed the Italians (or in the case of the 696, the Thais) who put it together would have matched wire for wire, but now my high beam turns on the tiny running light between the hi and lo, and both hi and lo are on permanently!

Not sure the Thai plant was even built in 2011.  Wasn't that more like 2013? 

[DarkMonster620]

Thai production, unless you're in SE Asia, was strictly for said market . . . ASSEMBLY, some frames are built in India for WW use; Brazil is the same, they assemble the bike together to called it "Made in Brazil" and avoid even higher taxation . . . Your 696 is ITALIAN