Yes the two 5W position lights described above.
Other than powering some circuits in the quartet harness I have never actually made an attempt to see what else the ACC position energizes and have never looked at that circuit in the wiring diagram. If there is no quartet harness installed the only thing that I know of that it does is give you the ability to operate the four-way emergency flashers.
Yes. the small running lights. I saw them referred to as parking lights
What are the two small yellow lights above the headlights called?Yes the two 5W position lights described above.
I wouldn't call them parking lights as they have no ability to function as such as most cars do. Well at least on NA ST1300s. Maybe in Japan? UK? EU? My 305/CL77 had the ability to turn on the tail light when in the ACC position but it was a battery killer. I don't remember any of my later other Hondas doing that. But you know — the little gray cells. None of mine had position lights in the front until the ST.
The IGN switch's ACC position doesn't do anything for NA bikes that I know of. Maybe it energizes the quartet harness along with the IGN position? Maybe controls power to the radio option? I dunno. Still not a great idea for the SST1300's battery.
Anyway I don't remember doing anything special other than carefully reaching in and around grabbing the rubber socket and pulling it out to change the lights. Care has to be taken putting the bulbs and socket back in. Being rubber they don't have the solid structure of any of the bike's other light sockets. So it's possible to put the bulb too deep into the socket and miss the contacts. It's also possible to squeeze the bulb out of the socket and spit it into the headlight housing when trying to reinstall the socket. Then it needs to be retrieved requiring stiff wire and some tape and lots of patience and dexterity. Fine motor skills wouldn't hurt. Or some luck. DAMHIKT.
That was actually considered to be a parking light, in case you broke down and had to park near traffic, etc.
No kidding.
Position lights. What that actually do on NA bikes is a mystery to me. They don't work as parking lights on those bikes but maybe in other countries. With some work they could be wired to run with the IGN off or from the ACC position.
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or a plastic tube taped to your vacuum hose. BTDT.Pro tip upgrade...
Attach a small super-magnet to the end of that wire with hot glue. The wires on my bulbs are magnetic and this worked amazing at retrieving them... yeah both fell in at the same time.
I did not know that. Thanks for that tidbit.
"The last one position is for PARK, which turns the tail light ON and allows withdrawal of the ignition key. Obviously, if you switch the bike OFF by turning the ignition switch key to the PARK position, the tail light stays ON until the battery dies."
Yes that was obvious even back in '65.
I know this post is now a few months old, but I ended up here looking for answers to exactly this conundrum. Why are there "parking lights" fitted at all when they can't be used as such? I have a UK ST1300, and those parking/position lights only come on with the headlight. Seems a bit pointless.
Likely a safety feature to keep the headlight assy still lit, hence visible to other road users at the instance a main bulb went out...I know this post is now a few months old, but I ended up here looking for answers to exactly this conundrum. Why are there "parking lights" fitted at all when they can't be used as such? I have a UK ST1300, and those parking/position lights only come on with the headlight. Seems a bit pointless.
