ST1300 Top Box Harness Installation Instructions?

[dejankiss]

08E75-MCS-600
STOP LIGHT HARNESS

Does anybody have printed version of Installation Instructions to post here and "how to..."? Detailed photos maybe?
Thx

 

[Josh_ST]

Here's a thread on the top box with some pics of the wiring install, what I've found so far on the site...

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Re: ST1300 Spoiler fitting One comment I will make on item #3.... "3. If you are planning on wiring in the brake light, you need to drill a hole to pass the wires from the spoiler through into the top box. This hole sits 65mm to the left of the middle hole..." I would offset the wire hole...

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EDIT: Was able to determine that there's current (approx. 10v without the engine running) making it to the spoiler, so it seems the problem is with the spoiler light itself. I've just installed the ST1300 Spoiler Auxillary Wiring Harness (STA-13SP-WH) from Sporttouringusa.com. This...

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[dejankiss]

Thanks a lot, but I'm still searching for schematic of the OEM harness and all the connectors where are they plugged in, with pictures if possible...how Honda did it.

 

[Obo]

Thanks a lot, but I'm still searching for schematic of the OEM harness and all the connectors where are they plugged in, with pictures if possible...how Honda did it.

I believe the instructions say to cut the brake harness by the bulb (green wire(ground) and green/yellow wires(+12v)) and crimp in the harness Y connector that runs to the top box.




To my knowledge there's no "plug and play" place to connect it into the bike's existing wiring.

I was wrong, there is a location as per @STRider 's comments below

 

[STRider]

To my knowledge there's no "plug and play" place to connect it into the bike's existing wiring.

Forgive me for correcting you @Obo there is a place that allows for a plug'n'play connection.

I wired the brake light of my Givi topbox to the brake light connector close to the rear master cylinder. There's a two terminal connector in that location, actually just behind and below the right cylinder bank, accessed behind the right upper cowl. It uses the same Hitachi style connectors I see in your photos and that of the accessory harness. See photos of my bike below.

From the photo posted by @dejankiss it appear to use these same connectors I used, but I can't be certain the wiring is the same, though I believe so. Never having seen this harness before this thread, I think I replicated it independently on my own. I tapped into the green/yellow wire in the OEM bike harness (black in my homemade wiring) and that appears to be the same on the OEM harness.

I believe their inclusion of the terminals and two-wire connectors suggest that, yeah, Honda may direct you to cut into the the brake light wiring as you show in your photos, but you don't have to. Even if you need to extend those wires from the kit to reach the rear of the bike where the box is located you can avoid cutting into the factory wiring harness on the bike.