Young man you are my hero!! I have gone round and round with the supplier of my Tusk harness and they cant even tell me how to wire the headlight. The video they reference is no longer available...BUT YOU!!...nailed it here and I even have hi and low beam on my stock headlight on my 06 Honda CRF250X! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Did this on my kx450x for an amazon headlight with no diagram after failing repeatedly with other methods and it worked perfectly; thank you brother ripper
I just got mine finished. I just wanted to help clarify the RED wire from the front brake is acting as your positive lead and the BLACK-WHITE wire from the Tusk Compact controller is acting as your negative lead. I hope this help yall out with whatever headlight you bought. I used the Polisport E-Blaze LED Headlight for my build.
Good video that clearly shows things. Tip for you: tell us the "why" for these actions. Connect the green wire to the stripped black/white wire because the green wire is ________ and the black/white wire in the control harness is __________. Connecting them together is a shortcut because it does __________. Doing so not only helps us, but it also future-proofs the instructions. Another person's headlight wires might be different colors. The color doesn't matter so much. The function does. By focusing exclusively on the colors and completely ignoring the function, it's difficult to apply the otherwise good video in a universal way.
The green wire is neatraul ie return path the black an white wire is also the neatraul for contrler connecting them together creates a circuit robing power from red wire too black compact controller is risky wire sizes maybe to small for some light amp draw
Kinda think the hot for high low headlights is gonna come off the switch controls on handlebar and not the tusk harness… but I will be adding lights signals and horns roughly using the Tusk harness soon… I didn’t get the full Tusk kit because it didn’t come with the headlight and I didn’t like the taillight/setup…
Nice video you figured it out how to work for you. question I have the Tusk kit like you but my bike headlight only has two wires I tried to research everywhere I can't figure this out please help if you can thank you
sorry for not replying. Did you ever figure it out? I think for lights like that you'd need to connect into the stator are run directly to a bigger battery. The two wires you have are positive and negative with no ground or direct lo beam wire. So you wouldn't be able to take those wires and tap into the control box and divert energy.
Does this work for lo/hi beams or only one beam?EDIT: answering my own questions. It does do lo/hi beam the way he describes it. I just had to switch the bulb polarity by turning it 180 degrees. Thanks for this excellent hack.
Does anyone know a good wattage for headlight to not burn out the battery too quick?I have a 35w bulb but can get my hands on a 26w,can someone please lmk
sorry for the late reply, hopefully not to late. Yes, you can use them. You can still use the brake wires and still connect brakes and the lights will work.
Yes. If I recall right, it lasted for about 8 hours in total before I needed to recharge it. The battery gets sucked down fast, but for some its better and less commitment than connecting to the stator. On a different bike I was able to get a small lawn mower battery from a hardware store and fit it in the air box. that lasted for about 3 weeks before needing a recharge.
Sorry for replying late. Did you ever figure it out? I believe for LED bars and any lights running only positive and negative wires only would have to be directly connected into the stator or a battery with the control box tapped into those wires to be able to turn on/off.
Is there a direct way?or did tusk REALLY screw the world with this,every single other light is simple,working etc but you get to the headlight and BOO!!!
the kit comes with a 12v battery which isn't enough to power a head light. So you need to extract more electricity to power the head light by pulling it from spots that aren't/wont be used like the front brake.
Young man you are my hero!! I have gone round and round with the supplier of my Tusk harness and they cant even tell me how to wire the headlight. The video they reference is no longer available...BUT YOU!!...nailed it here and I even have hi and low beam on my stock headlight on my 06 Honda CRF250X! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Did this on my kx450x for an amazon headlight with no diagram after failing repeatedly with other methods and it worked perfectly; thank you brother ripper
Thanks so much for taking the time to put up this video. Really made it simple for me and I was stuck.
I just got mine finished. I just wanted to help clarify the RED wire from the front brake is acting as your positive lead and the BLACK-WHITE wire from the Tusk Compact controller is acting as your negative lead. I hope this help yall out with whatever headlight you bought. I used the Polisport E-Blaze LED Headlight for my build.
Blue/red wire with the connector is for the flasher relay. Black/red with the bullet connectors are the wires for the optional front brake switch
so this only works if your not using turn signals?
Great video! You’re awesome 😎 my light 💡 now works perfectly thanks to you my man!
Good video that clearly shows things. Tip for you: tell us the "why" for these actions. Connect the green wire to the stripped black/white wire because the green wire is ________ and the black/white wire in the control harness is __________. Connecting them together is a shortcut because it does __________. Doing so not only helps us, but it also future-proofs the instructions. Another person's headlight wires might be different colors. The color doesn't matter so much. The function does. By focusing exclusively on the colors and completely ignoring the function, it's difficult to apply the otherwise good video in a universal way.
The green wire is neatraul ie return path the black an white wire is also the neatraul for contrler connecting them together creates a circuit robing power from red wire too black compact controller is risky wire sizes maybe to small for some light amp draw
10/10 instructional video
Very fascinating stuff
You used flasher relay.i need that for blinkers.i used front break and it makes break stay lit
great video
Big help thanks so much
Any idea on what to do if you still need blinkers?
Thanks for showing how to connect it and I also have the same headlight as you lol. I just sub
Bro if I could high five you for that I would
Great video bro saved my ass for sure
My lightbulb didn’t come pre-wired what wires are for which terminal and what do they do
Kinda think the hot for high low headlights is gonna come off the switch controls on handlebar and not the tusk harness… but I will be adding lights signals and horns roughly using the Tusk harness soon… I didn’t get the full Tusk kit because it didn’t come with the headlight and I didn’t like the taillight/setup…
That's awsome thanks!
ty had no clue what to do
Nice video you figured it out how to work for you. question I have the Tusk kit like you but my bike headlight only has two wires I tried to research everywhere I can't figure this out please help if you can thank you
sorry for not replying. Did you ever figure it out?
I think for lights like that you'd need to connect into the stator are run directly to a bigger battery. The two wires you have are positive and negative with no ground or direct lo beam wire. So you wouldn't be able to take those wires and tap into the control box and divert energy.
Does this work for lo/hi beams or only one beam?EDIT: answering my own questions. It does do lo/hi beam the way he describes it. I just had to switch the bulb polarity by turning it 180 degrees. Thanks for this excellent hack.
Yes, it works for lo/high beam.
What if I only have a blue black brown and white coming from my headlight?
same exact situation here, what did u end up doing?
Found it
Does anyone know a good wattage for headlight to not burn out the battery too quick?I have a 35w bulb but can get my hands on a 26w,can someone please lmk
Instead of using the front brake switch wires can you use the horn wires
sorry for the late reply, hopefully not to late. Yes, you can use them. You can still use the brake wires and still connect brakes and the lights will work.
@@cordmiller679 already built the whole thing hahaha turned out great I just created a separate wire harness for the headlight
@@Omenxiiii thats awesome, glad you got it to work!
@@Omenxiiii so fused positive to compact controller in coming power then green from headlight to factory ground bolt?
My Baja headlight only has a black and white wire , not sure who to hook it up
Fuckin genius! Thank you
Hey man so the tusk battery pack is enough to power the headlight? How long does your battery last?
Yes. If I recall right, it lasted for about 8 hours in total before I needed to recharge it. The battery gets sucked down fast, but for some its better and less commitment than connecting to the stator.
On a different bike I was able to get a small lawn mower battery from a hardware store and fit it in the air box. that lasted for about 3 weeks before needing a recharge.
@@cordmiller679 awesome thanks man!
My led light bar only has red and black where do I connect them ???
Sorry for replying late. Did you ever figure it out?
I believe for LED bars and any lights running only positive and negative wires only would have to be directly connected into the stator or a battery with the control box tapped into those wires to be able to turn on/off.
Is there a direct way?or did tusk REALLY screw the world with this,every single other light is simple,working etc but you get to the headlight and BOO!!!
So I did this and my turn signals don't work when headlight is on any1 know why??
What am I supposed to do with the two red wires as soon as I touch them it blows a fuse
did u ever find out?
Why was all this necessary?? What was wrong with the OG headlight wiring that came with the tusk kit?
the kit comes with a 12v battery which isn't enough to power a head light. So you need to extract more electricity to power the head light by pulling it from spots that aren't/wont be used like the front brake.
@@cordmiller679 what does the red and blue harzard relay have to do with red and blk on the brake switch?
Mate I did this and now nothing works
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