It is with trepidation that I bring up the subject of the new headlight design, but here goes…
Today I have successfully fitted the latest lights to my ’09 Street Triple. The cost was £205.31 for the headlights (they come as a complete assembly) and £17.18 for the new instrument back with its ‘beak’. Add on the VAT and the total is £266.99 - not bad really, and bearing in mind Triumph have done little else but change the colour scheme, it’s a cheap upgrade.
For those who are interested in doing the same, it’s a pretty simple job, mainly complicated by the fact that in order to get to the headlight connector you’ve got to take the airbox off, which of course means tank off too. Still, it’s a nice, easy bike to work on and you can admire the build quality while you’re doing it.
The clamp holding the headlights on is easy to remove, and it’s a straight swap with the new ones. Connect it up, put everything back together, switch the ignition on and… the headlights don’t work. Only the sidelights are on, and further exploration shows that it’s blown a fuse as well. To cut a long story short, the reason is that the four-way connector that connects the headlights to the loom contains the same four wires (earth, high beam, low beam, sidelight), but they’re in a different order! The solution is to disconnect the lights and rewire the headlight block so that it corresponds with the loom. It’s a snap connector, and it’s a bit fiddly working out how to remove the spades. However, once done, it’s ignition on and, hey presto - instant upgrade to 2012 spec!
Apologies if this subject has already been covered - I couldn’t find it in a search.
Today I have successfully fitted the latest lights to my ’09 Street Triple. The cost was £205.31 for the headlights (they come as a complete assembly) and £17.18 for the new instrument back with its ‘beak’. Add on the VAT and the total is £266.99 - not bad really, and bearing in mind Triumph have done little else but change the colour scheme, it’s a cheap upgrade.
For those who are interested in doing the same, it’s a pretty simple job, mainly complicated by the fact that in order to get to the headlight connector you’ve got to take the airbox off, which of course means tank off too. Still, it’s a nice, easy bike to work on and you can admire the build quality while you’re doing it.
The clamp holding the headlights on is easy to remove, and it’s a straight swap with the new ones. Connect it up, put everything back together, switch the ignition on and… the headlights don’t work. Only the sidelights are on, and further exploration shows that it’s blown a fuse as well. To cut a long story short, the reason is that the four-way connector that connects the headlights to the loom contains the same four wires (earth, high beam, low beam, sidelight), but they’re in a different order! The solution is to disconnect the lights and rewire the headlight block so that it corresponds with the loom. It’s a snap connector, and it’s a bit fiddly working out how to remove the spades. However, once done, it’s ignition on and, hey presto - instant upgrade to 2012 spec!
Apologies if this subject has already been covered - I couldn’t find it in a search.
