2017 CB1100EX Clearwater Darla Lights Install

[TXBikerGuy]

I ran the leads to the battery down the right side of the frame. Will be obscured by the tank. The fuse is accessible behind the right side cover. In hindsight, I wish I'd have put these wires in some casing. Would have looked cleaner.



Here's where I mounted the controller knob. I wanted to be able to adjust the brightness with my left hand and not have to reach across the bike.



As discussed in a different thread about the headlight wiring, the default mode for this controller is to tap into the low-beam wire for power (#8 position on the LED plug) and into the high-beam wire so the lights switch to 100% brightness when the high-beams are activated. They are set to only go to 55% brightness using the knob in the low-beam only mode. Unfortunately, the '17 LED headlight is wired so the high-beam wire has power all the time (ground switched). Not wanting to experiment with tapping into other wires in a $1000 piece of equipment, I opted to reprogram the controller to allow for 100% brightness without the high-beam connection.

Pro Tip from Clearwater. Start with all power off to the lights and controller. Have the controller knob all the way to the left. Turn on the power to the lights and controller and within 3 seconds, turn the knob all the way to the right--repeat 4 times so it stops on the right side. Lights should flash twice. You've reprogrammed the controller.

Here's the red power light tapped into the headlight plug.