The timeless king of the road, the Z1000R. Of course, Z-series bikes are welcome here too.
There used to be a shop called Gazel on Route 8 that specialized in classic bikes back then…
At the time, I saw the magazine ad and thought, “Ugh, I could never afford that! The price!”
And yet, even though it’s a classic bike, over twenty-some years have passed… Has it become a respectable running fossil?
The one from the other day was for inspection purposes, so we ordered a new one.
Daytona Headlight Relay Kit H4 Single-Light 95438
This one is highly recommended!
The great thing about it is “the relay is mounted on the battery side!”
If the relay is on the headlight side, the already-tight headlight housing becomes completely packed!
By having it on the battery side, you get much more freedom in how you mount the relay.
As time went on, I made a relay bracket in a way that wasn’t too much of a hassle.
To call it a bracket is a bit embarrassing, honestly…
This is how it turns out.
Rather than using cable ties to secure it, keeping it stock-looking is nice even when you remove it!
This time I cheated a bit and used dual-lock adhesive. (It’s removable.)
It worked out perfectly—there was just enough space.
What’s that thing on the headlight called again?
Reserve lighting —yeah, that’s one of those common features from this era, right? It’s subtly fancy but unnecessary these days.
Reading the wiring diagram, I bypassed blue to blue/yellow.
Reserve lighting is goodbye.
6/17 correction: The gray/red bypass is not necessary.
For example, if you want to turn on the headlight indicator lamp when the light is on, you could supply power to it.
Let’s cut it as short as possible.
Leaving it long and bundled up looks shabby.
I wanted to route it cleanly, so I ended up pulling everything out of the connectors and threading it through.
I also changed the length. The switching side is shortened and routed outside the headlight housing.
It hides in this gap.
You could do it more simply if you wanted, but using a slightly modified off-the-shelf product keeps costs down.
Couldn’t you use just one relay if you’re not doing flashing?
Do you really need to plug it into the headlight connector?
Manufacturers have to put in a lot of thought to make bolt-on products work properly. It’s something to reflect on.
Inside the housing, there’s just one.
Now you can ride safely at night, dot com.
The oil was pretty dirty.
This time it’s Newtech NC50 10W-50.
Keeping small stones like this around might come in handy someday.
The maintenance is done, but I’ll save the rest of the blog update for tomorrow.
○ Headlight relay installation
○ Engine oil NC50 10W-50 & filter change
○ Deco-mainte
