I own a new to me 2011 Road King. I purchased it with 93 miles on it. The bike was 100% stock which was great. I've noticed on the lower right, right behind the headlight there are two wires. One has a red rubber cap on it and the other is a gray female plug. Personally I think they are ugly as when the bike is on the side stand you can see them sticking out. They are attched to a grouping of wires so the are secure but my question is what are the plugs for? I am assuming one is a hot (the red capped one) and the other a ground?

Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,

T

 

Those wires should be an extra ignition "hot" and "ground" as long as they are the same ones on my SG.
Mine are behind a fairing, so they don't stick out.

Really useful for tying in small gadgets and other stuff.

 

Flux capacitor connection leads...

Or the wires for passing lamp connection...or for the second switch if already equipped maybe?

 

Are these the wires your referring to:

 

Those look like them. They are sitting right on the lower bkack fork clamp.

They have been driving me nuts wonder what they are and why they are loose there.

T

 

Black is a ground wire, the orange white is for the 5 watt position light on the Euro spec models

Some use it for gps or other acc. I used them to hook up HALO headlight trim ring.

 

If they're not appealing...just tuck them away w/tie-wraps.

 

I guess its nice for those that want to use it the MOCO left them out there for easy access. Ive owned plenty of tour bikes a probably never noticed those wires due to the fairing? Now that I'm on a King I see them just sitting there..

T

 

I guess I could but I'd have to cut the tape that is holding them on to the bundle of wires. I could probably carefully cut the tape and tuck them back twards the headlight?

T

 

I imagine all touring models both US and EU get the same wiring harness to keep costs down. Can make for some nice wiring inventions.
P.S. get a wiring diagram book works well in trying to finger stuff out