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How to add hazard lights and high beam flash to pass function to your 06-12 R6

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#1 · (Edited)
I wanted to add the hazard lights and flash to pass function to my 08 R6R, but there was no way of doing it easily.

Thanks to Marco77 for telling me about the European model R6R that comes with those exact options.

The install went easily. The only mod that needs to be done, is to pull one pin from plug and tap that wire into another in that same plug.

Here's a quick write up about the install:

Tools needed:

Wire strippers
Wire cutters
Pick
Heat shrink
Soldering gun
60/40 solder
Zip tie


First thing was to grab a left side control for the European 08 R6R from eBay.

1: When I received it, everything matched up to the U.S. version except one wire. Which happens to be the flash to pass wire. (Sorry, I don't have a picture of the harness before the mod.). This is what it looks like:




2: Pull back on the rubber wire covering enough to allow you to cut and solder the wire without having any restrictions. Put a zip tie around the end of the sleeve tightly to hold it in place. This is assuming you want a factory look when complete. If you don't care about the look since its covered by plastic, then just cut the rubber sleeve back some.

3: Look at the top of the plug and you'll see 5 wires. The top is the side that has the release button.
From left to right, the wire colors are:
Green
yellow
white w/ yellow stripe
brown w/white stripe
red w/ yellow stripe

4: you will need to pull out the white w/ yellow stripe wire from the plug. To do this, Look at the face of the plug (the part that fits inside the other half) and you'll see all of the pins. Use a pick to move the locking tab away from the pin. Once the tab is away from the pin, pull the wire and pin out from the other end.

5: Now that you have the white w/ yellow stripe wire removed, cut the pin off and strip some of the rubber exposing the wire inside.

6: Now grab the yellow wire. You need to strip a small section of rubber from it to allow you to solder on the wire that you just cut. There's no need to cut the wire off, just use a pair of nice wire strippers or a razor blade to slice a small piece of rubber coating off. You only need about a 3/8" or 1/2" size of stripped wire to work with.

7: Now take the white w/ yellow stripe wire and feed it in through the yellow wire that you just stripped to get a good connection there.

8: Grab your soldering gun and 60/40 solder and solder the wire connection that you just made.

9: Now that you have that soldered, you gotta wrap it up to protect it and to keep it from shorting out in case it touches any metal. Look at the plug to see where the yellow wire is located in it. Pull that pin out of the plug the same way you did the other one.

10: With the pin removed, you now have a way to slide some heat shrink over the soldered joint. Slide the heat shrink on and heat it up well enough to shrink it completely. It burns easily, so don't sit there with torch on it. A basic lighter, grill lighter, or mini torch, will work just fine.

11: Now you can put the yellow wire back in the same spot that it came out of in the plug. (In case you forgot, it goes in on the side of the green wire.)

12: If you pulled back on the wire covering and zip tied it to hold it in place, you can now cut the zip tie and pull the covering back in place. If you cut the covering instead of pulling it back, skip this step.

13: Plug the control harness into the bikes harness and test out the function.

The hazard lights are plug-n-play. You don't need to do anything to it.

Now you should have hazard lights and flash to pass function on top of the rest of the normal controls.

Here's some pics of the finished harness:

The empty hole in the middle is where the white w/yellow stripe wire is located.


Close up shot of the connection point:



Finished harness. Looks like it came that way:


A cheap video to show the high beam function:

 
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#8 ·
You unplug the light switch control from the harness take off the old one......mount the new one and plug it inn to the harness that's all you have to do...but if you want to use the flash to pass button the you need to do a little mod which is explained in this thread.
 
#9 ·
Nice write up :cheers
But what's a flash to pass function?
 
#11 ·
You just flash your lights to let someone know you're about to make a pass? I know what your talking about now, my friends scoota has a flash button.
 
#14 ·
It is aggravating that so few bikes in the usa even have a hazzard option. This may save me a few bucks though, I was looking in to getting those P3 photon light things JUST for the hazard function.
 
#15 ·
Looked on ebay no such luck...
 
#24 · (Edited)
Did you get the UK version switch for an 08 R6s or R6R ?

If you got the one for R6r and you have an R6s i dont think it will at least not Plug n Play .

Option 1 ) get a wiring diagram for your bike and for the R6R then match n splice wires , solder the wires heat shrink tubing should keep it dry and safe .

If you cant find wiring diagram then you should go with the guess method using one of those electric test screw driver type with a pointy tip they sell them in all the auto parts stores for about $10 and thats just to identify the function of each wire....

Option 2 ) Get the right Switch UK version for the 08 R6s

GoodLuck

Edit: just checked ebay uk and they dont have hazard switch on the 08 R6s
so my guess is you only have option 1 to follow .
Let me know if you need anything
 
#27 ·
I dont need the flash to pass, but i was thinking about doing a push button mod on my switch panel to activate hazard function. cheaper ;) nice write up man!
 
#28 ·
I know, unholy dead thread resurrection... I just did this on my 2014 R6, got a new switch from a shop in Isreal for about $100 shipped. I did my wiring a little different in that I pulled the white and yellow wires from the connector and soldered in a jumper wire then put both pins back into the connector. It works perfectly fine this way and the wire can be desoldered in the future if need be. The jumper is tucked into the rubber loom and the connector is buried in the plastics so you can't see it. Definitely a nice little touch for the bike since I often flash my high beam on the way to work to let cars over (easier to let them in than them just running me over).

Overall seems to be a worthwhile investment if your bike is a daily driver.
 
#30 ·
just finished this install up, and everything works exactly as it should. Thanks for the original post on this!

one note though, the switch assembly I received was identical to the factory one, with the exception that the length of cable for the main connector was 2x as long as the one that came on the bike. no worries though, as there was plenty of room to tuck the extra cable in under the trim panel where it connects.

just a heads up for anyone who plans on doing this mod.
 
#31 ·
one note though, the switch assembly I received was identical to the factory one, with the exception that the length of cable for the main connector was 2x as long as the one that came on the bike. no worries though, as there was plenty of room to tuck the extra cable in under the trim panel where it connects.

just a heads up for anyone who plans on doing this mod.
Twice as long for the wire harness? Where did you get the switch from? Mine was identical to the US switch I pulled off with the exception of the added buttons and the one extra wire in the loom. The fit, finish and wire loom length was the exact same. Maybe it came off a different model? Mine was new in the box with the correct part number for the R6 and I didn't have any issues with it.
 
#32 ·
I picked up mine off ebay from a race shop in the UK that converts street R6 machines to track spec. its possible that the switch assembly I got was for a different model, but it bolted up and plugged in just the same. not a big deal really. if it still bothers me later on, I can always shorten the leads.
 
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