This may help if you have Yamaha Passing Lamp bar #STR-5BN35-40-00
or STR-5KS35-40-00 - for applications with and without a windshield.
The only real difference in the two versions is in the length of the
spacers between the bar racket and the fork brace.
First of all, don't try to do this with the new passing Lamp bar
on the bike! You asked what holds the turn signals on... If you have
one of the two part numbers shown above, you will just need to reuse
the stock fastening bolts that came with the stock signals. You will
know this because the bottom of the left and right hand turn signal
adapter is just about the same size as the expansion sleeve on each
turn signal.
HARDWARE ASSEMBLY
Follow this sequence as it will give you the assembly order of the
hardware. You are not wiring this thing yet, just hand tightening
everything. If you look at the dopey drawing that came with your light
bar, you will notice the orange wire that comes from the right hand
bulb (your left as you look at the illustration). It threads down
through the hollow bolt which on most kits just has a hex shaped hole
in it for an Allen key. The hollow bolt is inserted down through the
base of the right hand lamp bracket (the one without the switch).
You will notice that the base of the lamp in concave to accept the
raised end of one of the cone shaped spacers that came with the kit.
slide that spacer on next. *** DO NOT FOLLOW A SUGGESTION THAT YOU
MAY HAVE READ ON A FORUM THAT SUGGESTS REPLACING THE CONE WASHERS
WITH ONE OR TWO STAR WASHERS, UNLESS OF COURSE YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR
LAMPS POINTING UP IN THE AIR, WITH NOTHING BUT A LEFT-RIGHT ADJUSTMENT.
Next, insert the end of the hollow bolt through the hole on the
end of the lamp bar. Make sure you have the correct end! The center
bracket on the bar will be to the rear and pointed up.
Next slide on a second cone shaped spacer with the cone facing down
this time. The last piece to screw on is the turn signal adaptor.
The hollow bolt threads into and mates with the concave depression
in it.
Everything can be tightened a bit now after you position the slotted
portion of the turnsignal adapter to the rear.
Do the same things to the left side Lamp assembly (the one with
the switch).
Here is the part where you may get mad. If you bought the kit from
Tony -O at Yamaha Sports Center, they will have welded a 12mm. meteric
hex nut to the top of the hollow bolt. If you do not have this arrangement
I'm sorry to say that you can't wire the bar and lamps until you bolt
everything to the bike and point all of the lamps in the general direction
that you want them to shine.
WIRING THE LAMPS AND ATTACHING THE TURN SIGNALS
The Red wire that is provided is spliced into which ever wire that
will be providing power (green, yellow, or blue) to the passing lamps.
This is then run to the left side passing lamp (the one with the switch).
From there the Orange wire that is provided runs from that lamp to
the right lamp to give it power. The only other wires you have to
feed through the tubes are for the turn signals.
The Yellow wire is the high beam positive wire. If you want the
passing lamps to just be on when the high beams are on then you splice
into the Yellow wire.
The Green wire is the low beam positive. If you want the passing
lamps to just be on when the low beams are on then you splice into
the Green wire.
If you want the passing lamps to be on regardless of which setting
you have the headlight on then you need to spice into The Blue wire.
So depending on how you want your passing lamps to run will dictate
which wire you tap into. Remember you can always turn them off with
the switch.
Follow the installation instructions that came with your kit to
pull the wires then make your connection choice. I would suggest that
you use some sealer in the base of each passing lamp as indicated
in the earlier posts to this thread. In addition either use heat shrink
tubing or thinly wrapped black electrical tape over the portion of
the wires that exit the slot just ABOVE the tension bolt on the turn
signal sleeves. You may need to spread the sleeve slightly with a
flat bladed screwdriver to get it on to the end of the signal adapter
as it is a very tight fit. in addition, the slot on the lamp sleeve
and the slot on the adapter must align to the rear of the unit.
Hope that some of this babbeling helps..
Keep it in the wind... Larry Marino - Winter Park, Florida
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