Hi all, A bit of a strange one this... I have an upcoming 3 day track event at Cartagena whereby I need to have a tail light of some description illuminated (no brake light required for clarity) as the event is from 5pm-10pm with the last hour or so under floodlight. My bike will be in full track trim with false headlight assembly but I want to keep the rear tail light assembly installed but somehow prevent the brake light coming on when applying the brakes. Having had a quick look at the front and rear brake switches I cannot see an obvious connector to unplug and prevent the brake light illuminating. Also, would any kind of error code be generated if this is possible to do? Any help would be appreciated Sam
I have a similar issue with a rain light and my current plan is to use an LED rear bicycle light attached to the rear sub fame. Velcro is great stuff. Andy
That's a good idea actually, just would be nice to keep it looking 'factory' by maintaining the rear light. Might well use your idea if I can't work out how to disconnect the front brake switch
Why don't you disconnect the rear light company connected located in the left hand side of the tail piece. You should be able to purchase the Ducati blank for the plug as well.
I normally do, as I have the full Ducati track set including all blanking plugs and headlight / taillight blanks, but what I'm trying to do is keep the tail light illuminated for the evening track riding but avoid having the brake lights illuminate each time I hit the stoppers
Well I've worked out a way to overcome the issue. There are three pins in the connector to the rear tail light. I disconnected the wiring loom plug and installed the usual blanking plug to that. Then, I worked out that the middle pin is the negative, the left one as you face backwards looking at the tail light plug is the positive feed for what would be the normal rear running light, and right side is the brake light positive feed. Using a couple of crimp connectors I was able to connect into the plug and power the light using a 9v square battery which I'll locate under the rear seat unit [emoji106]
If they're the regular amp seal connectors just make up a short fly lead with the brake conductor omitted
My only worry with that is the blanking plug has a resistor which connects to the negative and the brake light feed; presumably to avoid an error light in the system. I figured I'd just use a little 9v battery and butcher an old smoke detector for the connector that fits into the square battery
