Trailer pigtail

[NancysToy]

I have a 2014 and will install a hitch, will my bike plug be the 4 plug or a 5 plug as my turn signals are yellow and my trailer is a 5 as i have seperate turn as well in yellow also. How will all this work???

The BRP harness/module is 4-wire, so it will not work directly with a 5-wire trailer. Simplest answer is to wire a 5-wire pigtail directly into the Spyder harness (or the wires that feed the trailer module). You could also change the trailer signals to red lenses if available, and splice in a 4-wire connector. Beyond that it would take trailer wiring modifications to convert it to 4-wire, disabling the separate signals.

 

[ChrisW]

Are you buying the BRP hitch kit, or going with after market? Are you doing it yourself, or having the dealer do it? If you can stand to wait for a couple of days or so I will post my hitch project. I installed wiring to handle my 5 wire trailer which, like yours, has amber turn signals.

It's a BRP and I will install it myself, I want all your good info and will wait :bowdown:

 

[ChrisW]

The BRP harness/module is 4-wire, so it will not work directly with a 5-wire trailer. Simplest answer is to wire a 5-wire pigtail directly into the Spyder harness (or the wires that feed the trailer module). You could also change the trailer signals to red lenses if available, and splice in a 4-wire connector. Beyond that it would take trailer wiring modifications to convert it to 4-wire, disabling the separate signals.

I don't understand, the spyder has separate running, stop, turn, is that not a five wire setup. My trailer has all the same lights as the spyder and my 09 Goldwing and it works when I tow it with that bike.I think I am missing something :banghead:

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I don't understand, the spyder has separate running, stop, turn, is that not a five wire setup. My trailer has all the same lights as the spyder and my 09 Goldwing and it works when I tow it with that bike.I think I am missing something :banghead:

Yes, and no. The BRP kit includes a 5 wire to 4 wire isolator/adapter. They're readily available wherever trailer supplies are sold. It plugs into a Y harness that has available a power lead, plus the turn signal leads, brake lead, and tail/marker lead. Four wire trailer lighting is somewhat the de facto standard which, I think, is why BRP went that direction. Five wire trailer lighting is used a lot on motorcycle pulled trailers. Maybe that's because m/c riders are more enlightened! hyea: The Goldwing, if done properly, uses a trailer isolator with a 5 wire output. I used one of those plugged into the BRP Y harness to provide 5 wire power to my trailer. Plus, I tapped into the Y harness to connect my high mount brake light and turn signals.

 

[NancysToy]

I don't understand, the spyder has separate running, stop, turn, is that not a five wire setup. My trailer has all the same lights as the spyder and my 09 Goldwing and it works when I tow it with that bike.I think I am missing something :banghead:

As WasWinger said, the BRP harness contains a converter module, changing the 5-wire output to 4-wire to match the BRP trailer. The original 2010 modules and trailers were actually 5-wire, but they were not very reliable. They were changed in 2011. To use a 5-wire trailer you will have to tap into the Spyder lighting directly, use the Goldwing isolator module, or modify your trailer to make it 4-wire.

 

[Mrknowitall]

Square4-pin plug for trailer

The square plug that is needed from the Spyder to trailer is also available at your local NAPA AUTO PARTS.:clap:
If they do not have in stock, they can order.
I paid ± $5.00 for mine and it worked 100%:2thumbs:
I use the mail part of the plug as a "cap" for the trailer when the trailer is not in use. hyeaAttached elsewhere to the trailer)

The part number from NAPA is 755-1570

 

[Hawk]

I use the mail part of the plug as a "cap" for the trailer when the trailer is not in use.

When did the post office get involved with trailer plugs?? :joke::joke:

And welcome to the forum!!!!!!!