Honda CRF250L DRC tail light and indicator upgrade

A detailed installation guide for installing the DRC edge2 tail light and DRC 602 indicators.

We'll start with tail light.

Remove the seat and side plastics.

I got the wiring plug so I'll be using that in this example.

Unplug the connector and undo all the bolts holding the tail light so it can be removed.

I added the indicators to the new tail light, next we connect the supplied oem connector. I used some crocodile clips to make sure the wiring was correct before proceeding.

This came with the connector but just in case:

Black: Ground

Yellow: Running light

Red: Brake signal

Blue: Right turn signal

White: Left turn signal

You'll notice the indicators flash at high speed, this will be sorted out when we install the fixed rate flasher but for now we're good. I elected to solder the wires in place but you do get a lot of connectors in the kit should you wish to use them.

And all installed

Next we move to the fixed rate flasher. Remove the right hand shroud. 

The part behind the water bottle unplugs at the bottom

You can remove the stock one form its position. It's held on by some sort of elastic rubber band, so it's a little tough, but it does come off. Fixed rate flasher plugged in:

Sadly this doesn't fit in a nice secure manner like the original but it'll be held in place by the shroud.

Now's a good time to test those lights again, they should be flicking at normal rate now. Next we loosen the headlight, there are 4 bolts two on each side to do that

I unclipped the two indicators and removed them

Next up I cut the wires so I could attach the new connectors, of course I used some crocodile clips to make sure I had the right wiring

Next up I removed the upper fork clamps and put the brackets in place to hold the new inidicators and re-tightened them.

Then it was a case of trimming wires to the correct length and hooking everything up. You can put on the plastics again and move on to the last task, the number/licence plate holder.

Mine was rather large and I couldn't get it to fit nicely without filing down the top frame of the holder. One done it fits beautifully and looks so much better than the stock setup.

And of course a quick walk around

A quick parts list from 12oclocklabs:

• Fixed Rate turn signal flasher
• Honda CRF250L tail light turn signal connector
• DRC Turn signal mounting brackets. Type 9902.
• DRC Type 602 turn signals. Lens colour: clear. x4
• DRC Edge2 Tail light. Colour: Red

LED lights and a tail tidy

After my recent broken left rear indicator housing and the nice big quote from Honda Sandton an alternative needed to be sourced. I did some research and settled on the DRC Edge 2 tail light and DRC 602 indicators. I decided to go LED 602 on the front as well so there's the same consistent look front to back. I'm very happy with the results. From:

To:

Which looks a million times better. I took quite a few pics so when I get some more time, I'll throw together a detailed guide.