Does your new trailer have turn signals independent of the brake lights? (like you bike) If so, you will need a five pin connector of some type (round, flat, square) If your trailer turn signals share the same lights as the brakes, it is set up for a four pin connector. If this is the case, you have to make a choice, either add independent turn signal lights to the trailer or get a five to four converter for your bike. It will work either way and one way is not necessarily harder or more expensive than the other, just a choice.
Trailer Wiring Question, GL1800
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Yup, good thing I have a Fluke meter and know how to use it.
This is going to remind me of my days working the A-10 on the flightline.
Below is what I received from the dealer. Not necessarily a wiring diagram but it is something I can work with. I would like for those with more knowledge than myself about GW's and motorcycles in general, that is about everyone on this site, if anything about the color coding on motorcycles mentioned is not factual? The statement about red or blue is always the brake wire and you will not have both a blue and red on a motorcycle seems to a an absolute, and having taking research methods in college, I am skeptical about absolutes.
Anyway, here it is;
Tie all 3 black wires together, these are all ground wires. On the bike, ground is either black or white.
The single brown is the interior light and it is tied in with the running lights, which are the two blue wires. So both blue wires and the single brown wire all tie together from the trailer and will route to the brown on the bike.
There are 2 red wires. One is right turn and one is left turn. You have to determine which is left and which is right, the left red routes into the yellow on the bike. The right red routes into the green on the bike.
Yellow wires are for the brake lights. Tie the yellow wires together and route them to either the blue or red on the bike, red or blue is always brake on a bike. You will not have both red and blue on a bike.
, if anything about the color coding on motorcycles mentioned is not factual? The statement about red or blue is always the brake wire and you will not have both a blue and red on a motorcycle seems to a an absolute, and having taking research methods in college, I am skeptical about absolutes.Anyway, here it is;
Wiring for Escalade
The single brown is the interior light and it is tied in with the running lights, which are the two blue wires. So both blue wires and the single brown wire all tie together from the trailer and will route to the brown on the bike.
There are 2 red wires. One is right turn and one is left turn. You have to determine which is left and which is right, the left red routes into the yellow on the bike. The right red routes into the green on the bike.
Yellow wires are for the brake lights. Tie the yellow wires together and route them to either the blue or red on the bike, red or blue is always brake on a bike. You will not have both red and blue on a bike.
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