With one of the warmest winters on record, the little Groundhog from Pennsyvania decided that he would see his shadow and call for 6 more weeks of winter. We all laughed at the little furry rodent. Especially with 60 degree motorcycle riding weather in the middle of February. Fast forward a few weeks and the east coast gets hit with a Nor-Easter storm. This storm dumped record snow fall from Washington, D.C. to New York. So now you find yourself unable to ride your Victory motorcycle. You need to do something so you decide to add a new custom part.
What I decided to do was upgrade the stock Victory headlight bucket with the new Victory Jackpot headlight bucket. This headlight is a gem since it will fit on all late model Victory bikes. The following will explain how to install this Jackpot headlight on a Victory Hammer. But the same instructions may be applied on the Victory Kingpin, Vegas, 8-Ball, and Jackpot. Plus the Headlight is a cheap add-on. The wife will never knkow you spent the money.
So you do not think your a skillful wrench. Well, hey there, to be real honest with you it is really easier than you think. I read the instructions for 2 days just to make sure that I did not miss anything. Then I finally got into it the hardest part which was putting all the screws back together with the new Jackpot headlight top and getting them to thread in. To be honest, that still wasn't that difficult.
The trick that I found was taking your time and laying the wiring out as you take it apart. Basically you will be "unplugging" the connectors and removing them from the bucket through the hole in the back of the headlight after you have removed the chrome ring by loosening the bottom screw and removing it. Be careful as the light is loose and there is a metal ring behind it to center the light in the bucket.
Unplug the high and low bulb connectors and make sure that the high wire is labeled. I believe that it is and you will not be using it on the new headlight. After this, unplug the left and right turn signal harnesses (black2-cavity connectors) and the left and right control harness (blue andwhite 10-cavity connectors) from the main wire harness inside thebucket. They are labeled left & right.
Move on to your other connectors, tachometer, speedo ( I took different color sharpie markers and marked each side of the connector just so I did not screw it up, hey it worked for me, just don't use the same colors) The plugs really only go one way and the left and right are marked. Once you have done withyou can remove the bucket from the tree, pull out all the wires from the rear of the bucket and set the bucket aside, you are done with it.
Attach the new bottom half of the Jackpot headlight with the new bolt and nutloosely. Lay in the bundle of wires you removed from the bucket and Ilayed them out Left/Right and start plugging in, turns, controlharnesses and speedo/tach. Place the headlight assembly in positioninside the headlight housing and loosely install the two top screws,they are gold take a torx bit to put them in. Make sure they are in but loose because you have to install the single bottom screw next. Once you have all the screws in light assembly I tightened them all 2 top ones and the single one on the bottom. Clean up the wiring, there is more room inside the bucket now. This is where hook up the headlight bulbs. Connect the lower lamp connector of the existing bike wiring harness to the lower headlight bulb on the new headlight assembly. The top connector of the main wire harness labeled "top connector" will not be reused.
Connect the wire harness included with the kit to the2-pin accesory connector on the bike wire harness and to the upperheadlight bulb on the new Jackpot headlight assembly. If applicable,connect the accessory driving light harness to the other 2-pinconnector of the headlight kit wiring harness.
Once you have done all of this and before putting the top on the new Jackpot light, turnthe key on and make sure that all is good in the world and that youhave turns and lights. If all is well place the top on and make surethat you are not pinching any wires, the hole in the back issubstantially larger so it is easier to feed all the wires in there. Make sure that you place the headlight spacers into there spots on thetop assembly. 36in. lbs torque. With this done, place the top on and thread in the 4 screws remaining to hold the top portion on, I seated the top half to the bottom half before tightening and leaving the headlight a little loose will allow you to move it up to get those darn things started.
Once all is tightened down, tighten the mainbolt lightly and adjust the aim and fully tighten 44 ft-lb torque. You should check alignment with the high beam on!
If you run into anything else email or call me anytime. I did mount some driving lights and main it is awesome, the JP headlight throws more light than the original bucket you will be impressed.
Have fun!
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