ClearWater Lights Spyder RT User manual

The Clearwater Company
2546 Mercantile Dr. Ste B
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Ph:916.852.7029 Fx:916.852.9410
www.clearwaterlights.com
Installation
Manual
Spyder
RT and RS
Glenda LED Light Kit
(Dimmable)

Please be sure to read our instructions
thoroughly before attempting installation.
First, park the motorcycle on hard pavement or concrete to
insure the bike will be stable during the installation. Famil-
iarize your self with Body panel removal prior to installation.
Note: Clearwater lights include a very high quality means of
connecting to the motorcycle’s electrical system. “Posi”
devices made by Posi-Products are used to securely and
safely make electrical connections on the bike. You can view
instructions on the proper installation of the Posi-Products
at http://www.posi-lock.com. They simply screw together and
mate the wires. We suggest keeping your lights on all the
time, we do not furnish an “on-off” switch. It is important to
be sure that the wire you use will turn off when the bike is
turned off. Otherwise, you will end up with a dead battery.
Prior to Starting, Verify all the Parts are included per the
Parts list supplied with your kit to be sure all parts are handy.
If not , Contact Clearwater Lights at [phone].
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Electrical:
• Main power needs to be connected to a SWITCHED
HOT. This means one that turns off with the key. An
Auxiliary hot is an alternative. Using the supplied Posi-
twist connectors, connect the wires according to the ac-
companying color wire diagram. Attach ground lug to
ground on frame tab or other suitable location.
• Use posi-twist to connect red from fuse holder to red
wires from lights and pot (4 wires)
• Connect ground/black wire to black wires from lights
and pot (4 wires)
• Connect the Blue wire from pot to the blue wires from
the lights (3 wires)
• Connect the white wire from the pot to the high beam
headlight hot wire with a positap if you would like to
use the high beam feature.
• DO NOT CONNECT BLUE WIRES TO 12 volts +.
You will damage the lights.
Wire routing:
• Be sure to route wires so that the cannot become tangled
or caught in either a suspension part or steering part.
Check movement of both steering and suspension before
riding the bike.
• It is sometimes helpful to follow existing wire routing.
High Beam Feature
• Our lights come with a feature that makes them flash to
full power when you activate the high beam headlight. If
you would like to use this feature (recommended), fol-
low these instructions.
• Locate the HIGH BEAM headlight wire. This will be on
ONLY when the high beam is illuminated. This will
trigger our pot to control the brightness of the lights.
Connect the WHITE wire from the pot to this HIGH
BEAM circuit wire. See wiring diagram on following
page for details.

Removing body panels (You will be working on the left side of
the bike only, leave plenty of room)
Pop off the left lower access panel with the Can Am logo. It is held
on with 4 rubber washers
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RT Installation Instructions start here.

Remove left mirror housing .
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Carefully pull out connector from Body and disconnect signal
wires.

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Remove left clear winglet (Two Screws)
Remove Left Top cover under the hood (Uses the plastic rivets, pop
up the round keeper in the middle as shown)

Remove upper left panel, (4 Screws) Do not loosen chrome tamper
proof screws, they are attached to angled panel hangers. Once you
removed the 4 screws angle the panel up to remove.
(Optional) There is a plastic acoustic dampening panel under this
panel which can be removed for ease of wiring. (2 Screws)
Pre-Assemble the lights to the light brackets as shown using the
supplied hardware, leave the light mounting bolts loose for later
alignment.
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Remove the lower front fender bolt and replace with the new mntg.
bolt, spacer and light bracket (Leave loose) Remove upper fender
mntg. Bolt, replace with other mntg. Bolt and spacer.
You can now tighten the two new mntg. Bolts and align the face of
the lights to 90 degrees from the floor. Tie-wrap the cables as
shown and route to the back of the A-Frame.
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Tie-wrap the cables along the braided brake lines located under the
back of the A-frames to the center of the bike.
Right side showing routing of the cable to the left side of Spyder.
Fig 12
Fig 13

Bring the two cables together and tie-wrap together, route past ex-
haust and up to existing cable harnesses. Cables shown to the left of
oxygen sensor on exhaust pipe.
Drill 1/4” hole on inside of left wheel well cover to tie-wrap cable
harness away from exhaust.
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This shows tie-wrap on the inside of wheel well cover.
Use “Positaps” to tap into headlight wiring, grey with beige stripe is
Power, Gray no stripe is High Beam trigger, Black is ground.
Fig 16
Fig 17

To mount dimmer switch in glove box , Drill 1/4” hole approxi-
mately 1/4” from the bottom, install wiring from “volume” housing,
locate mounting hole for Housing and drill for screw size.
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Mount “volume control” inside glove box using supplied bracket,
nuts and bolts.

Tie-wrap dimmer harness cable along existing harness as shown.
Complete wiring of High beam feature and dimmer as shown in
wiring diagram at beginning of instructions.
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Turn the Spyder on and run to verify correct wiring, lights should
dim using dimmer in glove box and go to full brightness with acti-
vation of high beam.
Replace all the body panels in reverse order of removal.
RT Installation Complete.
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RS Installation Instructions start here.

Remove left lower access panel by turning mounting screws 1/4
turn.
RS Lower panel removed.
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Pop off the upper top fuse panel cover under hood as shown, no
screws, just rubber washers.
Top panel removed and moved forward.
Fig 25
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Slide top cowling back by removing 2 screws in front and 2 plastic
rivets under seat in back. Put aside.
You will see a three wire split plastic tube going to the back of the
left headlight assembly. Remove the electrical tape at the end of the
plastic tube and peel back approximately 6” or to paper label.
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You will cut off approximately 4” Install the power taps to the gray
(High Beam), red (Low Beam) and black (Ground) wires.
Install high beam feature and dimmer switch per wiring diagram at
the beginning of this manual. Route dimmer switch harness along
existing left handlebar controls harness.
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Mount Dimmer switch housing by removing existing M5 X 25
X .8mm long switchgear top mounting screw and replacing with
new M5 X 45 X .8 screw , spacer and bracket as shown below.
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