Switch off light on Varg EX

JJ2

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I would like to be able to switch the lights on and off on the Stark Varg EX. Unfortunately, due to EU regulations, the daytime running lights must be permanently lit.
The connecting cable is a 5-pin HIGO plug, three pins are for the indicator and two thicker pins are for the light.
Has anyone already an idea?

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AL_V

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The simplest way would be to acquire compatible male and female connectors, splice them together with a switch interrupting the appropriate wire(s).
 

drehwurm68

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When you activate high beam, does the low beam turn off or are both lit at the same time? Obviously the most convenient way would be to turn it off via an app setting, so maybe there is something hidden in the EX app. Do the US bikes behave in the same way? On ICE bikes you could often use the US switches to accomplish this. Last but no least, if you have to tap into the wires I'd do it on the headlight side. Either install your own connectors AFTER the Stark connector to splice in a switch or just find the ground wire directly to the headlight and tap in there.

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JJ2

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the plug is already connected to 12V before the headlight, so everything that has to do with the headlight and the indicator is operated with 12V.
 

Border Dave

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An expensive option:
Perhaps we're seeing this from different angles. For a bike that costs $14000 I think a $58 switch is a bargain if it's good quality. The only problem I see with this switch is the mounting location. They show it on the website being mounted in place of the factory engine cutoff switch.

EDIT: Thanks for posting that link, though. I haven't seen this product before. Also, welcome to the forum, Steve. :)
 
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Brokein2

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Perhaps we're seeing this from different angles. For a bike that costs $14000 I think a $58 switch is a bargain if it's good quality. The only problem I see with this switch is the mounting location. They show it on the website being mounted in place of the factory engine cutoff switch.

EDIT: Thanks for posting that link, though. I haven't seen this product before. Also, welcome to the forum, Steve. :)
The $58 switch also costs more than $50 for shipping so now it is a near $120 switch...still relatively cheep compared to the overall cost - but $50 shipping? WTF :oops:
 

SteveBaum

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Perhaps we're seeing this from different angles. For a bike that costs $14000 I think a $58 switch is a bargain if it's good quality. The only problem I see with this switch is the mounting location. They show it on the website being mounted in place of the factory engine cutoff switch.

EDIT: Thanks for posting that link, though. I haven't seen this product before. Also, welcome to the forum, Steve. :)
I see what you’re saying, and don’t disagree. I meant expensive compared to the OP making their own switch.
Thanks for the welcome!
 

Border Dave

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The $58 switch also costs more than $50 for shipping so now it is a near $120 switch...still relatively cheep compared to the overall cost - but $50 shipping? WTF :oops:
That’s a good way to piss off any potential customers.

EDIT: I see on their YouTube channel that their location is listed as being Austria. That could explain the high shipping cost. Tariffs might have something to do with it also.
 
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Bodo

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There's no separate kill switch on European models. The light switch comes at 48 + 15 = 63€ within Europe.
For comparison, the original RH kill switch from Stark comes at 39€ plus 20€ shipping = 59€ (probably from Spain), but ofc w/o headlight harness
 
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