08 Jul Baja Designs XL Pro // KTM 3-Fiddy
The 2017 KTM EXC-F’s come equipped with a standard headlight that is not very bright to say the least. Yes it get’s the job done, but when you get out on the trail at night it’s not much help.. been there… done that!
Stock Light w/ Sicass Turn Signals
The better alternative is equipping your KTM with a Baja Designs LED headlight. Luckily for me I had a buddy that had just bought an XL Pro but then decided to start a project KTM 500 EXC-F bike and went with a brighter light than the XL Pro. Soooo.. I gladly took it off his hands!
Mounting
Before I get any further, you can buy the LED light only and throw it in your stock headlight mask and away you go. BUT.. you will soon find out you have no way to truly fine too the direction the light points, it’s pretty limited. Fortunately, Motominded has produced a mounting kit for Baja Designs lights. Or if you want, you can buy the Baja Designs LED and mount kit from Motominded in one order. It’s up to you.. I contacted Motominded and told them what bike I had and what Baja Designs LED I had and they gave me the exact mounting kit I needed. Grab a wiring harness too!
The parts I needed:
- Baja Designs XL Pro LED
- MotoMinded XL Bracket Change Over Kit – KTM 2017-18 up to 500cc BILLET
- Baja Designs XL KTM Hi-Low Wiring Harness
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On the 2017 KTM 350 EXC-F here’s the wire match:
STOCK
Brown – Ground
Blue – High beam
Green – Low beam
HARNESS
Black – Ground
White – High beam
Yellow – Low beam
When pushing the crimped pins in the connector, make sure you hear a “CLICK” when pushing them in. This means they’re seated correctly and won’t come out.
NOTE:
With this wiring harness when you turn the headlight on low beam the high beam indicator will be on. Baja Design’s notes this in their instructions.. if someone knows a hack to fix this, please comment below!! If you have any questions just send me a note.
Both the Baja Designs LED XL PRO and Motominded Bracket Change Over Kits are very well made and high quality products.
Hope this helps someone installing this kit, Motominded instructions are pretty clear… now it’s just time to go ride!
Brittny
Posted at 20:09h, 16 SeptemberThank you for this guide, I’ve been racking my brain on how to install this for a while. Lets say I’m not very mechanically intuitive. lol