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Suzuki V-Strom DL650, DL1000, DL1050 and 800DE electrical accessories and fuse boxe

Electrical wiring and accessories for all V-Stom models including the DL1000, DL1050, 800DE, and DL650

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I saw a cable there for DL1000 and nothing directly for 1050. There's a note there for the accessory cable they have saying:

"We do not know if this adapter fits the DL1050, let us know if it does please."

 

Be careful as the bike is 12v and the conversion to 5v only occurs within the USB plug itself.
My first suggestion is to use the OEM USB plug but surely you must already have something plugged in there?
In that case the simplest way is to use one of these:

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Alternatively, if your GPS came with a cigar auto plug and that is why you cannot plug it in, why not source a USB lead that has a matching plug for your GPS.

 

Which GPS are you using? Powering GPS with USB can cause issues as the USB connetion is just not designed for vibration, dust, water etc.

Garmin motorcycle GPS units come with a mount that avoids using the USB connection. I have pretty much always wired the mounted to the battery (fused of course) or the unswitched part of a fuse box. It's pretty easy to do and I have wired in my GPS units on rental bikes with no real issue when renting away from home.

..Tom

 

@Brockie, @V-Tom I got the Garmin Zumo XT which has a mount that takes 12V directly.

I rather not use the USB connector port for a few reasons:

• this GPS is going on this bike permanently, so i like to wire it permanently.
• I've heard that this garmin model uses more power than most USB chargers can provide, so plugging in there isn't a good permanent solution.
• Having a usb connector there, isn't as waterproof as a hard wire that can be tucked under the plastic covering of the panel

So overall, a 12v direct connection seems to the right approach in this case.

 

Since we all agree that connecting to the 12V supply is the best way, does anyone here know how to get the make/model for the accessory connector?

The USB charging port, is part 21 here:

https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/suzuki/motorcycle/2020/v-strom-dl1050xt/wiring-harness-dl1050rc

I have not found anywhere that says what the connector on the other side, connecting to the wiring harness is.

 

It is important to connect to switched power otherwise most will sooner or later end up with a flat battery.
BTW I use USB on both my bikes for my dash cams. No need to use the toothpick retaining method so far, although my plugs are mounted vertically, not horizontally.

 

Agreed.
That's another good reason to tap into the accessory 12V, using some sort of a Y-Cable. It's switched.

 

When I stop for fuel mine goes into sleep mode using its battery.

 

Yes exactly. You can keep it awake but if you don't it goes to sleep.

I would rather it shuts down when I either shut it down myself or let it when I put it in the topcase.

..Tom

 

If you power off (not in sleep mood) the ZUMO XT it will not draw any current.

 

That is not quite right.

The Zumo power converter 12v to 5v always draws current weather the display unit is on the bike or not.

All good quality converters do this, the cheap ones don't.

I'm with Tom I prefer my Zumo directly to the battery, I lead a lot of rides and spend a lot of time with the ignition off waiting for others to catch up, I find having to stop it shutting down is a pain in the ass.

 

Mine is powered by switched power and will go to backup battery sleep mode by default when the bike is turned off. If I am refueling etc it will immediately come back to life when the bike is restarted, or go dead after 20 minutes.
After switching off the ignition I have 5 seconds in which to override "sleep" with "off".
I like this system.

 

No unit in the mount just the converter.

I have never had a problem as I ride quite often but I recently changed to a LI battery and in 14 days I don't get enough power to bring on the headlights.