Started to put controls on this weekend. I'm using Motogadget toys...I had a deprived childhood. Opening the little boxes is like Christmas.
Throttle tube first. The Motogadget grips are mounted on a left hand threaded aluminium ring that retains to the bar with 6 grub screws. Getting this ring centred is tricky, but it has a trick.
The button controls (3 on each side) comes wired, which is threaded through a 5mm hole in the bar and out the end of the bar tube. The other wires coming out the end of the tube are from the bar end turn signals.
Brake lever assembly with a 17mm master cylinder for the big GSXR brakes. Need to conjure up a bracket and mounting point for the reservoir on the bar.
Left side. Can't find the lever. It will turn up eventually.
Motogadget Miniscope for the speedo, odometer, trip counter and tacho. Idiot lights for turn signals, hi beam, battery charge state, and water temp warning. I'll end up with both a warning light and a temp gauge. Planning on putting a T to the thermostat and connecting 2 senders.
Light mounted, and the mounting point for the twin Fiamm Freeway Blaster horns suddenly appeared to me...the extra hole on the light bracket - one on each side.
As I mount all the goodies, I'm starting to make a mental "wiring diagram" and it's becoming more simplified....well....in my head at least. I think never having done electrical work before and looking at a wiring diagram is very daunting. I found it best to not think about it until actually doing it.
Well, this is all theoretical and full of conjecture. I'll see how it goes when I have some wire in one hand, a soldering iron in the other, and a home made diagram in front of me.
Oh...and I bent the torque arm as suggested by a CX500forum member, to line up with the actuating cable on the Slipstream cycles rear sets. I'm still waiting for Jarrod from Slipstream Cycles to reply to my emails regarding the mounting of the rear brake light switch. I think I can likely come up with a solution, but it would be prudent to wait to gain from his know how. I'm sure he'll respond sooner or later.