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Finally a day below 30 degrees C. Got into the shed and finished the wiring for the ignition and charging systems.
I kept the wiring and connectors from the pick ups to the spark units and to coils. So the ground is black elsewhere but green within this system, and the power from the M-unit ignition output I'm also keeping stock black and white.
And initially I was going to locate Reg/rec on top of electrical tray, but under seat. After reading several posts with respect to this, I changed location to underside of tray, via a bracket I made, for plenty of ventilation.
I'm finding the routing to be the greatest challenge. I also discovered a gem. Sleeve wires before crimping and soldering connectors.
Thanks mate.
Sleeves and new connectors care of Vintage Connections. I think you're one of the few stops to find decent quality electrical goodies. Highly recommended.
Having an increasingly difficult time competing with a lot of the junk available on Amazon and eBay, but for those who don't mind spending a few extra dollars to get high quality parts and supplies, I really do think we fit the bill.
I started working on motorcycle electrics (professionally) about five years ago and during that time I tried a few different suppliers for connectors and terminals and while many of the sources were cheaper, none matched the quality. From personal experience, I know that the electrical system is not one of those areas where you want to skimp. It's false economy.
Thanks. For a noob like me it's like painting by numbers. Trickiest thing has been deciding if and where to put connectors...mainly for ease of dis-assembly.
BTW love you CB....what u up to now?
Rear section wiring of lights and indicators wrapped up and connected.
Front control and indicator wires fed through bars. Odometer/tacho and warning and indicator light wires out through bottom of upper triple in 2 bundles.
Making a bracket for my 2 gauges (Water temp and Oil press) out of some 3mm aluminium (or is it aluminum?) sheet.
Big holes are 50mm and fit on forks between clip on brackets and upper triple. Houses 2 gauges, a fan temp over-ride switch for electric fan, and choke.
Below it will be a n aluminium box welded on to bracket, with space and entry and exit ports for connectors and wires bundles. Choke cable goes through it.
Assembled, but yet to be welded, sanded and painted.
Spent all morning practicing TIG welding spare stainless scrap pipe. Decided things were not going to get much better, so took a punt and made some tack welds on headers /connecting fitting, and mufflers after setting everything on bike where I wanted them.
Not very pretty but TIG welding is hard enough without having to get down on the floor to weld on site.
Purging pipe assembly with welding gas.
Managed to weld 4 joints without burning a hole in any of them.....Success!
Was going to have an aluminium water bottle for overflow, but changed my mind and decided to replace the original specimen bottle. Had to pull engine out....
....and while I was there, I replaced the pulser cover gasket after a youtuber commented that the one I had placed did not have the slot for the breather vent.
Had some Halcyon 830 mirrors on the Triumph, which I removed when I sold it. I really want to fit them on the CX500 but...
...they are designed to be fitted inside the handle bar via the usual bar end arrangement. I have some turn signals inside the bar end so I can't fit the mirrors in the conventional way. I decided to make a bracket to mount them on the bars from a 20mm block of aluminium.....
A 10mm threaded hole to mount the mirror...
...and 2 x M4 threded holes with a slit to tighten around bar.
Mounted on my spare handlebar and everything works. I like these mirrors. Just need to fill in small voids, finish sanding, and paint black to match everything else.
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