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[dartyD]

So I have a 1971 cl350 and I'm trying to wire in this button control. Has anyone ever used this before on a bike similar to mine? The problem I'm having is figuring out what is absolutely necessary for the bike to run.

 

[dartyD]

Anyone?

 

[carnivorous chicken]

So I have a 1971 cl350 and I'm trying to wire in this button control. Has anyone ever used this before on a bike similar to mine? The problem I'm having is figuring out what is absolutely necessary for the bike to run.

Well... you don't need a horn, light switch, or turn signals for the bike to run, so none are absolutely necessary. Legal? Depends on where you are.

But if you need to know which wires go to your Honda wires to make the signals, horn, and light work, then you've got to compare whatever diagram came with the button to what's in the manual. And of course decide what you want to work -- I like having a horn, I like having a headlight, and I am not sure what year the cutoff date is for requiring turn signals (although some states make you retrofit if you have a bike that came without them).

 

[dartyD]

Id like to have a horn but I'm not worried about it. I'd also like to make my head light always stay on sense there is no reason them to ever be off. The problem is that what thedescription on the switch I bought is completely wrong on the colors and I can't seem to find any information on it. This is what they said the pin out was.

 

[dartyD]

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[CALfeRacer]

Do you have a multimeter? You can test what does what pretty easily. For the horn switch, it should be infinite resistance when off, and 0 resistance when the button is pressed. For the turn signals, connect one lead to the ground, and the other one will go to one of the two signals. with switch in the middle you have infinite resistance, and 0 resistance when it is pushed to the left or right. Also remember, it'll have 0 resistance with one of the wires depending on the direction, not both. If you want your headlight to always be on, I wouldn't worry about the switch, just make sure the headlight is getting 12V from the battery.

 

[dartyD]

Cool thank you so much. Hopefully I can make some progress today.

 

[CALfeRacer]

No problem. If the headlight button is an on/off type you could probably make it work as your high/low control, not sure about that though.

 

[dartyD]

So I'm trying reduce the length of my wiring and possibly delete or simplify some of it. I ran across this wire and can't seem to figure out what exactly it goes to. Any clues?

 

[CALfeRacer]

Is that wire just white? If so, my diagram says that goes from the stator to the stock headlight switch, where it connects to a branch of the yellow from the stator (other branch goes to rectifier). I believe you can splice the wires together at the stator plug or near it to cut out wiring length, but I'd double check with another source first.