Wiring kill switch help 1970 CB350

[BornOnThe4th]

1970 CB350

I am installing a new kill/headlight switch and could use some help. I'm a little color blind (no joke) so the wiring diagrams I've looked at arent too much help.

I have the right side handlebar wiring cluster consisting of 9 wires

2 black
1 black w/ white stripes
1 white
1 white w/ yellow stripes
1 dark blue
1 yellow
1 yellow w/ red stripe
1 brown

What wires do I use for the high beam, low beam, and the kill switch.

Thanks for the help!

 

[teazer]

The best way to work through that issue is to split the switch into two halves and see which wires go to which switch. Then take a multimeter and see what connects to what in different switch positions.

Of course it all depends on hat the switch was wired for. I bough a multi function switch off ebay teh other day and colors don't match anything, so that's what I did.

Yellow is often the main beam, Blue is probably dip and yellow/R may be power to the dipswitch.

Black or B/W is often ground

Brown could be power, or tail light depending on what bike it's wired for.

 

[djelliott]

1970 CB350

I am installing a new kill/headlight switch and could use some help. I'm a little color blind (no joke) so the wiring diagrams I've looked at arent too much help.

I have the right side handlebar wiring cluster consisting of 9 wires

2 black
1 black w/ white stripes
1 white
1 white w/ yellow stripes
1 dark blue
1 yellow
1 yellow w/ red stripe
1 brown

What wires do I use for the high beam, low beam, and the kill switch.

Thanks for the help!

If I recall it's:

Blue - Low Beam
White - High beam
Black/White Stripe - Kill

 

[djelliott]

See attached Diagram.

 

[VonYinzer]

Hes colorblind DJ... :-\

 

[djelliott]

Hes colorblind DJ... :-\

He said only "a little".

 

[VonYinzer]

ha ha ha... true

 

[Kev Nemo]

So with a toggle thru the headlight housing, what wires go the switch?

 

[djelliott]

So with a toggle thru the headlight housing, what wires go the switch?

If it was just a kill switch you'd hook up the Black/white to one side and a black to the other. I've never done it as a kill/headlight switch. Theoretically you might be able to hook the blue and white wires to the same side as the black/white and it should work. Not sure though because ground for the head lamp is a green wire. Try some experimenting.

 

[djelliott]

opps sorry, I got it backwards.

White - Low Beam

Blue - High beam

Also:

Black - hot side of the wiring for turn signal relay, ignition, horn, brake light switch, and starter relay.

Green - System Ground

Black/white - power to coils from kill switch

Just to clarify.

 

[crazypj]

The best way to work through that issue is to split the switch into two halves and see which wires go to which switch. Then take a multimeter and see what connects to what in different switch positions.



Yellow is often the main beam, Blue is probably dip and yellow/R may be power to the dipswitch.

Black or B/W is often ground

Brown could be power, or tail light depending on what bike it's wired for.

That's dangerous advice if you have no experience of Honda's.
Black is Live after ignition switch, connecting it to ground will make bad things happen if you don't have fuse box (and fuses) in place (if you do, it just blows fuse )

Blue is main beam
white is low beam
djelliott got it right in second post

 

[VonYinzer]

Just rewire the whole bike. get rid of your signals and you can get it down to 7 - 10 wires...

 

[djelliott]

Brown is tail light. Yellow is AC from the stator to the rectifier. Yellow/red is the ground for the starter relay. This of course only really pertains to Hondas, CB350 twins in general. Some also pertains to other models.