Well would you believe it, Sydney is absolutely soaking today. Thoughts go out to those in QLD who are suffering horrible floods... AGAIN! One minute were burning, the next were drowning!
Whoever says things aren't changing is mental, should start looking for a hybrid
Anyway today I started the wiring. I was worried about the parasitic draw the RFID would impose on the electrical system so I went and bought a smart little waterproof switch which will be mounted in the subframe tray and shouldn't be visible easily. This will switch power to the RFID to stop it draining the battery when the bike is laid up:
Also popped over the the father in laws and borrow his ancient soldering iron to tackle the custom loom. Set the bench up for some wiring time:
Practiced my joints first:
And with some shrink wrap:
Ok, so I've got the technique down, now time for some making stuff. First up was the fuse box. All wire ends were soldered, crimped into the connector and shrink wrapped:
Nice
And here is the final result, which incidentally took me about 2 hours: