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Another year passes!
The bike is now charging properly, (thanks all for the suggestions).
I cleaned up the rings as advised but more importantly, replaced the totally knackered brushes. They looked literally like they'd been underwater - the springs had disintegrated and the brushes themselves...
So, only a year later, I finally sorted out the electrics and all it took, was a new loom.
And a new indicator relay.
And a new battery.
Now I just have to work out why my battery isn't being recharged and fit a headlight switch so that there's less drain on the battery (and charging) because of...
Thanks - sorry, but which parts are the "slip rings"?
Also, any idea why someone re-winding a stator would leave out the yellow wire - as has been pointed out, several times, this is a pretty important wire....
The bike was pretty much standard when I got it, other than having been sat (in the...
Oh and a further update on the turn signals.
I swapped the LED signals for regular ones (all four tested as working via direct battery hook up) and NOW, I have only one side (right) lighting up!
So, with the LED bulbs, I had no blinking, but all four LEDs lit and no effect from the turn switch...
Another general turn signal question: Is it normal to have all of the turn signals lit with ignition switch "on" (and with the engine running too)?
I seem to recall seeing US motorbikes (on TV and in movies) with their turn signals lit all the time and then flashing only when switched to do so...
Thanks - but can you hazard a guess why someone would have cut that yellow wire? Is there a way to wire the lonely yellow to something other than direct to my battery live (which appeared to totally drain the battery overnight, when I left that connected)?
XSLEO your responses have been really helpful - we have PARTIAL SUCCESS!
I connected the dark green and brown wires to the double connectors as you advised (I KNEW those double connectors needed to be hooked up to SOMETHING!)
And NOW ALL MY TURN SIGNALS LIGHT UP!
They don't blink yet, but they...
To all, I just want to say a massive thank you for your superlative help and input and I apologise for not replying sooner - I've been a bit distracted by this pandemic thing.
I have another, very basic question...
could anyone confirm, that the colour of my turn signal wiring is normal.
I ask, because I keep seeing references to "chocolate" and "dark green" and in one case, Team Junk wrote that it was easy to mistake the "chocolate" wire for black!
Well, that's not...
That's really helpful and much appreciated - there is no sign of any yellow cable coming from that loom - totally absent.
I am now wondering if it is a none standard stator or why the yellow wire would have been removed for any logical reason...?
Much appreciated - I had no idea there was a clutch safety switch on these bikes - the clymer manual doesn't seem to refer to one on any of the wiring diagrams - and there are 10 diagrams in total!