rusty rocket
XS650 Junkie
So whats the time line on the new bike, are you going to finish up the xs before you start the thumper?
Quick wiring questions please on the hand controls the wiring on the left side when comparing my 82 to a 79 there is 3 less wires on the 79 that seem to have been attached to 3 contact posts under the rocker switch for the turn signals. Why are the wiring harnesses smaller? Self canceling? Wires just missing from PO?
The fist picture is the 82 and what looks like the wires went to, but they were undone when I went in which is common I guess, the second is showing the three wires, the third is the 79 without the 3 wires, how would the signals have worked without these three wires on the 79? Are they just missing from the hand control I found?
What are these three wires? Brown and white wire hot in from the flasher, green wire out to left signal, brown wire out to right signal?
What grounds do I need to run out of the left control to not rely on the handlebars for ground?
Thanks I ask because I am switching to the 79 controls with no choke and tring to remove what wires I don't need, and provide a ground wire. I am not using any of the rest of the stock wiring on the bike other than these controls, I have the Illuminator Pro III light control module that has the flasher and self canceling built in it. I am running all LED lighting. Thanks for any input.
On the right side there was no ground on the 79 3 wires only so it must have grounded through the handlebars? The 82 has 4 wires one a black ground. I added the ground into the wiring on the 79 like the 82 is this ok? it is for the starter button to the solenoid I assume and I attached it where it was on the 82.
Nothing on any bike grounds through the handlebars ... It could never ground satisfactorily because the bars are completely insulated electrically by the rubber bushes on the top yoke.
On the 79 ,the live feed to your signal switch is supplied from your self cancelling relay by a BrW brown white wire to the signal switch.
The self cancelling relay cuts the supply to the signal switch after a period thus cancelling the signals whether the signal switch is set to on or off.
(If you wanted to eliminate the self cancelling relay to simplify the wiring then all you need to do is to cut the yellow green wire from the self cancelling relay to the flasher relay and then connect a live feed to the yellow green wire going to flasher relay from one of your fuses that is switched live ( live when you switch the key on) and insulate the remaining yellow green wire from the self cancelling relay that you cut
You'll then have a separate power supply to your signal switch but thee self cancelling relay won't turn your signals off... naturally. )
From the 79 signal switch you have 2x wires out a DG dark green and a CH chocolate brown . One feeds 12v+ the right side signal lamps and signal indicator bulb and the other wire feeds 12v+ to the left hand signal lamps and the signal indicator bulb.
All the signal lamps ground themselves through their metal bodies to the fork headlamp brackets at the front and the fender at the rear.there is no seperate ground wire to the original signal lamps or to the signal switch .
On the 81 model your signal switch also has the wiring for your horn and your headlight which is why you have a 6xwire connector.
The black wire in the 81 switch goes to your reserve lighting unit and is not a ground wire for your signal switch. On the 81 and later the signal lamps have a separate black wire which goes to chassis ground unlike the 79 lamps which ground through the lamp body