although the colors aren't right the two browns you have should go to the same locations as the wiring diagrams. With the key on you should have power on both brown wires when connected to the relay. One wire should come from the kill switch (which also should go to the coils) and that should be 12V with the key on. Power flows through the safety relay and out the other brown to the starter button. Pushing the starter button sends 12V to the solenoid. When the bike starts the safety relay breaks the connection between the two brown wires within the safety relay so the starter button/solenoid will not function. This is all based on the XS2 wiring diagram in the tech section.
Thanks,
"Power flows through the safety relay and out the other brown to the starter button."
The starter button in my case is the decompression lever. (blue with white line wire)
The lever is pulled and the metal lip of the lever contacts 2 other metal points that the blue with white line wire is soldered to.
That blue with white line wire comes from the lever assembly loom of wires and connects into the beginning of the harness into the blue with white line wire DOUBLE connector (inside the headlight) But there is only 1 blue/white wire from the lever inside the headlight, so that leaves one blue/white connector from the double connector empty.
Then thru the harness the blue/white wire comes out at the solenoid location.
The solenoid has a blue/white wire coming off of it.
The solenoid also has a brown wire coming off of it.
MIKESXS replacement relay has a blue/white and a red/white wire coming off of it, so again another change of wire colors.
I know how it all works bro,
i was kinda looking for this:
"brown safety relay wire with female connector connects to ???
....... 2nd blue/white connector in the double connector in the headlight has the lever blue/white wire and ??? wire connecting to it.
Red wire and brown wire tied together that come out of the loom at the same location as the coil wires connects to ???
cuase then you pull the decomp lever and it says "click" and thats it,
Dumb it down for me,
blue/white solenoid wire
brown solenoid wire
blue/white harness wire appearing at solenoid location
brown wire appearing at solenoid location
double blue/white wire connector inside headlight
blue/white wire from decomp lever assembly
brown wire from decomp lever assembly
PICTURE #1 (at solenoid switch)
The wires and connectors here look obvious, or are they ???
assuming the blue/white connects to the blue/white and the brown connects to the brown and the red taps into the solenoid with the battery lead wire to solenoid, we move on to another area.
PICTURE #2 (Inside headlight)
Red/white wire + blue/white wire + brown wire coming out of the braided covering are the decompression lever switch assembly wires.
The blue/white wire with DOUBLE connector end comes out of the main harness.
I have the blue/white lever wire connected into one of the blue/white double connectors leaving one connector empty. WHAT GOES IN THAT 2ND CONNECTOR SLOT ???
I have the red/white wire connected to the red/white single connector wire from the harness. And the brown lever assembly wire is unconnected.
The ignition or "key on" 12v red/white - red/yellow wires are are connected thru a plastic harness connector.
PICTURE #3 (At backbone just above where the carbs would be)
The last picture shows a red/white wire and a brown wire tied together with a double connector. Also shows in the braided covering a female end brown wire and a male end wire, THOSE ARE THE SAFETY RELAY WIRES.
In this scenerio we have 1 male and 1 female end ---- and a double connector female end. so that means the wires dont all connect properly or color coordinated.
Since these wires dont jive together, the only other wires the safety relay wires can reach are the wires at the solenoid. (But we have the wires at the solenoid assumed as obvious correct connections because the ends and colors match)
.............. and what about the empty connector slot in the double blue/white connector inside of the headlight ???
i could just start plugging different wires until i see smoke my friend .....
Since we both know how the circuit works,
if you can identify wire for wire where each one goes and the starter works, than your the better man, and im the dumbass. lol
You know how electrical makes a persons hair stand on end, so I do apreciate somebodies help and Im not hostile towards you my friend, its those damn wires.
