So I have a couple spare post '80 solid state reg rec's in my parts bin, and this '79 Special points model brat chop sitting in my basement needing wires and a whole lot of other stuff. It is a rescue from someone who lost interest and although I am usually more partial to the stock bikes, this came to me already welded up so I can expand my horizons without guilt.
I have read and printed out the instructions to add a late reg rec to a points bike, but looking at my crimping tool, I saw it was no good for the connectors I have to make. I could make do with bullet connectors, but want to learn about better ways of doing things as I have a whole harness to make. (I will resolve on New Years to become more familiar with a multi meter, also not to post a whine saying I hate wiring..)
Local stores did not carry the crimping tool that works on non insulated terminals, so I remembered I had dealt with Eastern Beaver a few years ago for a fuse panel for a V-Strom's driving lights and went to their site. Ordered a proper crimper and a couple little picks to disassemble the connectors already made which arrived today. Practicing on making a couple alligator clip jumper cables, the tool works as advertised.
Pricey, but this is work one cannot do with needle nose pliers, no matter how steady your hands are!
So here is the question my research cannot find an answer to. This chop will have a minimal harness for kick only. I will leave the starter on with the cable so I can use it to crank the bike for the initial starts and tuning and use an external battery for temp power to the starter.
The installed battery will be small, but in Ontario, a vehicle has to have daytime running lights. None of the kick only diagrams seem to have any provision for a running light that goes on automatically once the motor is running. Do I stick with the stock safety relay, or is there a better way or smaller relay? My shade tree solution is to get a couple of small LED lights to mount on the lower triple that would go on with the key and the headlight would turn on with a bar switch. The small LED's would take hardly any current, but it's a bit of a hokey set up just to comply with legislation. Any solutions out there that have been accepted by an Ontario mechanic who is not related to you?
I have read and printed out the instructions to add a late reg rec to a points bike, but looking at my crimping tool, I saw it was no good for the connectors I have to make. I could make do with bullet connectors, but want to learn about better ways of doing things as I have a whole harness to make. (I will resolve on New Years to become more familiar with a multi meter, also not to post a whine saying I hate wiring..)
Local stores did not carry the crimping tool that works on non insulated terminals, so I remembered I had dealt with Eastern Beaver a few years ago for a fuse panel for a V-Strom's driving lights and went to their site. Ordered a proper crimper and a couple little picks to disassemble the connectors already made which arrived today. Practicing on making a couple alligator clip jumper cables, the tool works as advertised.
Pricey, but this is work one cannot do with needle nose pliers, no matter how steady your hands are!
So here is the question my research cannot find an answer to. This chop will have a minimal harness for kick only. I will leave the starter on with the cable so I can use it to crank the bike for the initial starts and tuning and use an external battery for temp power to the starter.
The installed battery will be small, but in Ontario, a vehicle has to have daytime running lights. None of the kick only diagrams seem to have any provision for a running light that goes on automatically once the motor is running. Do I stick with the stock safety relay, or is there a better way or smaller relay? My shade tree solution is to get a couple of small LED lights to mount on the lower triple that would go on with the key and the headlight would turn on with a bar switch. The small LED's would take hardly any current, but it's a bit of a hokey set up just to comply with legislation. Any solutions out there that have been accepted by an Ontario mechanic who is not related to you?