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One of my other winter projects is to swap to negative ground. I'm doing this for multiple reasons for that so no need to debate (I know that is the most useless statement on the internet).
Now, naively, I thought how hard could that be. The original wiring harness is currently laughing at me. Out loud.
There is good news, with the Podtronics it's just a simple swap in the battery area. I bought this bike (back when Gandalf was a wee lad) it still came to me with a Mikuni and Boyer. And neither one of those things have really been touched. Whomever put in the Podtronics just took the ring connector from and shoved it in the large spade connector. It works, has worked and for now will continue to work. It does leave the original harness untouched.
Then I moved up front to deal with the Boyer. That's where it got ugly. First I took a close look at the pickup wires. Let's just say I don't know why I haven't ended up stranded more often...
There are just a handful of strands standing between me and crying on the side of the road. This is a simple fix, so not the worse thing. And certainly better to catch it now.
Then I went to look at the 8 wire bullet connector. Please don't show this picture to children or those of weak constitution.
I can't find this connector anywhere. I've got an email out to British Wiring. Does anyone have a suggestion as who might carry it? It's not a normal Norton replacement part in the catalog. That I have found.
Now, naively, I thought how hard could that be. The original wiring harness is currently laughing at me. Out loud.
There is good news, with the Podtronics it's just a simple swap in the battery area. I bought this bike (back when Gandalf was a wee lad) it still came to me with a Mikuni and Boyer. And neither one of those things have really been touched. Whomever put in the Podtronics just took the ring connector from and shoved it in the large spade connector. It works, has worked and for now will continue to work. It does leave the original harness untouched.
Then I moved up front to deal with the Boyer. That's where it got ugly. First I took a close look at the pickup wires. Let's just say I don't know why I haven't ended up stranded more often...
There are just a handful of strands standing between me and crying on the side of the road. This is a simple fix, so not the worse thing. And certainly better to catch it now.
Then I went to look at the 8 wire bullet connector. Please don't show this picture to children or those of weak constitution.
I can't find this connector anywhere. I've got an email out to British Wiring. Does anyone have a suggestion as who might carry it? It's not a normal Norton replacement part in the catalog. That I have found.