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Old 11-05-2007, 08:34 PM
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Spent a good five hours this past weekend tearing apart the harness, than trying to figure out how to dress it down to two main bundles and only on the left side of the bike. I took all the factory sleeving off which made the bundles smaller. Then I spliced in extra wire for the indicator lights and ran those down with the wires from the hand controls into the frame than back up to the console. Before they use to come out of the indicator lights and ran over the triple clamps up into the console. I used a nylon type braided sleeving that I got from a local electronics store, pretty much the same stuff they use on the 2007 and up bikes. Made a plug out of JB Weld, sanded it flat, sprayed it black, than wet sanded it to match the dull finish of the rubber frame grommet on the right side of the bike.

Hand control harness bundles = 5 bundles
Now 1 bundle
Left signal
Right signal
Left controls
Right controls
Indicator lights (high beam, neutral, oil, and left right signals)

Console harness bundles = 3 bundles
Now 1 bundle
Speedometer / Tachometer
Fuel tank sending unit
Factory indicator light splices




















 

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Old 11-05-2007, 08:41 PM
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First I go out and buy wide glide trees etc. after seeing how good it looked on yours....now I have to go clean up the wiring harness thats been driving me nuts! Darn you! Looks great....way it should have been in the first place.
 
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Old 11-05-2007, 08:48 PM
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Beautiful job - I'll resist the urge to say you have too much time on your hands - oops. Excellent craftsmanship.
 
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Old 11-05-2007, 08:50 PM
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Spent a good five hoursthis past weekend tearing apart the harness,

then trying tofigure outhow to dress it down to two main bundles
and only on the left side of the bike.
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Nice job Formula.

Cleaned things up really nice.

I'm gonna have some questions for you on this subject.
Gettin ready to tear into some issues requiring wire.

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Old 11-05-2007, 11:02 PM
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Awesome job WS6 ! Man, wish I had you around my garage this weekend! Five hours is all!?! It has taken me all weekend just to put my switches back together without blowin' a fuse, literally[:@]
Nice work! Thanks for the great pics too!
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 06:43 AM
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That bike just gets better all the time, and it was already my favorite one on this forum. Really nice work.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:52 AM
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that looks good. is the nylon a certain size, does it come in a roll and about how much did it cost ?
bike is looking nice by the way.
 
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Wow, that looks about 100% better.
 
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Old 11-06-2007, 07:21 PM
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Thanks guys for the compiliments....as always, I do appreciate them.........

Sleeving is 3/4", it came in a eight foot roll for $7.00. You could probably go to a smaller sleeving but your going to have to remove the connectors. One more change, I moved the clutch cable behind the harness.

Sleeving:
http://frys.com/search?search_type=r...toreName=false

Before and after photos below, before photos are already redressed and tied together with tie wraps.









 

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Very nice work WS6! What you've done helps me out a lot.... Thanks
 


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