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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 09:31 AM
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Quick question.

I put SE plug wires on the bike but they didn't come with the small zip-tie push-plug combo things to secure the front wire to the cylinder brace. For now, I just zip tied it to the brace but I don't like that the wire contacts hot metal.

Where can I get these little dudes?
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 10:15 AM
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I did a work-around by getting an insulated cable/wire holder from the local Ace hdwre store and hanging the plug cable from the horn bracket. May not be factory, but does the job.

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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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You can also make your own, for the front cylinder support put a tie wrap on the ignition lead than insert the pig tail of the tie wrap through the hole in the top cylinder bracket, use another tie wrap head to secure it on the other side of the bracket like I did below on my clutch cable. The rear support you can use part of a large tie wrap, poke two holes through it with a soldering iron, and use two small tie wraps to tie the leads together.





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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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Hmmm, that sucks. You'd think they'd just send you one of those... I wonder if your local hardware store has anything like that. Ha, it'd probably come in a bag of 50 or something, in which case you could sell the rest here!!
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 11:54 AM
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Thanks guys. I stopped by the dealer, puller around back, and the tech guys gave me a couple. It cost me a cigarette.

HD sells them for $1.09 a pair.

I like the work-around ideas though
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 12:00 PM
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What I did was to run the wires over the top of the horn bracket and use a couple of small zip ties to secure it. I also put a small piece of high density foam under the plug wires so they wouldn't rub on the bracket. It's hard to notice and it seems to be holding up fine.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by nevil
What I did was to run the wires over the top of the horn bracket and use a couple of small zip ties to secure it. I also put a small piece of high density foam under the plug wires so they wouldn't rub on the bracket. It's hard to notice and it seems to be holding up fine.
That's exactly what I did to get on the road for the last couple days, but I have the "Christmas Tree" ties now. All is good, but I'm starting to dig the clamp that O-Town is using. It just looks better than plastic ties.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 01:55 PM
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i just used a black zip tie, i didnt tighten it to hard so it doesnt rub or dig into the cable, no marks yet since 1000 miles ago
 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 05:38 PM
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i zip tied mine as well with a small piece of tubing in between... little trick i picked up from formula on here... works great

 
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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 05:43 PM
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i zip tied mine as well with a small piece of tubing in between... little trick i picked up from formula on here... works great

That's cool. Off to the garage.
 
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