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Bike runs pretty well, so I'm starting on wiring, only things working are head light, elec. Starter, tail light. My question is do I find a complete wiring harness, any suggestions on what's available. Or try to run what i need to have everything working. Nothing running to dash, other than lights do work. The bike started life as a FLH, now a stripped bobber.
I bought a couple of partial harnesses for my shovel. Taiwan Ted stuff. It was the handlebar harnesses with the starter button already soldered in place. Total junk. Had to throw them out.
Anyway, I also had to rewire my shovel. I took the wiring diagram out of the service manual and made a huge copy of it. I then pasted that copy to a piece of cardboard and used it to run every wire on the bike. Pretty easy stuff.
Thanks Grover, thought about that, and may go that. Route still trying to make time to take parts off to see what I have. To JZ point V-Twin has a harness under builders harness, but is way more than I need to get bike where I headed. Have the manual so I may do the same make harness to fit needs.
do your self a favor and wire the starter system this way we developed this eons ago and it will never run on after pushing the starter button again - now some never do it - but the ones that do - do it in a gas station at the pumps when 20 bikes are getting gas
do your self a favor and wire the starter system this way we developed this eons ago and it will never run on after pushing the starter button again - now some never do it - but the ones that do - do it in a gas station at the pumps when 20 bikes are getting gas
John have you had any trouble using just a relay? No ford solenoid?I have been running a 50 amp relay on solenoid wire from bars. Than 10 gauge from batt to relay. Out of relay to small control wire on solenoid....batt cable off battery direct to top post on solenoid ....bottom post to starter. Never had one hang yet.....but I dont not do the volume u do. Have had a bad batch of those ford solenoids as I used them in my streetrods I build in my shop.....staters hanging like the shovel with low batterys ........
ok I get what you did and yes like I said some never do it BUT - I have had them come to the shop 1/2 burnt to the ground when this happened and no tools handy - no kicker to over ride it - and no way to remove the seat - then having a new AGM battery and thats all that is needed to loose the bike
its a safety thing not one electric start restoration we have done in 20 plus years leaves the shop with out having it wired this way
I am doing one right now a self repaired wire harness 1972 that the guy did not think he needed the neutral switch
well it stuck the trans was in first gear the bike was chained to the wall - he stuck a metal bar in the spokes to stop it - it broke the chain that in turn tore the chain guard off the bike and snapped 3 spokes it melted a couple wires
THE bike was marvin gays bike - we have pictures of it with big daddy ed roth after he had it painted by him in the 70s - 5 dimension's deep in 7 colors and the dominate color is blue - cant get how he did it but he was ed roth that's how
ok I get what you did and yes like I said some never do it BUT - I have had them come to the shop 1/2 burnt to the ground when this happened and no tools handy - no kicker to over ride it - and no way to remove the seat - then having a new AGM battery and thats all that is needed to loose the bike
its a safety thing not one electric start restoration we have done in 20 plus years leaves the shop with out having it wired this way
I am doing one right now a self repaired wire harness 1972 that the guy did not think he needed the neutral switch
well it stuck the trans was in first gear the bike was chained to the wall - he stuck a metal bar in the spokes to stop it - it broke the chain that in turn tore the chain guard off the bike and snapped 3 spokes it melted a couple wires
THE bike was marvin gays bike - we have pictures of it with big daddy ed roth after he had it painted by him in the 70s - 5 dimension's deep in 7 colors and the dominate color is blue - cant get how he did it but he was ed roth that's how
You are not getting away with telling a story like that with no PICTURES!!!!!
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Wiring 72 FLH
