Recreating a wiring harness from scratch....... GS1100GK

[Guest]

So after letting my GS sit for probably too long I need to dig in and just fix the wiring harness. Looking at it, it appears that the harness was made by someone else at one point or they took the stock harness and had it apart. Unless they always have cheap electrical tape around them. The ones I've seen pictures of have the better cloth tape. Ugh.

I definitely need some parts here. Previous owner said that the battery isn't charging so I'm going to order a new stator, rectifier/regulator which it seems on Suzuki is one part for the R/R. I have the schematic and can just rewire the bike. I have some gaps though. What is the ignition block in the schematic next to the coils? Electronic ignition? The stator is marked as the alternator on the schematic, correct? What/where is the pickup coil? It also shows a diode. Is that actually bolted on the frame or just inline with the harness somewhere?

I think the rest of this I can sort of figure out myself. If anyone has any good ideas in where I could get some color coded wire in bulk as well as connectors that would be helpful.

Also if anyone has the gs1100gk schematic on a JPEG or odd that would also be helpful. I have the G schematic so at least covers most of the harder parts for me. I'm pretty sure the GK schematic is actually in the service manual so I'll take another look.

[Nessism]

You would be better off purchasing an existing harness. Even if it's for a regular 1100G and not specific to your bike, you can modify it easily enough. For example, I took a 1000GL harness and converted it for use on a 1000S model bike.

BTW, the stock harness wrap is not cloth, it's non adhesive harness wrap that looks like electrical tape, sometimes denoted Elliot tape.