Progress!!! 1978 GS1000E Restoration/Performance Rebuild

[philosopheriam]

More photos of electrical success:

[80GS850GBob]

Like the horns...sound loud...love the harness. All ya need now is a bike around it....

[ShadowFocus603]

Looking great Anthony. The amount of time you spent building the electrical should all but guarantee years of worry-free service.

[evh]

you are doing an incredible job on this bike so far!

[philosopheriam]

you are doing an incredible job on this bike so far!

Thank you!

[philosopheriam]

Final product - wrapped lovingly in Tesa 51036 hi-temp fabric harness tape with an acrylic adhesive (won't get gooey like electrical tape). Very abrasion resistant and has a professional appearance.

[dmctechnical]

WOW that looks fantastic .

[Guest]

THAT is a tedious project for sure, nicely done. Can I get one for $40?

[Throttlejock]

Just went through all 39 pages and this build scares me now that I have my GS down for maintenance (probably its first, from the state of things). The urge to tear it apart and dump money I don't have is strong. Love this build.

[Guest]

Awesome!!!!!!!

[posplayr]

This is the cleanest harness build I've seen and I'm quite surprised at how small teh bundle actually ended up. Was there much in the way of circuits that you removed or were that many "extra" wires in the original?

I know you are trying to do a top job on this build all the way around so it probably does not matter in that respect but I'm wondering how much you needed to spend to get all those different wire colors, connectors and other odds and ends?

[philosopheriam]

This is the cleanest harness build I've seen and I'm quite surprised at how small teh bundle actually ended up. Was there much in the way of circuits that you removed or were that many "extra" wires in the original?

I know you are trying to do a top job on this build all the way around so it probably does not matter in that respect but I'm wondering how much you needed to spend to get all those different wire colors, connectors and other odds and ends?

Honestly, I couldn't tell you exactly how much it cost - things like wire and terminals are "extras" that get added to my repository of stuff that may be used at a later date, so, these items aren't going to waste - I also sunk some extra $$$ into buying them because I wanted some leftover. At this stage in the project, I stopped counting the $$$ - If at some time I actually calculate what I spent on the entire restoration I might have a heart attack :-D

When I looked at the schematic for the original harness, I was blown away by how much unnecessary crap was in there - I quickly came to the conclusion that it would be far easier to build a new harness around my use of relays and new fuse panel rather than try to modify the old one. Once I redraw the schematic on a new sheet of paper I will post it here so anyone can re-create it.

Part of what adds a lot of time and some additional cost is that I have had to waste a bunch of terminals in an attempt to get things to lay where I want them - if a wire in a fuse holder is too short/long, it has to be redone, wasting the terminal. When you want things to be functional AND look good, the aforementioned trial and error process is unavoidable.

[philosopheriam]

I have a favor to ask of anyone subscribed to this thread:

Can someone take a couple close-up shots of the REAR turn signal mounting brackets on a GS1000 while they are installed on the bike? Thanks!

[Buffalo Bill]

Honestly, I couldn't tell you exactly how much it cost - At this stage in the project, I stopped counting the $$$ - If at some time I actually calculate what I spent on the entire restoration I might have a heart attack :-D

Wow, for real???
I back tracked until I found your test, very good. Too good to have a problem later.
Experience had me worried such a neat job would have to be redone because of some little thing.

[Guest]

This thread is amazing, and is full of great advice / product recommendations. This has inspired me to redo my wiring harness and apply a protectant to my polished aluminum.

Excellent work!!