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Colin Green
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when at first we practice to deceive (ourselves that we can handle a little electrical wiring challenge).
The problem. My GS1150 left control indicator thumb knob had been broken and repaired by the PO, but it didn't work well. The original thumb knob had been replaced by a smaller one that didn't cover the big hole behind it and the flat cover piece that he installed (behind the knobby bit to cover the hole) moved all over the place and the switch occasionally jammed in the middle when I wanted to indicate and the self canceling function wasn't happening..... So! I thought I would replace the front part of the switch (that the cables are connected to) with a spare one I had from a GS1100G. But the replacement switch appeared to be wired differently (it has the head light plug on the end of it along with the same plug and only one extra wire instead of 2 to connect to other parts of the loom). So I decided that I'd see if I could get the knobby bit off my spare switch so I could put it onto the one installed on the bike to cover the hole. Yup! I broke it
The front part of the switch doesn't appear to be dismantled. Doh!
Anyhoo, as I am intending to replace the non original instruments (with no tacho) with an original set and had noticed that the connections were different, I decided to investigate the wiring (which had been hidden behind flexible ducting and more tape). The photo shows what I found in the headlight bucket ("Bucket" actually rhymes with the answer).
Wires hacked off (some of the instrument connections I assume) and the headlight plug attached with el-cheapo crimp connections???
I'm not sure of what I'm looking at (obviously a butchered mess) and don't have the right connector for the headlamp (assuming I can work out which wires to attach to what. Anyone got any ideas or a spare wiring loom???
The problem. My GS1150 left control indicator thumb knob had been broken and repaired by the PO, but it didn't work well. The original thumb knob had been replaced by a smaller one that didn't cover the big hole behind it and the flat cover piece that he installed (behind the knobby bit to cover the hole) moved all over the place and the switch occasionally jammed in the middle when I wanted to indicate and the self canceling function wasn't happening..... So! I thought I would replace the front part of the switch (that the cables are connected to) with a spare one I had from a GS1100G. But the replacement switch appeared to be wired differently (it has the head light plug on the end of it along with the same plug and only one extra wire instead of 2 to connect to other parts of the loom). So I decided that I'd see if I could get the knobby bit off my spare switch so I could put it onto the one installed on the bike to cover the hole. Yup! I broke it
The front part of the switch doesn't appear to be dismantled. Doh! Anyhoo, as I am intending to replace the non original instruments (with no tacho) with an original set and had noticed that the connections were different, I decided to investigate the wiring (which had been hidden behind flexible ducting and more tape). The photo shows what I found in the headlight bucket ("Bucket" actually rhymes with the answer).
Wires hacked off (some of the instrument connections I assume) and the headlight plug attached with el-cheapo crimp connections???
I'm not sure of what I'm looking at (obviously a butchered mess) and don't have the right connector for the headlamp (assuming I can work out which wires to attach to what. Anyone got any ideas or a spare wiring loom???
