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I don't have a box under the tank - all the wires join in the headlamp and the ignition switch is between the clocks, the loom reaches the headlamp bowl with ease it's just hard to squeeze the rats nest inside when fitting the headlamp.
Quote from: Mr Helicop on January 02, 2020, 08:16:04 PMI don't have a box under the tank - all the wires join in the headlamp and the ignition switch is between the clocks, the loom reaches the headlamp bowl with ease it's just hard to squeeze the rats nest inside when fitting the headlamp. OK. So it sounds like you have a CB550/4 F2 headlamp bowl, which is shallow, as the wiring all goes back to a bundle under the tank on the F2. So, assuming yours is an F1 as you don't have the electrics box under the tank, all the wiring goes in the headlamp bowl, and the bowl should be deeper... That's why you are having trouble cramming it all in there.
All of the 500 had a side indent and the wiring fita in okish
The switch gear wiring on a 550 F1/F2 runs to a box under the tank and that is the main connection place and the bowl on a F is very shallow as it doesn't have many connectors in it.Here is a pic of a F bowl and you will see that it is not as deep as the ones from the rest of the 550's. (Attachment Link)