Wiring

[hondatri]

    My Son was looking at my bike and saw an overheated wire Red/White under the left hand panel  it and a Red wire going into a 2 pin connector. He cut it off but did not record where they went. I had a look and found the previous owner had fitted a spade fuse and the red wire was going to it then off to the  Battery But I dont know where he cut the Red/White from. The wiring Diagram shows these 2 wires coming from the battery,If I connect both wires to the Battery and turn on Ign  nothing happened If I connect the red only I get the Oil and Neutral lights on. Can someone look at their bike to see where the Red /Red white wires goes.The 6 pin connector does not have the 2 red wires on tn the bike side of fuse holder(Probably the 2 going to the Spade Fuse. But where does the Red and Red/White wires go..

[Nurse Julie]

Im looking at mine and can't see a red or white wire together anywhere. The only red is going in and out of a 6 pin connector coming from fuse box. Probably not much help i'm afraid

[Nurse Julie]

I'm telling porkies, there are 2 reds coming from fuse box in to 6 pin connector

[Bodd]

Red/white to rectifier and red to ignition

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The red/white wire goes to the rectifier connecting block which is wired like this.
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[Lobo]

....just a thought Hondatri... little point in repairing the loom if the original fault not found / fixed?

A UK spec diagram Bodd!, hard to find. But where are the fuses for the Head & Tail lamp circuits?

Simon

[Bodd]

Try this one.

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[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

Bodd
Nice layout brill
Cheers
Bitsa

[Trigger]

Bodd
Nice layout brill
Cheers
Bitsa

Even i can follow that diagram

[Bitsa (Ralph Wright - RIP)]

Trig
100 percent now?Its not hard with me I have a great problem in explaining it than doing it but if we were all there same this site would be dead quiet
Cheers
Bitsa

[Lobo]

...now stolen from you,
Thanks Bodd,
S

[hondatri]

Thanks Bodd that is a much better diagram where you can see the Red /Red White going to the 2 pin connector.The previous owner Had cut the Red wires from the fusebox and fitted a Blade Fuse. The Red/White goes from Reg to Batt. My problem as I explained is that if I connect Red only to Batt I get the Oil/Neut Lights on. When I Add the Red white the Lights go out so I suspect the Reg. How can I test it. Sorry for being a pest.
PS. Why were these wires in a sleeve and why did Red/White show signs of overheating. Incidently the bike was runnin  ok with a little Cam Chain noise I took it off road to remedy that.

[Bodd]

This is what I was faced with, the fusebox was bypassed altogether and had 3 in line fuses added to the wires plucked from the loom, as it was a total rebuild I had the loom completely off the bike and refurbished with new connectors and a fusebox I got from this guy, amazingly the only problem I had when I refit the loom was with the head light main beam and Simon (Lobo) pointed me in the right direction, I had 1 bad wire (blue to bulb holder), I'm not really that good when it comes to wiring and always number label each wire when I strip a bike because sometimes PO's change things, the rear light was green in the loom but blue from the light and a lot of wires were black due to someone being over zealous with a rattle can, what experience has taught me is that if a wire burns it is usually a faulty component or a short somewhere, as for testing components apart from finding faulty wires and circuits with a multi meter I'm out of my comfort zone, Simon is your man for that kind of stuff.
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[Nurse Julie]

No wonder there was no resemblance to the wiring I looked at on my 400/4 then !!!.

[Dan]

Overheating can also come from high resistance - caused by something as simple as dirty / corroded connectors. I had this on the fuse holders of my bike. You could smell overheating with the ignition on. A good clean up of the fuse holders sorted it.

[hondatri]

Thanks for all the replies guys I have sorted the wiring , Now to check all terminals.