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alexdecker:
Hey

I bought reproduction switches for both sides of my handlebar. The colors seems to be off though. I figured that maybe somebody knew what colors goes to what on these switches. My bike is a european CB550F2.

On the Start/Stop switch with light controls (first picture), I have these colors. The ones in bold is the ones I can't figure out where to go:
Y/Red, Bl/Red, Bl/W, Bl, Bl/Y, Bl/B, and Bl/Grey.

On the turn signal switch, I have these colors:
Light Green, Light Blue, Orange, White, Orange/W, Blue, Lighter Blue/W, Brown/White, Bl/Red, Dark Grey, Bl/grey

Does this make sense to any of you guys?

Regards
Alex

Bryanj:
The only way you are going to find out is by tracing what colour goes to which switch connection either visibly or with a meter

Oddjob:
The Light blue and white and the orange and white are not used.

alexdecker:
Okay, a few follow up questions on the wiring. These questions all relate to all the plugs under the tank on the little black box:


* Is it correctly understood that the brown/blue is the turn signal buzzer?

* My new turn signal switch has a brown/white wire, which is the lights in the tacho and speedo. I can see that in the US models, it is in use, but not on the european models. Can anyone explain why this wire needs to go from turn signal switch on US models?
* The black wire from turn signal switch - what does this do?
* And lastly, where does the horn get power from? Is is connected to light green and black, and in the switch end, it is also connected to light green. But no sound. Is it dependant on any other connections?

Oddjob:
Horn depends on which wiring system it's using. One has the horn button being the earth and the other has the horn being the earth. Check your horn, does it have a small wire which goes to earth, round by the coils or sometimes on the horn bracket itself. The black wire is the power for the horn and some other things, without that connected not much will work. I presume the new switch has horn/pass or just horn?

Brown/white always seem to be for illumination lights but on the US model it's also used to power the running lights inside the indicators, that's the light blue/white and the orange/white.

Brown/blue was the buzzer.

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