Rewiring bike...

[scorpiokai]

I have a 1979 GS550E that I want to completely rewire. Any advice?

 

[hampshirehog]

Use more than one colour wire! I used only yellow wire a few years ago as a personal challenge and didn't find it easy.

Are you intending using a new harness, make you own, any mods or what?

 

[scorpiokai]

I haven't seen a harness that i liked the look of yet, so probably going to make my own. The bike has been equipped with aftermarket coilshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/48013546@N03/5734541459/in/photostream/, starterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/48013546@N03/5735090570/in/photostream/, and R/R

, not sure of specifics, got it this way.....

 

[Guest]

Score on the upgraded electrical 'stuff'. Dyna coils and Dyna electronic ignition and a new R/R, very nice. There are some very good, detailed wiring posts on BikeCliffs website
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/storagecliff/images/electrical_odd-n-ends.html
sounds like you're doing some great maintenance.

 

[BassCliff]

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[JEEPRUSTY]

Use more than one colour wire! I used only yellow wire a few years ago as a personal challenge and didn't find it easy.

Are you intending using a new harness, make you own, any mods or what?

RU serious? No way man no way. All yellow?

 

[Suzuki_Don]

RU serious? No way man no way. All yellow?

It's no different than being colour blind.

 

[Mop Bucket]

I am color blind and have my wife help find the right wires. Even though I have a hard time with colors, the different colors still help.

 

[Mista M]

What are you trying to accomplish, aesthetics or solve an issue. I assume the former. You seem to be new to wiring,it may be easier to clean up the existing harness to your liking. Rather than take on a full harness build

 

[scorpiokai]

A combination of fixing issues, preventing issues and aesthetics. This would be my first attempt at any wiring project. I did start opening the existing harness to do a visual inspection.

 

[POULSEN]

I rewired my 550B a few years ago. I removed the old harness completely, and designed a new. This requires new documentation as well.
For inspiration you could look up: http://poulzen.dk/Electrical_Diagrams_Suzuki_GS550_77_v11.pdf

BR
Stig

 

[hampshirehog]

RU serious? No way man no way. All yellow?

Yes, all yellow. I'd just visited the Ponnse factory in Finland and they use two colours - grey and yellow - for everything and it kind of made an impression (maybe it was getting blasted on their free schnapps and Olvi beer every night...). I didn't have any grey wire so used yellow. It's not easy and it doesn't even look anything special so not recommended.

Urrikan-gurrikan to all our Finnish members (no chance it's spelt right and was told it means cheers / down the hatch etc in Finnish).

 

[posplayr]

Yes, all yellow. I'd just visited the Ponnse factory in Finland and they use two colours - grey and yellow - for everything and it kind of made an impression (maybe it was getting blasted on their free schnapps and Olvi beer every night...). I didn't have any grey wire so used yellow. It's not easy and it doesn't even look anything special so not recommended.

Urrikan-gurrikan to all our Finnish members (no chance it's spelt right and was told it means cheers / down the hatch etc in Finnish).

I can't imagine a bigger pain in the arsh than having no color codes for wires.

 

[Adler]

I can't imagine a bigger pain in the arsh than having no color codes for wires.

Hemorrhoids?

 

[hampshirehog]

I can't imagine a bigger pain in the arsh than having no color codes for wires.

I wouldn't disagree. Seemed like a fun challenge at the time though. I'm still taking the pills.