Removing Electrical

[brian0043]

I have a 78 gs550 and I am making it a cafe racer and would like to remove battery , air box, and as much wiring as I can but still have lights so its street legal . "Can that be done ?'' I want to get rid of the side covers to open up the frame. I am pushing good voltage out of my alt. but it doesnt charge to 13.6v until I reach about 4000rpm, will I still have lights if I remove batt and other wiring?

[brian0043]

this is the start from a bone stock non-running gs I got for 250 bucks with a clean title . ripped of the carbs cleaned them , fresh fuel , and two kicks vrrrrm.

[Nessism]

I hope the quality of your work is better than your photography.

There are various threads in the archives on minimized wiring harnesses for you cafe and bobber folk. I suggest a search in the archives for more info.

[Big T]

You need to maintain a battery for the electrcial system.

Most people put a smaller AGM battery (which can be mounted horizontally) in the tail piece and the electrical components under the seat

You can keep a lot of the stock wiring with some clever relocation

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=143971

Your charging system is underperforming. Read the Stator Papers. Start by adding a ground wire (a bit of irony there) from your voltage regulator mount directly to the negative battery terminal and see what that does for you.

[Colorado CJ]

I'm in the middle of a build where I've done the same thing. I raised the gas tank and put all the electrics under there. I am using a 4-cell LiFE battery (VERY small).

Here's a couple of pics.







Basically I took apart the whole wire loom and started from the ground up, only using enough wire to get the bike running and the headlight/taillight working.

[posplayr]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=153727&highlight=550+bobber+schematic

[BassCliff]

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[brian0043]

Thanx for the info

I know thats a bad picture I took it with a cheap mp3 player . Its at my work so I fiddle with the bike often . It looks completely different from when I first got it and I am trying to go old school cafe by not spending alot of money. I fabricate my own parts and salvage anything I can. I work in a truck shop so you will see a rear truck tail light on it when I take a pic tommorow.
As of now I spent $250 for the bike and $190 on parts oh and $9 for 2glns gas . She had a brand new tank and tires when i got it.