450 Regulator wiring, main fuse, ignition ?

[Guest]

'81 450 - Rewiring cafe style. Battery in tail, electrics under the seat, etc. The 450 wiring diagram shows that the red wire from the ignition switch connects to the red wire from the R/R but also ties into the main fuse.

Does the main fuse coming off the battery plug into the R/R or the ignition switch? Does anything plug into the red wire on the R/R?

I see no other way besides splicing all three of these wires to connect them. The wiring is stock on this bike. Thanks!

[Mekanix]

The idea is that the RR Red wire is always connected to the Red wire going to the ignition.

The battery is fused to the Red wire.


For my rewire I added an extra fuse between the RR and Red wire to the ignition just incase the RR or battery caused a problem.


I also ran a larger gauge wire from the two fuses to the ignition to lower voltage drop.

[posplayr]

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[posplayr]

The idea is that the RR Red wire is always connected to the Red wire going to the ignition.

The battery is fused to the Red wire.


For my rewire I added an extra fuse between the RR and Red wire to the ignition just incase the RR or battery caused a problem.


I also ran a larger gauge wire from the two fuses to the ignition to lower voltage drop.

That will help, but a coil relay mod will probably be better to increase voltage to the coils and reduce the ignition switch voltage drop in 1/2. You can continue this with a headlamp relay.....