blue tape splices?

[Guest]

So I'm looking at the wiring harness and there are a bunch of splices that have a brass fitting covered with blue tape. not sure if they are original because there are a lot of them, or a some hack job because they don't really look to well put together. can anyone tell me is this is original? pics below

[dark7068]

both my 82 550M and the 85 550EF have the poorly wrapped blue tape. must be stock unless the same guy had my bikes as well

[Steve]

Crimps like that are likely original.

Not sure about the blue tape, though.

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[detorn]

thanks for the info. its just so ghetto I had to ask

[bwringer]

Pretty sure it's original -- I've found these buried in wiring harnesses that have never been opened.

[Redman]

Pretty sure it's original -- I've found these buried in wiring harnesses that have never been opened.

I have been wondering how/where to find the splices in wiring harness that must be there somewhere.

Such as where the R/R output must be tied into the red wire that goes from main fuse to the ignition switch. (And possibly the cause of voltage drop that I am experiencing from main fuse to ignition switch.)

So what it appaears to be from this posting is:
Strip off the black wiring harness cover and look for blue tape.
But I don't really want to strip back lots of the wiring harness cover in a random search. Would like to locate the general area first.

And where the various ground (blk/wht) wires must be tied together. (but am not having a problem there). hey, that is one of detorn's pictures.

Hey, Detorn: You find another place where red wires are spiced together? Where at?

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