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[Guest]

I just bought a 1981 GS459T for $80. (this is the first of a lot of work) . and need a wiring diagraham , I hooked up a battery, but can get nothing past the small red wire(which goes into the wiring harness) and is connected with the large wire to the starter switch. Anyone have one you could e-mail me at hutslart@yahoo.com . I know I can buy a manual and plan to do so as soon as I can come up with the money. Thanks in advance! Terrylee

[argonsagas]

I just bought a 1981 GS459T for $80. (this is the first of a lot of work) . and need a wiring diagraham , I hooked up a battery, but can get nothing past the small red wire(which goes into the wiring harness) and is connected with the large wire to the starter switch. Anyone have one you could e-mail me at hutslart@yahoo.com . I know I can buy a manual and plan to do so as soon as I can come up with the money. Thanks in advance! Terrylee

General information ( not familiar with your specific bike)

The large red wire goes to the starter solenoid, which acts as a temporary wsitch when activated, and then the current continues to the starter. That is it for that wire.

The small red one comes usually from the Regulator Rectifier, which is often just called the R/R and it fastenns to the positive terminal on the battery, and its job is to charge the battery.
Most often, if not always, this wire is not connected to any other circuit on the bike, even though it runs through the harness to reach the battery.

There should be another wire that runs from the battery positive terminal to the fuse box, and it sounds like you may not have power at the fuee box, or getting past it.

Take a look at the fuse box, using a volt meter, and see what is available..

[Steve]

There should be another wire that runs from the battery positive terminal to the fuse box, and it sounds like you may not have power at the fuee box, or getting past it.

Sometimes, that wire is actually connected to the battery terminal of the starter solenoid.
Electrically the same as the battery terminal, just at the other end of the wire.

That wire will feed the main fuse in the fuse panel. From there, it will go to the ignition switch, then back to the other three fuses in the panel, then on to their various locations. Not sure if you have a fifth fuse in the panel, but that one would be live all the time, too, but it only feeds the ACC terminals on the bottom of the fuse panel.

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[terrylee]

Thanks for the responses. Of course the bike ie a 450 (hit wrong button).The small wire has a fuse holder in the line (actually only fuse I can find on the bike). And yes the large one goes to the battery and to the starter switch. I can get voltage on both sides of the fuse, but once it goes into the harness I can't locate any voltage. Thanks again, Terrylee.