Who's using Bandit Gauges?

[nastyjones]

I have a nice set of Bandit gauges for my 80 gs1100 16v but am having trouble wiring them into my gs wiring loom. I know where all the wires from the gauges go, i just can't find the corresponding wires in the gs harness.
Someone must have done this & can maybe help me out.

[posplayr]

I have a nice set of Bandit gauges for my 80 gs1100 16v but am having trouble wiring them into my gs wiring loom. I know where all the wires from the gauges go, i just can't find the corresponding wires in the gs harness.
Someone must have done this & can maybe help me out.

personally I would do this using PC paint. Do a screen capture of the Bandit speedo connections and teh GS harness and remove the stock gauge cluster and graft on the Bandit.

[nastyjones]

Not sure what pc paint program is.
I have a Bandit wiring diagram and know which wire is which on the gauges. It's hooking them into the gs harness that is the problem.

[Steve]

Not sure what pc paint program is.
...

Well, you obviously have a computer.
Is it a "PC" or a "Mac"?
If it's a "PC", it most likely has one version or another of Windows.
In the Programs tab, look for Accessories, then you will see a program called "Paint" or "Paintbrush".
It's a basic drawing program that is actually quite useable.

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[exbellicus]

Just a geek tip: If you use paint, do your self a favor. When you are done working and ready to save, in the dropdown menu under File > Save As, change the Save As type to a jpeg (.jpg or .jpeg)

It will significantly decrease the file size from the default bitmap(bmp) that paint uses.

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Do you have a wiring diagram for your GS1100? There is one on my website that may be helpful.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[nastyjones]

Sorry to be an idiot but can someone walk me thru the Paint program? Why do I need to use it?

[posplayr]

Sorry to be an idiot but can someone walk me thru the Paint program? Why do I need to use it?

It is just an easy built in way (windows at least) to match the wires with color up between the bandit connectors and the OEM harness. You could printout a copy cut them out and glue to a piece of paper then pic your connections but it would not be in color and not as easy to change.

You could do this with just a list of signal names and wire colors on the back of an envelope. But that is not much different than trying to just wire it in the headlamp which you are not having much success at.

[posplayr]

Not sure what pc paint program is.
I have a Bandit wiring diagram and know which wire is which on the gauges. It's hooking them into the gs harness that is the problem.

Can you send the bandit schematic to my e-mail? Also what the original lights are intended for. I'll see what I can recommend.

You finally peaked my interest with the picture of those guages.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showpost.php?p=1160517&postcount=9

[Billy Ricks]

When I wired GSXR gauges and idiot lights I just figured out what was what on the GSXR clocks and used my 700 diagram to figure out what to splice. Did the same with the GXSR switchgear and Yosh throttle. If you give us a list of what needs to be wired up maybe we can tell you to splice to.

[bonanzadave]

When I wired GSXR gauges and idiot lights...

Ooops. Wrong spot.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/mcy/1609963240.html

[nastyjones]

Here's the Bandit wiring diagram clearly showing what wire controls what function.
Let me know if you can't blow it up.

[posplayr]

Here's the Bandit wiring diagram clearly showing what wire controls what function.
Let me know if you can't blow it up.

Well clearly they are not using a single point ground; this will never work for a GS

[posplayr]

When I wired GSXR gages and idiot lights I just figured out what was what on the GSXR clocks and used my 700 diagram to figure out what to splice. Did the same with the GXSR switchgear and Yosh throttle. If you give us a list of what needs to be wired up maybe we can tell you to splice to.

The issue here is how much to butcher your harness. I would tend to want to only modify the stuff that plugs into the stock harness.

I just looked at the GS1100EX schematic and you are going to have to make some decisions on how to do this; The GS has a fuel gauage and a check panel device in the clocks. Not sure if you are planning to add a VDO fuel gauge , but you could do that off of the separate.

The big issue though is getting rid of the check panel (the one with the Motorcycle graphic). If you can unplug it and have everything work then just do that. There are 4 idiot lights remaining which are N-neutral, P-oil pressure, T-turn, and B-High beam. This comes off of a 6 wire plug with and extra pigtail. With the check panel unplugged some of this might not work. Try and wire it up and see what works ; if something doesn't work we can dig deeper into the harness.

[nastyjones]

Thing is the gs plugs have been cut off by the PO so we have to match up by colours.