McTinkerson
McTinkerson New Reader
2/2/12 11:26 a.m.

I have two pre 1980's bikes sitting in my garage and was thinking about redoing the wiring. Do universal wiring harness's exist for bikes like the do for cars? Painless / E-Z, etc.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
2/2/12 12:47 p.m.

As far as I know, they do not. What kind of motorcycles are they?

akamcfly
akamcfly Reader
2/2/12 1:19 p.m.

I'm surprised painless doesn't have a universal "chopper" harness...

McTinkerson
McTinkerson New Reader
2/2/12 4:36 p.m.
akamcfly wrote: I'm surprised painless doesn't have a universal "chopper" harness...

As was I, I think I may have found one here

Bikes are a 1976 XS500 and 1977 CB400F.

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon SuperDork
2/2/12 5:06 p.m.

You can certainly get that kit, but as simple as those two bikes are I'd say just rewire them the way I did my XS: get the wiring diagram, remove anything you aren't going to use, get replacement plastic 'hardshells' (easily found) and get a universal fuse block. I think I have ~$55 in rewiring mine.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
2/2/12 6:32 p.m.

Need to see photos of the 400F.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
2/2/12 6:39 p.m.

You may not be so lucky with the Yamaha, but Honda is pretty good about supporting older bikes - you may be able to buy new wiring from the dealer.

Personally, I'd get a factory wiring diagram and go through the originals. If they're really cut up, you can probably get a good used harness.

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