The Classic MotorCycle

Electrical wiring cables, grades and colours

Colour coding

As far as motorcycles are concerned, with few exceptions, electrical current is taken to and from the machine’s electrical components by copper wires sheathed or coated with an insulating material. This may be a form of plastic, or rubber in the case of older electrical cable, or modern replicas of this.

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