The Classic MotorCycle

A memory sparked

Am I the only one who finds wiring diagrams to be so much coloured spaghetti, or the components these wires attach to equally mystical? Perhaps it's because the parts used in these areas of a motorcycle are not frequently bandied about in the way cams, cogs and compression ratios are.

Maybe it is a glamour thing as ''. .. fitted lumpy cams, skimmed the head to get the compression up and built a close ratio cluster using cogs from three different models to keep the revs in the power band .. :' is more impressive to your mates than ''. .. swapped the old bullet connectors for modern spade ones, cleaned up the terminals with a wire brush and contact cleaner and got a brighter light .. :'

If ever an area needs to be logically thought through it is the electrics, as so many components need to be compatible otherwise awkward things happen such as wires melting, stators burning out, light bulbs

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