Whilst taking out my broken speedo cable, I noticed an unconnected ring terminal attached to one of the speedo lugs. Just below it a double wire that had been snipped is taped to the frame and one of the wires goes through the frame down to the headlights where it is connected to the sidelight terminal? You can see the pink connector on the clocks on the right, the taped wires on the frame in the middle and the blue ring terminal on the sidelight on the left. All the clock lights work, any idea what this might have been for?
As you can see the wire I would suggest putting a connector block on the end of the wires and then wrapping in insulation tape. Could prevent one of those strange problems in the future where a fault occurs while out, then it doesn't etc. All down to that wire making contact with the frame. As to your original question, has the bike had an alarm, or similar, fitted and removed? If everything is working OK I'd leave alone... apart from insulating the wires that is :smile:
The twin cable looks like bell wire that has been retrofitted. Probably, as mentioned above could have been to flash the alarm via sidelight rather than indicators? May have been for some "bling" dashboard lighting, too? you could try seeing when it has voltage across it (or from it to frame), to figure what it is doing, or you could just put insulation over it and be curious about something else :smile:. pete
I believe (and 748 fidler will hopefully be able to confirm this), but I believe the bike did have an alarm/immobiliser (there is a little alarm red LED in the tail). So I think you guys are most probably right in that it was used to flash the sidelights.
Yea it used to have an alarm which had been removed before I got the bike, the only part remaining was the L E D in the tail unit, or so I thought. As others have mentioned this wire may be so more alarm wire which was not removed
