Motorcycle Wiring: Tips For Long Lasting Connections
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- Motorcycle wiring : Tips For Long Lasting Connections
Be sure to check out PART 1 of this 2 part series!
• Motorcycle Wiring: How...
Hey rider! In this video we will be diving into some good techniques for properly soldering wires and making long lasting connections for any of your accessory needs. This is PART 2 of a 2 part series where I let you in on some pro tips and tricks that I use in the field to make sure new connections will have a fighting chance to do their job and provide power or grounds when needed!
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Terminal connectors
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Honda terminal parts list
07692-0010100* Male Terminal, 4.0 mm (Bullet style)
07692-0010200* Female Terminal, 4.0 mm (Bullet style)
070MZ-0020200* Female Terminal, 3.5 mm (Bullet style)
070MZ-0020100* Male Terminal, 3.5 mm (Bullet style)
07692-0010300* Small Cover (Insulator male side)
07692-0010400* Large Cover (Insulator Female side)
- Klein Tools "Katapult" cutter and wire strippers
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- Terminal crimpers
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- Standard wire strippers
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- IRODA Soldering iron all in one
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- Solder 60/40 (1.0mm) A little thicker than what I used
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- Dual Wall Heat shrink
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- Scotch 33+ electrical tape (little cheaper)
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- Scotch SUPER 88 electrical tape
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Great video. One thing that you didn't mention but I was told is when fitting connectors to a live wire is to make sure the female is on the live feed wire as the insulator covers it which is not the case if the male is on the live feed. Prevents shorting on metal parts on the bike should the wires become detached.
You shouldn't have had to explain about the heat shrink the vast majority of us knew what you were saying "common sense" is something that is lacking with a lot of souls. Again, top shelf young man!
Hi to everyone from Scotland
I've used a LOT of your tips & tricks and you've never let me down yet!
Thanks Cody. You are #1 dude.
That "Inner Circle" thing is rad too.
another great video. just one thing i like using the term "less expensive|" instead of cheap.
This was the most useful pair of videos I have watched on wiring in the last 5 years of messing around with bikes. I wish I found these first.
Super encouraging to hear that. Thanks man!
Simply the best, more really useful lessons about fixing motorcycles (for years). This particular video is simply invaluable what should be common knowledge but it shows how to make an electrical wiring connection. And last. Thanks!
Thanks to all your wiring videos and these. Iv successfully, added a indicator loom wirh solid connection's to my road legal uk pitbike. All solid connection's 💪
I learned three techniques from this video. Very helpful!
Dudes, leave our boy Cody alone!
He does a good job and doesn't need any B/S from rowdy comment injectors.
Thanks Cody.
Thanks again from UK Cody 👍
Excellent stuff. Thank-you. Quality all around.
perfect timing , thx a lot
Thanks for the videos😊
It's been a big help
Hello Cody. Thanks for the video Bud.
Excellent 👍🏻
Brilliant thx keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 good standards
Thanks so much Cody, I owe you a beer.
Thanks man!
✌🏽thanks man🙏🏼🏁
New to messing with wiring, so sorry for any silly questions. How do you know what size crimping hole to use on the crimping tool? Does it go by the guage of wire that your using? Thank in advance and keep up the great work! New subscriber as well!
cody can you do some stuff on suzuki gs850l like proper carb fuel tank hoses
Some useful stuff here, but at 5:55, never ever crimp insulation into the conductor section of a terminal. When the conductor is undersized for the crimp barrel, simply add a stripped wire of whatever gauge is sufficient to make up the difference in the crimp, then cut off the excess of the added wire as close to the crimp as possible. For permanent splices, nothing beats the solder sleeve splice you showed at 11:15. The original Raychem, now TE Connectivity, splice is practically the only splice method allowed for general and environmental wire splicing on air carrier aircraft. It takes a good heat gun and a little practice to do them right, but nothing else works as well. The guillotine splice you show at 13:48 is even worse than you indicated, but if it gets you home....
Ref 5:55 Is that to avoid the sheath melting, causing fire, shorting or making bad connection?
Dear motorcycle M.D. I have to change the water pump on my shadow 1100. Do u have any tricks of the trade to tell me because I know I have to remove the entire motor...... I am going to try to undo mostly everything giving me enough room to move the motor and reach the pump without fully taking motor out. Thanks for your great videos!!!
Cody! Question for you:
I have a HondaCB750K8 - Was running fine, then adjusted the pilot screw and the float height back to spec, now when I try to start, there is a pop back and it will blow the carb off the manifold (looks like cylinder 4 is where the problem originates). I noticed that as I put my air box in that some wiring from my Dyna Points system was disconnected when I tried turning over, those have been plugged back in.
What Should I check for? Why is there this pop back occurring that’s blowing my carbs off the manifold? Did the wiring have anything to do with this?
LOVE your videos and have helped me a ton.
Hope you can respond! Thank you!
Mike
Hey Cody, i was wondering if you can help me out on which site it is you use to find/order your Honda parts? TY!
Im trying to find the valve cover gasket (like the one in your cb750 video) for my 1994 Honda shadow Vt1100 but i cant seem to find it if you or anyone can help that would be awesome!
Thank you Cody for ur helpful ideas. Another question pls. I bought a new enduro bike but I didn't like the wiring harness so much. I tried to use shrink pipes but couldn't apply it on big square plugs and having a thin wire. How could I insulate such
How could I insulate such square plugs?
Birds and the bees talk using bullet connectors lol 😉👍
I spliced in the power wire on my Dyantek electronic ignition using the cheap blue plastic splicer that came with it. The one you said we shouldn't use. Should I just leave it alone since it's working fine? I'm worried about trying to redo it now that I've already used the plastic splicer.
If it’s working than run it!
If you mean the "scotchlok" type connector, as shown at 13.20, the main issue in the long term is you cannot weatherproof it, so it will corrode as time goes on, leading to failure of the connection.
so can i use the liquid tape then put a heats shrink on top ?? or its just useless
That’s exactly what I do, it guarantees a water tight connection.
I can't see connection for the cheat sheet. Will look you up on fb
Hey bro i have harley davidson street 750 n the O2 sensor wires cover is wearing off from one side i have used electrical tape to cover it is it ok ?
As long as the tape is prepared to take super high heat!
Codie did you read my question in series 1 ?
Any chance you can reply pls ?
What about the clear heat shrink they came out with that has solder already in the middle all she have to do is heat it up
Nevermind I guess I should have washed the whole video before I asked the question
I work in a body shop and i always solder and shrink tube but i see alot of people use butt connectors not a good thing to do
It is when you have a goldwing with 40 lights up front that you have to remove to change the front wheel!
I thought you were going to do a video on wiring a custom Harley that's never had turn signals from start to finish? No? Maybe it was a different motorcycle guy? Oh yes and the signals are LED.
Another really useful video from the MD 👍