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I would take a voltmeter and probe the red wire and then turn the key on and then probe the other two and the one that is doesnt read is the wire that goes to the starter solenoid.
I looked at the wiring diagram and it looks to me like you should be able to connect the blue and brown wire together and then put the red wire on the other side of the switch
Hmm. Not sure. I can check but it will have to be tomorrow. Thanks BTW for all the help! I will test out your theory on wiring as well. I'll let you know how it goes!
Yup glad I could help and like I said you should be able to just connect the brown and blue wires cuz on the diagram it said the middle position shows all three wires connected
Red is constant power and brown and blue are for lights and ignition. On an on off switch put the red wire on one terminal and the blue and brown together on the other. This is how I wired my bike.
Scorpio, Yeah my tach was busted, speedo dented, ignition light cluster cracked and broken, so I striped it all off. it was kind of a jig saw puzzle to get it all off but a lot of bolts and screws and one hack saw, it was all off.
I tried again this morning.... low and behold it started! I was working on the carbs and playing with idle and mix and it died. Now I can't start it again. My battery voltage goes really low when switch on. I checked with multimeter at battery and voltage goes down to 4-6 ish. The voltage comes back up to 10-11 ish when switched off. any thoughts?