MotorPsycho
XS400 Enthusiast
I'm thoroughly enjoying reading you guys' posts and looking at the pictures. I have a few questions about wiring and relocation of controls/switches.
After looking at the wiring diagrams, am I to understand that if I want to relocate my switches and gauges from my handlebars, all I really need to do is identify the correctly colored wires, trace them back to where I want to relocate the switches or gauges, cut them or unplug them nearby, and install the new items and wire them up?
For example, I want my handlebars to be as close to bare as possible, and I'm thinking about moving everything to a control panel itself with almost everything together in one spot. The only thing I am going to leave on the handlebars are the horn and a turn signals on the left, and a headlight dimmer switch relocated on the right. Everything else will be on that one single panel: ignition, run/off switch, starter button on one row; a pull-type choke (maybe not on the panel but nearby); high beam indicator, neutral indicator, oil pressure indicator on a second row; turn signal indicators on a third row.
Should I unplug the wires (if possible) and then pull them back to the new location? Should I leave them as is and just tap into them with new connections? I'm not quite at the execution stage yet, but I believe in pre-planning and gathering knowledge.
SHOULD I LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE?! LOL!
After looking at the wiring diagrams, am I to understand that if I want to relocate my switches and gauges from my handlebars, all I really need to do is identify the correctly colored wires, trace them back to where I want to relocate the switches or gauges, cut them or unplug them nearby, and install the new items and wire them up?
For example, I want my handlebars to be as close to bare as possible, and I'm thinking about moving everything to a control panel itself with almost everything together in one spot. The only thing I am going to leave on the handlebars are the horn and a turn signals on the left, and a headlight dimmer switch relocated on the right. Everything else will be on that one single panel: ignition, run/off switch, starter button on one row; a pull-type choke (maybe not on the panel but nearby); high beam indicator, neutral indicator, oil pressure indicator on a second row; turn signal indicators on a third row.
Should I unplug the wires (if possible) and then pull them back to the new location? Should I leave them as is and just tap into them with new connections? I'm not quite at the execution stage yet, but I believe in pre-planning and gathering knowledge.
SHOULD I LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE?! LOL!
