I've wired a lot of bikes and it's better to remove what you don't need rather than starting from scratch.
I answered your queston about the sidestand circuit in your other post, which you might have missed. To repeat:
You can remove the sidestand switch and join the two wires to make a constant ground.
Or, you can then get rid of those two wires and the sidestand relay, as they are no longer needed. At the relay connect the wires going to the #3 (orange/blue) and #4 (orange) terminals. Remove the unused wires going to the #1 (green) and #2 (orange) terminals.
Next you can remove the sidestand diode. It is part of the sidestand ignition-lock-out (or “interlock”) system which is no longer functional as you’ve removed the sidestand switch. Connect the wire that goes to the neutral switch (blue) to the wire going to the neutral indicator light (not sure of color). The third wire (orange?) is part of the sidestand switch/relay circuit and can be eliminated.
Gyrobob wrote on 01/25/12 at 09:21:58:After some low-productivity times, the production line for Double-RYCA build is probably going to get moving again. The next order of business is the electrical system. I have all the plugs and wires identified, labeled, and in their approximate positions.
For a 2002 Savage being RYCA-ized, is there something tidy to do with these items?
-- Decompression solenoid controller
-- Side stand relay -- take it off?
-- Side stand diode -- remove it? leave it wired in?
-- Side stand switch -- remove it? jump the terminals in the connector?
My understanding is that for most RYCA builds, these things just stay on the bike and are taped off and hidden. (Sbaugz gave me that info)
Wouldn't it be tidier, though, if they could be removed, and the wiring "adjusted" somewhat so their removal would allow normal operation of the rest of the electrical system.
I half way considered using one of the hugely simplified home-built wiring systems archived here, but that would take a lot longer and with my luck I'd have to spend days sorting it out after installing it.
Anyway, if any of you have ideas about how to tidy things up electrically, without a large increase in time required, I'd like to know about them.
Thanks.