yeti hopper?

[Norm Keller]

Tom Schmitz and I have talked in general terms about making "the ideal wiring harness" for the KLR. I'm about to begin the planning stage for Gen1 and wanted to hear thoughts.

Some of the issues I intend to address are:

1) Reduce the huge number of internal junctions to the minimum.

2) Avoid back tracking of wires which adds redundant wire with resistance, etc.

3) Increase the size of the Common Ground Wires (Black/Yellow).

4) Include taps for common additions such as Main Power Relay.

5) Include head light relays with the intent to jumper these if using HID or LED.

6) Include taps for side box and trunk lights.

7) Include safety switch bypass switch wiring with the option to simply jumper.

8) Move VRR closer to stator in order to reduce yellow wire length.

9) Increase size of White wire.

10) Make power connections to starter relay.

11) Use of MOSFET Suzuki VRR will make VRR Brown reference unneccessary.

12) Main power relay, fan relay and headlight relay grounds to starter cable.

+ a bunch more. How about giving some thoughts to the project?

[achesley43@ymail.com]

Poo Yii.,  last time I built a wiring harness from scratch was on a '77 XT500 Yamaha. Batt eliminator and all. Course it was a lot simpler bike. 

I've looked at eliminating that whole diode board for the safety switches since I have them all bypassed except for the neutral light. But, have to have the bike in neutral to start it. Probably will be my next project on wiring the KLR Gen 1 I have. 

Would be very interesting to see what you guys come up with , especially using  the Suzy Regulator. 

[Comcast]

Maybe add a couple of fused connections for accessories and at least one "always hot" low current connection for a GPS or similar.  And we definitely want to go to modern fuse type or resetable circuit breakers.

Sign me up for one, my 07 wiring harness was a mess of electrical tape when I bought the bike and my formerly intermittent tach is now inoperable (and the tach itself has tested ) 

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On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 1:36 PM -0800, "'Norm Keller' normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   Tom Schmitz and I have talked in general terms about making "the ideal wiring harness" for the KLR. I'm about to begin the planning stage for Gen1 and wanted to hear thoughts. Some of the issues I intend to address are: 1) Reduce the huge number of internal junctions to the minimum. 2) Avoid back tracking of wires which adds redundant wire with resistance, etc. 3) Increase the size of the Common Ground Wires (Black/Yellow). 4) Include taps for common additions such as Main Power Relay. 5) Include head light relays with the intent to jumper these if using HID or LED. 6) Include taps for side box and trunk lights. 7) Include safety switch bypass switch wiring with the option to simply jumper. 8) Move VRR closer to stator in order to reduce yellow wire length. 9) Increase size of White wire. 10) Make power connections to starter relay. 11) Use of MOSFET Suzuki VRR will make VRR Brown reference unneccessary. 12) Main power relay, fan relay and headlight relay grounds to starter cable. + a bunch more. How about giving some thoughts to the project?

[watsonsb]

Sounds great! I will buy it. SB Watson Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "'Norm Keller' normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 12/06/2015 3:36 PM (GMT-06:00) To: DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] The ideal wiring harness   Tom Schmitz and I have talked in general terms about making "the ideal wiring harness" for the KLR. I'm about to begin the planning stage for Gen1 and wanted to hear thoughts. Some of the issues I intend to address are: 1) Reduce the huge number of internal junctions to the minimum. 2) Avoid back tracking of wires which adds redundant wire with resistance, etc. 3) Increase the size of the Common Ground Wires (Black/Yellow). 4) Include taps for common additions such as Main Power Relay. 5) Include head light relays with the intent to jumper these if using HID or LED. 6) Include taps for side box and trunk lights. 7) Include safety switch bypass switch wiring with the option to simply jumper. 8) Move VRR closer to stator in order to reduce yellow wire length. 9) Increase size of White wire. 10) Make power connections to starter relay. 11) Use of MOSFET Suzuki VRR will make VRR Brown reference unneccessary. 12) Main power relay, fan relay and headlight relay grounds to starter cable. + a bunch more. How about giving some thoughts to the project?

[itsdfoot]

Great plan, Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S 6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone-------- Original message --------From: "watsonsb watsonsb@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 12/06/2015 8:22 PM (GMT-05:00) To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Norm Keller Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] The ideal wiring harness   Sounds great! I will buy it. SB Watson Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "'Norm Keller' normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 12/06/2015 3:36 PM (GMT-06:00) To: DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] The ideal wiring harness   Tom Schmitz and I have talked in general terms about making "the ideal wiring harness" for the KLR. I'm about to begin the planning stage for Gen1 and wanted to hear thoughts. Some of the issues I intend to address are: 1) Reduce the huge number of internal junctions to the minimum. 2) Avoid back tracking of wires which adds redundant wire with resistance, etc. 3) Increase the size of the Common Ground Wires (Black/Yellow). 4) Include taps for common additions such as Main Power Relay. 5) Include head light relays with the intent to jumper these if using HID or LED. 6) Include taps for side box and trunk lights. 7) Include safety switch bypass switch wiring with the option to simply jumper. 8) Move VRR closer to stator in order to reduce yellow wire length. 9) Increase size of White wire. 10) Make power connections to starter relay. 11) Use of MOSFET Suzuki VRR will make VRR Brown reference unneccessary. 12) Main power relay, fan relay and headlight relay grounds to starter cable. + a bunch more. How about giving some thoughts to the project?

[Norm Keller]

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Sounds great! I will buy it. SB Watson Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "'Norm Keller' normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Date: 12/06/2015 3:36 PM (GMT-06:00) To: DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] The ideal wiring harness   Tom Schmitz and I have talked in general terms about making "the ideal wiring harness" for the KLR. I'm about to begin the planning stage for Gen1 and wanted to hear thoughts. Some of the issues I intend to address are: 1) Reduce the huge number of internal junctions to the minimum. 2) Avoid back tracking of wires which adds redundant wire with resistance, etc. 3) Increase the size of the Common Ground Wires (Black/Yellow). 4) Include taps for common additions such as Main Power Relay. 5) Include head light relays with the intent to jumper these if using HID or LED. 6) Include taps for side box and trunk lights. 7) Include safety switch bypass switch wiring with the option to simply jumper. 8) Move VRR closer to stator in order to reduce yellow wire length. 9) Increase size of White wire. 10) Make power connections to starter relay. 11) Use of MOSFET Suzuki VRR will make VRR Brown reference unneccessary. 12) Main power relay, fan relay and headlight relay grounds to starter cable. + a bunch more. How about giving some thoughts to the project?

[dualraoul]

One or two additional circuits to the cowl area for accessories. I know there's a few ham ops on the list that could make use of them. Anderson Powerpoles for acc. connections, not waterproof but nice for quick disconnects. Ron K.

[libertyeagle]

Anyone try the Yeti Hopper on your motorcycle Adventures? I know it violates the KLR Cheapness, just want to know what if anyone has one? Tried to use it on the bike? Michael