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Offline jmelche2

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1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« on: July 18, 2014, 04:47:19 PM »
The right handle bar harness is flopping around.  Does anybody know how these were secured from the factory?  Or were they secured at all? 


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Re: 1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2014, 05:37:12 PM »
Harness snake inside the handlebar, internal wiring in other words
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Re: 1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2014, 06:06:20 PM »
I don't see how this harness can go inside handlebars. 

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Re: 1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2014, 06:08:15 PM »
Remove the switch control and you will see it underside if handlebar
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Re: 1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2014, 06:29:12 PM »
Remove the switch control and you will see it underside if handlebar

Okay, now I see it.  What I see are cut wires inside the hole.  Somebody must have cut the wires when replacing the switch, then ran wires outside the handlebars.  I don't understand why someone would do that; doesn't seem too difficult to run properly.  Anyhow, thanks for your help.  I'm glad I asked because it did not look right to me. 


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Re: 1972 CB500 How is the right handle bar harness secured?
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2014, 06:31:37 PM »
Anything could happen to a 40 yr old bike.
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