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CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« on: August 07, 2018, 04:12:23 AM »
My K2 is the UK version and seems to have a mix of years; the frame is K2 and the engine K4.

I'm rewiring after a complete rebuild - one of my last tasks - and have a issue with the handlebar switches.

The right hand switch has:
      Off/On/Off
      Starter and
      Headlight off/Low/High buttons.
The wires are: Bk - Bk/W - Y/R - B - W - Br/W - Br/B

The left switch has
      Flasher
      Horn-PA and
      Headlight High/Low buttons.
The wires here are: O - LB - Gr - LG - Bk - B - W - Br/B - Br/R

I understand from other posts that this means one of the Hi/Lo switches is redundant, but I'm not sure what this means for my wiring. These are the switches that came off the bike, and I can't recall how it worked before - my excuse is that I took it apart just over 35 years ago!

Anyway my main point of confusion is the apparent lack of a black feed for the H/L switch. There is only one black wire going up to the RH switch and this is the one to the Off/On/Off switch. So there doesn't seem to be a feed for the H/L.

In the H/L bucket, there is a single black connector - to kill switch - and a triple connector - which I reckoned was to feed idiot lights, horn switch and the H/L. The first two are straightforward, but what do I connect this last one to?

On the RHS:
The kill switch works as it should with Bk & Bk/W. Start button works too.

When I put the HL switch on "Low", I get continuity between white and brown/white, and between blue and brown/white when I put it on "High". – all good. But where does the power come from - there is no connection between the one black wire and blue, white or brown/white.

Then there is the brown/blue; I have not seen this on any wiring diagram going to the RHS. It is shown on the LHS running from the passing switch to the horn button. Both wires from the RHS and LHS have male ends and there is no Br/B wire in the main harness.

On the LHS:
Indicators and horn work as they should – Gr to O or B, and LG to Bk.
Bk connects to B when passing switch pressed on both Hi and Lo settings
Bk connects with Br/R when the passing switch is pressed, but only when Hi/Lo is on Hi.
Bk doesn’t connect with W at all

Br/R connects with B or W through the Hi/Lo switch, so on Lo this would be a permanent connection

Br/B doesn’t seem to connect to anything!

I could just wait till I’m ready to connect everything and see what works, but I’d rather understand what’s going on and fix things while they are still apart. So my questions are:
1.   Do I need to run another black wire up to the RHS?
2.   Is the Br/B wire redundant?
3.   What do I connect the Br/R wire to?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2018, 09:38:39 AM »
Not much use but the Br/B from your LHS control may well be for an indicator buzzer.

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2018, 11:51:11 PM »
My K2 is the UK version and seems to have a mix of years; the frame is K2 and the engine K4.

I'm rewiring after a complete rebuild - one of my last tasks - and have a issue with the handlebar switches.

The right hand switch has:
      Off/On/Off
      Starter and
      Headlight off/Low/High buttons.
The wires are: Bk - Bk/W - Y/R - B - W - Br/W - Br/B

The left switch has
      Flasher
      Horn-PA and
      Headlight High/Low buttons.
The wires here are: O - LB - Gr - LG - Bk - B - W - Br/B - Br/R

I understand from other posts that this means one of the Hi/Lo switches is redundant, but I'm not sure what this means for my wiring. These are the switches that came off the bike, and I can't recall how it worked before - my excuse is that I took it apart just over 35 years ago!

Anyway my main point of confusion is the apparent lack of a black feed for the H/L switch. There is only one black wire going up to the RH switch and this is the one to the Off/On/Off switch. So there doesn't seem to be a feed for the H/L.

In the H/L bucket, there is a single black connector - to kill switch - and a triple connector - which I reckoned was to feed idiot lights, horn switch and the H/L. The first two are straightforward, but what do I connect this last one to?

On the RHS:
The kill switch works as it should with Bk & Bk/W. Start button works too.

When I put the HL switch on "Low", I get continuity between white and brown/white, and between blue and brown/white when I put it on "High". – all good. But where does the power come from - there is no connection between the one black wire and blue, white or brown/white.

Then there is the brown/blue; I have not seen this on any wiring diagram going to the RHS. It is shown on the LHS running from the passing switch to the horn button. Both wires from the RHS and LHS have male ends and there is no Br/B wire in the main harness.

On the LHS:
Indicators and horn work as they should – Gr to O or B, and LG to Bk.
Bk connects to B when passing switch pressed on both Hi and Lo settings
Bk connects with Br/R when the passing switch is pressed, but only when Hi/Lo is on Hi.
Bk doesn’t connect with W at all

Br/R connects with B or W through the Hi/Lo switch, so on Lo this would be a permanent connection

Br/B doesn’t seem to connect to anything!

I could just wait till I’m ready to connect everything and see what works, but I’d rather understand what’s going on and fix things while they are still apart. So my questions are:
1.   Do I need to run another black wire up to the RHS?
2.   Is the Br/B wire redundant?
3.   What do I connect the Br/R wire to?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Your UK K2, may have the right engine. In the UK we had the K2 from 1972 to 1975. The frame number always stayed at 20**** but the engine number moved on in numbers. The UK K2 had switches that were also used on the UK CB500 four. Are the switches UK spec ?

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2018, 12:02:32 AM »
Your switches should look like this. The left hand as a separate switch from the main for high beam.
This is a very rare bike in the UK, not that many left.

 

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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2018, 01:32:00 AM »
It will be much easier if you use the circuit diagram, mark all wires from handle bar switches with tape where you have written what it is. Same thing on main harness.

You need to have a buzzer to verify the functions when operating all switches. That’s it!

Earlier harness K0-K2 have round connector to ign switch, later rectangular.  K2 has different electrical setup on battery holder, fuse holder included.
Just to connect and double check before connecting battery and melt wires.
I usually feel with fingers on wiring when switching on to feel if something is shorted.
Not difficult
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2018, 01:47:54 AM »
It looks as if you have a RHS switch from a US K2 and a LHS switch from a later model.
As PeWe says identify and mark what you know.
You need to identify that Br/B from the LHS. It must do something. Has it been joined. There should be power to that switch to use the original H/L, unless it has been modded.

Does your bike have a separate 3W pilot bulb in the headlight a la UK?
If so you could use the low beam position on the RHS to power that (via W) and then use high beam (blue) from the LHS and connect to Br/R on the LHS to power low (W), high (B) from there.
Br/W is rear lights.

Important to check that all this is protected by a fuse. Not 100% familiar with 750, but early 500s just had one main 15A fuse. Later 550s had separate fuses for lights.
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« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2018, 02:35:19 AM »
Your switches should look like this. The left hand as a separate switch from the main for high beam.
This is a very rare bike in the UK, not that many left.
Is that additional HI-LO switch really needed?
I have seen it for sale, eBay as well ad DSS.
Switching Hi-LO is possible on right side, right?
I have a K2 project ongoing and had thoughts to add that switch.  I have new aftermarket K2 switches from Z1-parts.

I have seen K2 bikes without that switch.
If it was mandatory on K2, my bike will get it.
Fun with the off button for blinker buzzer.
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2018, 04:45:50 AM »
Your switches should look like this. The left hand as a separate switch from the main for high beam.
This is a very rare bike in the UK, not that many left.
Is that additional HI-LO switch really needed?
I have seen it for sale, eBay as well ad DSS.
Switching Hi-LO is possible on right side, right?
I have a K2 project ongoing and had thoughts to add that switch.  I have new aftermarket K2 switches from Z1-parts.

I have seen K2 bikes without that switch.
If it was mandatory on K2, my bike will get it.
Fun with the off button for blinker buzzer.

United Kingdom K2 switches are different than USA.
P is off
L is side light
H is headlight
And then on the left hand handlebar you have the separate switch for HI beam  ;) 

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2018, 05:01:45 AM »
Your switches should look like this. The left hand as a separate switch from the main for high beam.
This is a very rare bike in the UK, not that many left.
Is that additional HI-LO switch really needed?
I have seen it for sale, eBay as well ad DSS.
Switching Hi-LO is possible on right side, right?
I have a K2 project ongoing and had thoughts to add that switch.  I have new aftermarket K2 switches from Z1-parts.

I have seen K2 bikes without that switch.
If it was mandatory on K2, my bike will get it.
Fun with the off button for blinker buzzer.

United Kingdom K2 switches are different than USA.
P is off
L is side light
H is headlight
And then on the left hand handlebar you have the separate switch for HI beam  ;)
Side light? I have no diagram, sitting on a sunny warm beach far away from my garage.

This is the RH switch I have
https://z1parts.net/CB750-CB400-Right-Control-switch-35300-300-674/
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2018, 09:25:10 AM »
United Kingdom K2 switches are different than USA.
P is off
L is side light
H is headlight
And then on the left hand handlebar you have the separate switch for HI beam  ;)
Surely the Uk wiring should be like mine: the separate on/off switch on my left bars switches ALL lights on/off.

The switch on the RHS marked P L H then switches P (Pilot), L (Low beam), H (High beam)

Makes sense.

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« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2018, 11:07:01 PM »
I need to find out how EU K2’s were delivered 1975 as mine is.
The left HI-LO seems to be overkill if RHS switch headlight Off, LO, HI.

I thought it could be a flasher as K6 had on LHS, pushing Horn button sideways.

I have to ask some old guys that remember how their K2 bikes were delivered. I’m sure that this  left hi-lo switch was removed when replacing the handlebar
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2018, 03:50:39 AM »
Thanks guys for all thoughts.

My bike was first registered in UK in 1974, and I got it in 1978. I can't remember how the switches came, but I just happen to have a  logbook I kept at the time. This shows that I bought a H'lamp On/Off switch the month after I bought it for £4.64. The following year I bought a LH handlebar switch assy, an ignition switch and 2 footrests for the huge sum of £18! So my LH switch is not original.

Based on your comments, I have done some further research and here's what I found.

The LH switch I have was fitted to CB750 K3(1973)/K4(1974) USA models and CB550 K0 (1975) USA - Source CMSNL website. Now to respond to some specific comments:

Not much use but the Br/B from your LHS control may well be for an indicator buzzer. Correct, Phil


Your switches should look like this. The left hand as a separate switch from the main for high beam. I agree.
This is a very rare bike in the UK, not that many left. Really?
I guess that based on what I said above, I started out with that. When replacing the h'bar switch in '79 I guess rarity/originality wasn't an issue and I took what the dealer offered by way of replacement; so my separate switches were replaced by a combined one. The other sad thing is how my original RHS came back from powder coating.

Earlier harness K0-K2 have round connector to ign switch, later rectangular.  The original harness did indeed have a round connector; it was replaced by a square one when h'bar switch was replaced. K2 has different electrical setup on battery holder, fuse holder included. I'm not sure what you mean; there is only one 15A fuse in a square rubber holder.


You need to identify that Br/B from the LHS. It must do something. I reckon it is the buzzer, but since this isn't present on this model, it is redundant.Has it been joined. There should be power to that switch to use the original H/L, unless it has been modded.You mean on the RHS? Yes, that's what I thought too.

Does your bike have a separate 3W pilot bulb in the headlight a la UK? Yes
If so you could use the low beam position on the RHS to power that (via W) and then use high beam (blue) from the LHS and connect to Br/R on the LHS to power low (W), high (B) from there. I'll look at that.
Br/W is rear lights.

Important to check that all this is protected by a fuse. Not 100% familiar with 750, but early 500s just had one main 15A fuse. Later 550s had separate fuses for lights. Same here

Is that additional HI-LO switch really needed?
I have seen it for sale, eBay as well ad DSS.
Switching Hi-LO is possible on right side, right?
I have a K2 project ongoing and had thoughts to add that switch.  I have new aftermarket K2 switches from Z1-parts.

I have seen K2 bikes without that switch.
If it was mandatory on K2, my bike will get it.
Fun with the off button for blinker buzzer.
I think it is impossible to be certain about any of this. Honda seem to have been fairly cavalier in what they put on different models - whatever was to hand seems to have been the rule. The separate Hi/Lo switch may have been there on the earlier UK K2 models but not the later ones. Mine is 1974, Fr No 2086***, and based on what I said earlier, may well have had a separate switch. What I can say for sure, is that the buzzer was never there.

United Kingdom K2 switches are different than USA.
P is off
L is side light
H is headlight
And then on the left hand handlebar you have the separate switch for HI beam  ;)  P is off, but for me L connects W and Br/W (and on the WD, but not for me since the wire is absent, Bk). H does the same thing for B, Br/W and Bk (if present)
Surely the Uk wiring should be like mine: the separate on/off switch on my left bars switches ALL lights on/off. No, not on mine.

The switch on the RHS marked P L H then switches P (Pilot), L (Low beam), H (High beam) That's how my switch was marked.

Makes sense.

Phil, do you have a WD to back this up?
The "UK" diagram I have, shows that the pilot/parking/side light is only powered when the ignition switch is in position II. It also shows the RHS to be Off/Lo/Hi, with an intermediate position that has both Hi and Lo on at the same time. I have verified that this indeed is possible, but not something you'd want to rely on achieving at 70MPH on a twisty road on a dark night.

The last pic shows my combo LHS switch with a used one I picked up, showing the buzzer "silencer" button.

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2018, 04:51:28 AM »
I am a UK Honda motorcycle engineer for the past many decades and the CB750 K2 (which i specialise in ) was sold in the UK from 1972 to 1975, the frame numbers all started with 20***** and the engine numbers started with 20***** but then ran in years. I have a UK CB750 K2 from 1972 with VIN number 2050*** and engine 20*****. I also have a UK CB750 K2 from 1974 with VIN number 2085*** and engine 2257*** and have owned more UK 750's that i care to remember.
All came with the right hand switch that i posted a picture of and a separate Hi switch on the right side. These switches were also on the UK CB500 K1 which was sold in the UK from 1972 to 1975.

The only WD i have seen that are correct were in the back of the service book that came with the bikes from new  ;)   

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2018, 05:14:50 AM »
Confusing innit!?  :-\

My engine no is 2310****.

I guess that as a young 20yr old I never thought I'd be restoring the bike 40 years later, and regretting "upgrading" to new switches. I also wish we'd had this exchange before I sent my switches etc off to be powder coated.

You don't happen to have a copy of that WD that you could share, do you? Does it show a 2nd black wire going to the RHS?

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2018, 05:33:49 AM »
That's right. I have never seen a wiring diagram showing the separate switch on the LHS in Trigger's picture. My bike is a 500K1, but my owners manual is for a 500K2. Both the Honda workshop manual and the Haynes manual do not show it.

Your RHS switch looks original in your picture 1. It should have (just took headlight off)

1. Black: Kill switch (+12V and if your spark is weak it's possible that this switch is the problem)(I've used this to power a relay so it only takes low current and the coils get full voltage, fused from battery)
2. yellow/red:  starter
3. White:  low beam
4. Dark blue: High beam
5. Black/white:  Kill switch....goes to coils
6. Brown/Blue: This goes to the extra handlebar switch that Trigger shows I think and is the +12V feed for the lights. And yes that's what I was referring to earlier (mistake)
So the brown/blue should connect to white and blue in L and H positions.

The extra switch has Brown/Blue and black wires and was simple on/off.
Wiring for the on/off switch is thus:
Brown/blue: picks up with the RHS switch as above
Black: connects to black 12V in headlight and is the +12V feed for the lights.

The fly in the ointment is you have a later LHS switch and the fact you don’t have the separate switch.

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« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2018, 09:29:10 AM »
Harness for the additional left HI-LO switch was routed inside handlebar or outside?

I need to check my K2 aftermarket low rise handle bar with the switches I have.
I need to order a Hi-Lo switch from DSS for stock look.
« Last Edit: August 10, 2018, 09:32:53 AM by PeWe »
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2018, 09:31:18 AM »
Harness for the additional left HI-LO switch was routed inside handlebar or outside?

Outside and had a little clip so it clipped to the clutch cable  ;)

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2018, 09:34:47 AM »
This is the CB500 Four UK WD but, it is basically the same as the UK K2 as the switches were the same.

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2018, 09:39:39 AM »
Harness for the additional left HI-LO switch was routed inside handlebar or outside?

Outside and had a little clip so it clipped to the clutch cable  ;)
Aha! Thanks for the information.
I need to order a clip too:)
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K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2018, 09:54:01 AM »
Confusing innit!?  :-\

My engine no is 2310****.

I guess that as a young 20yr old I never thought I'd be restoring the bike 40 years later, and regretting "upgrading" to new switches. I also wish we'd had this exchange before I sent my switches etc off to be powder coated.

You don't happen to have a copy of that WD that you could share, do you? Does it show a 2nd black wire going to the RHS?

Sean

It is not too confusing, if you know and work in the UK. Your 2310*** engine is still correct for a UK, K2 as it is a late 1974 VIN number. Mine is registered early 1974 in the UK and would of been manufactured in 1973.
There are some confusing parts to the history of these bikes, because everyone goes by numbers listed on the USA forum, which only refer to bikes sold in the USA and not the rest of the world  ;) 

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2018, 01:53:06 PM »
Thanks Trigger.

I'll update when I connect everything and see what fires up - hopefully not literally!  ;D
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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2018, 02:11:36 PM »
OK, I verified the HI-Lo switch on an old Youtube clip 1.24 min in the clip.  EU K2 1974 (Swedish)
Rear blinkers attached almost direct on frame, only one small grab rail on left side.

Another one with non EU rear fender

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« Last Edit: August 10, 2018, 09:08:13 PM by PeWe »
CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2018, 03:31:16 PM »
If that is a UK Spec K2, then i must have just arrived on the last banana boat. Wrong handle bars, wrong seat pattern, wrong rear mudguard, wrong tail light, Not a UK number plate and it sounds like a bag of nails  ;)

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2018, 03:41:50 PM »
OK, here is a 1972 UK CB750 K2 that original apart from the yamiya pipes and the clip that should be grey and not black.

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Re: CB750K2 (England) handlebar wiring
« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2018, 10:37:34 PM »
OK, I'm back home now and have better glasses ;D

I have a diagram where I think this switch (Headlight control switch) is visible. Diagram part of a Swedish owners manual that follow the bike when new. Diagram attached
All photos I have seen show it placed not reachable when riding.

https://www.cmsnl.com/honda-cb750k2-four-european-direct-sales_model14369/switch-lighting_35150300730/#.W25tyej7TIU
https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/parts/by-part-number/partnumber_35150300730/


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CB750 K6-76  970cc (Earlier 1005cc JMR Billet block on the shelf waiting for a comeback)
CB750 K2-75 Parts assembled to a stock K2

Updates of the CB750 K6 -1976
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180468.msg2092136.html#msg2092136
The billet block build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,49438.msg1863571.html#msg1863571
CB750 K2 -1975  build thread
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,168243.msg1948381.html#msg1948381
K2 engine build thread. For a complete CB750 -75
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,180088.msg2088008.html#msg2088008
Carb jetting, a long story Mikuni TMR32
http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,179479.msg2104967.html#msg2104967