Topic: wiring help

[dminner]

Okay, so I just got a set of clubman bars and the throttle control (with the kill switch, start button, etc) and the front brake w/ the master cyclinder just wont fit on the bar together.  So this is what I would like to do.

I would like to get a small univeral throttle like this one (just scroll down on the page):

http://www.crc2onlinecatalog.com/Index_Main_Frame.htm.


This would clear up some room so that the front brake assembly would fit.  Then I would just need to relocate the headlight and kill switches and the start button as i would no longer be using the stock throttle assembly.  But, does it matter what kind of switches i used.  Can I just get basic toggle switches for the headlight and kill switchs and if I get the right kind of switch can I just plug the same wires from the wiring harness into them (I know each swicth has two wires from the stock harness and ground and a power).  What kind of switch would I need for the start button, so that I could plug the stock 2 wires into the new switch?

Thanks for the help guys, I know nothing about this electrical stuff.

[nickjtc]

The switchgear from even older Japanese bikes is a lot more discreet than the later stuff. Look at the switchgear I put on Sophie....would something like that work for you? It has the advantage that everything is right there in place.

[dminner]

Wow, yours does look nice, but im not doing it for cosmetic pruposes, but for fitment.  The clubmans have a much shorter handle and because the mount so low if i have a throttle assembly that large the master cyclinder/brake assembley cant fit between the throttle assembly and the headlight, if that makes since.

[liaudio]

what exactly is hitting to prevent the stock controls from being used?  Also, what bike and what year do you have?  I've never heard of having to change out controls to make clubmans work.  I've fitted clubmans on my 76F, my 75K and my 70 cb450.  I never had a lot of extra space between the front binkers and the master cylinder brake line, but it always worked out. .

[dminner]

Sorry, I meant to say that I cant get it all to fit between the grip and the tach.  Here is a pic:

[WJL75]

Granted, it is a tight fit for the MC, but it goes on.

Sorry for the bad pic.

[333]

Any chance of spacing the tach and speedo up some to make room?

Good pic.  Shows the problem real well.