I wired the
conduit and wire around the top of the left side frame and
over to the starter relay. If you go under the airbox make
sure that you don't interfere with the carburator linkage
movement. I went to the inside a short distance from the rear
of the false tank assembly and then curved outside around the
airbox.
Some long black flex ties are pretty handy right about
here. You shouldn't have much trouble finding a routing path
along the upper frame rail.
I took a different path here than Ailog did I think. Ailog
wired into the red wire before it enters the starter relay. If
you do that then you are protected by the 30amp fuse that is
already in the relay. There is no problem with doing it that
way.
The only reason I took a different path is because I think
that red wire and connector is already overloaded and it
failed on my bike once already. When this connector fails your
bike is dead. It will have no power what-so-ever, this one
connector feeds all that is electrical on the LC. If it goes,
your pulling covers and rewiring. Trust me, I know all about
that one.
I chose to go directly to the hot lug of the relay and
utilize a seperate fuse to avoid a connection I have already
had trouble with.
***If you connect to the hot lug of
the starter relay you MUST put an inline 30 amp fuse between
the new wire and the lug because you are bypassing the factory
30 amp fuse.
Making the connection to the starter relay is pretty simple.
There is a cover over the relay that you will need to remove.
It is either green or clear depending on your year model. In
case you are wondering at this point, see that red wire? That
feeds everything electrical on your bike.
Here you
will need an inline fuse assembly. I prefer the blade
assemblies and they are readily available from most any auto
parts store for a couple of bucks. Get one that has a 30amp
fuse. The wires on the fuse holder should preferably be 12awg.
Here is what we are going to do on the upper end:
I
used a butt connector to solder the new wire onto the fuse
holder wire. This makes a pretty solid connection. You can
solder wire to wire though and it will work just as well I
suppose. Once you have that end soldered tape it up with
electricians tape.
Take the other side of the wire
and solder or crimp (solder preferably) a round electrical
connection designed for 12awg wire (yellow). Once you have
done that done you want to connect to the battery lead of the
starter relay. This is the big lug at the front with the large
red wire. Make sure you don't connect it to the other one or
you will have a run-away starter.
A good idea here is
to leave yourself enough wire on the inline fuse so that you
can reach it but simply removing the front frame cover. That
way if you do blow that fuse you can get to it short of
pulling the tank covers.
Finishing Up
& Seeing Results