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03 Apr 2006 08:37 #36403 by 74z1900
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Hi,

I have a custom chopper. Its an AMEN frame powered by a 74 z1 900 motor, and I have the following problems.

My wiring harness is too short for the handlebars on it.

I need to install directionals, a horn, and a speedometer to pass inspection. I have no idea how to do this, and the guy at the local bike shop gave me an estimate of 1500 bucks to fix it! Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Rob
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03 Apr 2006 08:50 #36404 by Biquetoast
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Nice chopper. Welcome.

I hope I don't state the obvious when I say to get some shorter bars... of course I don't know *how* short your harness is...

You can certainly find stylish indicators and old stock gages on eBay...

The rest will just have to be soldering in patches of wire to bring the harness up. You're going to have to kow about the fundamentals of motorcycle wiring...
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03 Apr 2006 09:02 #36407 by 74z1900
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I saw some directionals for the z1 on ebay, but they have single wire and dual wire ones. I'm not sure which I need. My wiring harness is maybe 9 inches too short. As far as the bars go, I'm kinda tall, and with the old bars, I had to lean forward, and it was hurting my back, and I figured that since I have a rigid frame bike, I should go easy on my back as much as I can lol. Thank you for the compliment

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03 Apr 2006 09:20 #36411 by Scotty355
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Where are you located? maybe someone can give you a hand.

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03 Apr 2006 09:24 #36413 by 74z1900
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I'm based out of Haverhill, Massachusetts

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03 Apr 2006 09:56 #36420 by ejshotgun
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Nice Ride and Welcome.

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03 Apr 2006 11:10 #36441 by 74z1900
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Thank you

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03 Apr 2006 12:18 #36451 by Duck
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Looks nice.
Stick a scale on your tach with speed/gear.
Will save hunting and hooking up the speedo.
How far will it go on that tank?
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03 Apr 2006 12:37 #36458 by fixer5000
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sounds to me like youll have to extend the wiring you need to run the taller bars. get the wiring chart and go at it one by one...steve
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04 Apr 2006 17:28 #36679 by OldSkool73
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Welcome.....and you gotta love those old skool Z1's in the Amen frames!!!

PM me and we can compare notes....

Later, OldSkool73
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05 Apr 2006 05:48 #36849 by indykaw77
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Without sounding like a smart-@ss.....do you have the original 74 z1 wire harness?? If so....I'll dig around thru manual and see if I can at least hook you up with what colors are for what. Or maybe someone has the harness scanned and could send you. Check the filebase, too....might be something in there to help you out.
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05 Apr 2006 06:37 #36866 by 74z1900
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Hi, the bike has the original wiring harness on it.

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