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24 Apr 2006 21:15 #42398 by wagonmaster69
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Hello I am getting a 78 KZ1000 and I was wondering is their a wireing kit out their that is just the basic lites,brakes,and turn signels I am going cafe styl and want the mininininmemmm I think that is how you spellthat:S :S or is their a diagram:blink: on how to do it..

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24 Apr 2006 23:50 #42426 by roy-b-boy-b
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Just type "finch box in your search bar and you will find several sites that deal with a basic wiring diaghram. Roy

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25 Apr 2006 22:34 #42710 by wagonmaster69
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Thanks Roy I will do that:woohoo:

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26 Apr 2006 15:28 #42920 by wagonmaster69
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I tryed it and it didnt work please:blush: explane again how to do it please:whistle:

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26 Apr 2006 16:03 #42930 by steell
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I found this one on page two of a Google search for "Finch Box" (after a whole bunch of birdhouse links) :)
www.hondachopper.com/ignition_diagram.html

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26 Apr 2006 17:00 #42948 by loudhvx
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What the heck is a finch box, who invented it, why, what do finches have to do with it, and why do I need one?

I saw Steell's link, but don't get it.

Don't feel like searching through bird house websites.;)

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26 Apr 2006 17:52 #42968 by agawam
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try here... www.hondachopper.com/garage.html I typed in finch box wiring this is what I got seems to be a honda site but has custom and bare bones wiring

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26 Apr 2006 18:12 #42975 by loudhvx
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agawam wrote:

try here... www.hondachopper.com/garage.html I typed in finch box wiring this is what I got seems to be a honda site but has custom and bare bones wiring


Thanks, but I saw the page, I just don't get why it's called a finch box etc.

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27 Apr 2006 04:36 #43089 by fastestz1
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i have a couple of old chopper magazines,one of them has an article about a guy named ronnie finch i think he made these boxe's back in the day.

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27 Apr 2006 06:23 #43109 by wiredgeorge
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This question has been beat to death MANY MANY times and folks have posted wiring diagrams here. MOST folks who ask for a basic wiring harness DO NOT connect up lights, horns and blinkers nor an ignition or kill switch. Once any of that stuff is added, it becomes pretty much a stock wiring harness. A bike doesn't have tons of "extra" wiring. Also, when you go with any "bare bones" harness, you must also consider using different color wires to keep track of where things go in the event some repair must be made. I personally think this "bare bones" wiring is not a great idea for that reason and would prefer to buy a decent used harness and junction box & fuse box and modify from there but that is just me. Having the OEM wiring colors and a wiring diagram makes a lot of sense as well.

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27 Apr 2006 09:09 #43150 by loudhvx
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I have yet to see a "decent" used harness in person. I can always find broken conductors inside the insulation. Often a used harness will have the same broken wires that your harness did. They all get flexed at the same place and so break at the same place.

Also, and here's the main problem, the wires in the used harness are going to be oxidized which makes any soldering rather difficult.

Any good mechanic can figure out the bare-bones wiring without a diagram or color codes, as long as it is done neatly and the wires are accessible, I.E. not covered 100% with electrical tape.

Use the original colors if possible, though.

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28 Apr 2006 16:07 #43475 by wagonmaster69
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I am looking for something simple like you see on those build or bust show am I asking for some thing that I dont know what I am talking abought please let me know. I know that if it was a car you can get a painless type of harness some thing real simple. Do they make one for motorcycles I am NEW at bikes.

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