1982 KZ1000 to Fighter..

That M unit looks like a very cool thing, but I'm not sure I understand the benefit. Can you explain? :huh: Great looking build!

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I cant believe you took the worst part about building a bike (wiring) and made it fun. Hats off to you man.

Jack, glad to see you are getting more time at it now that the Easter holiday has past. Every thing looks first rate! Sounds like you are right on schedule for LBF. Cool beans man!

pretty freakin cool.

if you don't mind me asking,how much cash do have tied up in your wiring and electronics? :huh:

if you would rather not say,

just tell me to blow it out my a$$ and i will get the hint :whistle: :silly: .

leon

Oh Ya! That is very cool.
Thanks for the video.

Nelson wrote: That M unit looks like a very cool thing, but I'm not sure I understand the benefit. Can you explain? :huh: Great looking build!

Nelson,

As I was gonna wire the entire bike from scratch I thought it fitting to modernize the tech that handles all the electronics of the bike. The key points for me on the M-Unit are..

- Performs all fuse, relay and flasher functions in one small module (Nothing External)
- Very straight forward and less complicated wiring harness.
- Integrated Flasher control. (Auto signal cancel on second command, hazards, etc)
- Integrated (Single Wire) tail light. Will do Flash, Fade, Pulse, etc
- Load Control, Auto powers down lights, etc will starting.
- Fully independent short/overloaded circuit protection
- Integrated Alarm with tilt sensor (just an added bonus)

An most importantly... NO KEY. Really wanted to front of the bike to be clean. And I most admit, there is a bit of a cool factor to it as well.

Jack

jydog wrote: I cant believe you took the worst part about building a bike (wiring) and made it fun. Hats off to you man.

Fun... come on now, that's still a stretch.. LOL Cut, crimp, and then soldering all the wires still sucks, but at least I can play with it when all done.

Thanks guys. She is moving along, although at a snails pace it seems some days. Once I get the entire thing wired up and done, I will do a full feature run down, and post the final wiring diagram for the entire bike.

Leon... Piss off!! LOL Just kidding man, I will be happy to share any info you want. What electronics you talking about? Just M-Unit and charging stuff, or FI stuff as well?

Jack

just the m-unit and associated wiring,connectors and stuff to make the bike run.

not counting any of the fi stuff.

just wondering about the cost to do a carbed stripped down z1r.

leon

Leon,

Here you go buddy.. Consider it a shopping list. I already had the multi conductor wire that I used to hookup the controls, etc. So I didn't have a cost in that, but it's pretty cheap. If you used all your current components (Starter Relay, R&R, Etc) you could redo the Z1R for $350ish. Maybe cheaper if you catch the M-Unit on sale somewhere. Not to bad for a brand new (modern) wiring setup. IMHO

Moto Madness:
Motogadget M-Unit Digital Control Center $299.99
Motogadget M-Lock Digital Ignition Lock $176.99

Radio Shack:
Molex Connectors: Misc Sizes (Approx) $30.00

Ace Hardware:
Misc Wire & Electrical Connectors: (Approx) $15.00

Ricks Electrics:
10-302 (10-302) OEM Style Kawasaki Rectifier-Regulator $105.00
65-101 (65-101) Starter Solenoid Switch $40.00

thanks. that's super cool. I may get inspired to do this to my bike. I suppose I could buy only the ignition switch and eliminate the key even if I don't do the whole thing. Will the magnet-key-thingamajig work if the battery dies?