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Really really great resource. But reading all the info has me confused!
I have a 1980 E1 KZ650 engine that I'm using on a 1978 D frame.
I'm going for a barebones setup: headlight, brake light, ignition switch. No starter. Kickstart only. I have a battery...I will use it if necessary.
Can I use the diagrams on this thread? Do I need the Regulator / Rectifier? Do I use the one with an additional brown wire (it came on the '80 E1).
Thanks for your help. Maybe something that would be helpful is a matrix. Which diagram can you use for which bikes. Just a thought. Thanks again!
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The battery always has 12v on it. It is your main power source. However, the stator is what generates power that recharges the battery. In order to generate the power in a usable way, the power must first go through the rectifier/regulator.So where does that main power source originate? Where do you start?
You will have a main ground wire that runs throughout the bike. It is better to use a dedicated ground wire than to use the frame as ground (which is what some other makers do).I started from the R/R. My R/R has 4 wires: 2 yellow, 1 black, 1 Yellow and Red. I see the two yellow go to the generator in the engine, and black goes to ground, I think. Where exactly is "ground" Where do I send that black wire?
Yellow/Red or Red/Yellow? The first color is the main wire color and the second color is the stripe. White, or White/Red is more common on the KZ's, but I guess YEL/RED is not impossible. Maybe it's an aftermarket Reg/Rec.There is no brown (I was incorrect earlier) and there is no Red and White. Just a yellow/red.
I changed this part of the diagram.What do I do with the yellow/red? Use it as brown? Where does the red/white come from that goes to the fuse?
There is no box, really, it's just a connection. It can be a wire-to-wire solder splice or it can be a piggy-back connector, or it can be two wires crimped into the same spade connector. There are many ways to splice a wire. You should dissassemble the original harness and see how Kawasaki did it.Each coil has a yel/red wire. I gather they connect together somehow to a connecting box, then that box connects to where?
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