How to hot wire tail light

Can the forum suggest a way to hot-wire the tail light on my KZ 650B 1977.
Due to wiring deterioration I have been cleaning the wiring up and in doing so I Installed toggle switches for the headlight on and off and high and low beam.
All electrics work except for one issue, I cannot work out why the tail and parking light are not working.
I have traced the red wire back from the tail light socket to the ignition switch and have continuity. What am I missing here?
Is there a method where I can wire up the tail light to be on when ignition is on?

Ignition switch... TL2 ...-> TL1 to 10amp fuse...
Measure for voltage on TL1 (ignition switch, no ~ 12Vdc then there's your problem....

If voltage present, measure TL2, if missing Vdc then ignition switch crapped.

If Voltage present then rear bulb holder/open conductor etc...

peterg wrote: Can the forum suggest a way to hot-wire the tail light on my KZ 650B 1977.
Due to wiring deterioration I have been cleaning the wiring up and in doing so I Installed toggle switches for the headlight on and off and high and low beam.
All electrics work except for one issue, I cannot work out why the tail and parking light are not working.
I have traced the red wire back from the tail light socket to the ignition switch and have continuity. What am I missing here?
Is there a method where I can wire up the tail light to be on when ignition is on?

tail and parking light are not working --

Is the brake light involved in this discussion?

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BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT Can be a #1157 dual filament bulb
RED, Running or Tail Light.
BLUE,(sometimes with a Red stripe) Brake Light Circuit.
BLACK with YELLOW stripe, the ground circuit.

Thanks Patton, the brake light and brake light warning lights work ok.
I am wondering would the removal of the headlight wires( Brown, Bl/W, Br/W) from the RH switch assembly to a separate toggle switch have any bearing on the problem? Or is the tail light a separate circuit entirely.

This wiring replacements and harness repairs has been an enjoyable challenge for me staring from a position of knowing stuff all about electrics. Learnt a lot along the way, but obviously not enough. Have the bike up and running well with the tail light the last piece of the puzzle to be solved.
Cheers

peterg wrote: Can the forum suggest a way to hot-wire the tail light on my KZ 650B 1977... I cannot work out why the tail and parking light are not working...Is there a method where I can wire up the tail light to be on when ignition is on?

The tail light could be wired into any connector having switched positive voltage, such as an accessory connector (or possibly the brown wire), which should provide voltage to the tail light whenever the ignition switch is turned ON.

I don't know about the "parking" light connection from the ignition switch, other than studying the stock wiring diagram (which may show the ignition switch connections for the parking light).

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If needed, here's a direct link to the downloadable wiring diagram in KZr's FILEBASE.

www.kzrider.com/filebase/doc_download/288-z650b1

It does show the ignition switch connections.

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Appreciate your help, will follow up
Cheers

Have any pictures of how and where you're mounting the toggle switches? I'm thinking of doing something similar and I like to copy homework.

Yep will take a snap tomorrow and post .
Thanks for your help guys tail light up and working
Cheers

Photos of Toggle switch arrangement as requested.

I likey very very much.