Hello,
This is my first post/question. I apologize if I miss any etiquette here. I have an ‘82 KZ750 LTD H3 that My dad gave me. I grew up with this bike so, it has sentimental value to me but I’m not a huge fan of the riding position. I have recently converted the bars from the mini ape hangers to a sport bar. I also added more of a brat style seat. I guess I’m kind of chasing the 70’s z900 look and riding position. All is well, it looks great and feels great when seated.
The problem is the front turn signals.
A) I’m not able to fit them on the new bars as they were situated on the stock LTD bars — especially on the right side due to the master cylinder. I figured I’d solve that problem by getting stems like the rear stock signals. I went to a salvage yard here in Woodstock, ON and got stems that fit into the headlight mounts (where the reflectors attach to the headlight). Great! They fit!
New problem. Upon taking a part the bracket that’s attached to the 7/8 style bar clamps I realize two things. There is a ground wire attached to the casing with a torque screw (don’t remember this when I replaced a rear signal light that I broke years ago) and secondly, I’m not able to separate the light from that bracket how it’s wired.
I’m wondering, can I get replacement lights that are advertised as the rear on a place like Z1enterprises, follow the wiring into the headlight lamp and unplug the original lighting/wiring and hook up the “rear replacement” lights in place of it? This way I know I can attach the light to the stems as they are in the rear. What about that ground in the original brackets? Does it needed to be grounded another way?
Maybe I’m going the wrong direction with this all together? All I know is I have the bars and seat swapped, the last of the parts I need are coming from Z1 but I cannot (nor have the electrical knowledge) to know how I should best deal with this turn signal issue.
Thanks in advanced!