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My first bike! 1982 KZ550C LTD, need some electrical (and other) assistance.
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So unless I'm wrong, the place to start here will be the wiring harness. I found a minimized diagram online that mostly makes sense to me. I'm not familiar with the electrical aspects of how a bike runs, so I'm completely drawing a blank there. My buddy says I'll need to do a custom wiring job as he retrofitted the ignition system, but I'm not completely sure what that entails. Normally he'd be down to help me sort through it but he lives an hour and a half away, so I'm mostly on my own.
Anyway, as you can tell by this post I have no idea what I'm doing and would appreciate some help getting my head around this. I've got some experience with electrical systems in electronics and other smaller systems like 3D printing and such. I've got enough wire to rebuild the harness from scratch, I ordered waterproof connectors, a new H4 connector for the headlight, PTE tape for the harness, and PTE split loom.
Thanks!
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www.partzilla.com/catalog/kawasaki/motorcycle/1982/ltd-kz550-c3
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I don't have a plan and I'm sticken' to it! '77 KZ 650 / 750 GPz custom project in progress
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1967 Yamaha YCS1 Bonanza
1980 KZ440B
1981 Yamaha XT250H
1981 KZ440 LTD project bike
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I don't have a plan and I'm sticken' to it! '77 KZ 650 / 750 GPz custom project in progress
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Since you [will soon] have a manual, you can use the OEM parts to start mostly fresh with your bike. Good luck!
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dthemac wrote: The clutch lever assembly, right?
All you mentioned was the lever, so that is what I looked for.
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www.kzrider.com/modules/ServiceManuals/Kz400500550_79to83.pdf
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Simplified wiring diagrams by loudhvx. KZR topic >> bare bones for mattylight >> Pg 1 .
A few of the diagrams may be missing. from pages 11-on most seem to be there.
Pg. 13 has a 550-C3 diagram. There may be other diagrams that would be applicable to your model.
You can check the parts diagrams at Partzilla to see what sort of electrical components the motorcycle should have had stock. You can probably eliminate one or two of them, such as a turn signal operating switch or reserve lighting device. Also, you might be able to find a good used wire harness on EB or with any luck NOS at reasonable cost.
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