handlebar switch gear - 1981 KZ650

While the photos were indeed groovy as such, need more. They made several variations of these, need front facing, as you would see them and connector block colors. They changed to Green in the last iteration. And shoving black silicone in the port?? They had a bracket that did that for you, blanked-off the opening, ha.  

asphalt900 wrote:

While the photos were indeed groovy as such, need more. They made several variations of these, need front facing, as you would see them and connector block colors. They changed to Green in the last iteration. And shoving black silicone in the port?? They had a bracket that did that for you, blanked-off the opening, ha.  

Here are a couple of new photos. I can see that the light switch has been blocked off. It's a simple run/off switch plus a starter button.    
   

So I'm guessing that the law changed back then such that the headlight needed to be on all the time, so they deleted the switch and hardwired it to be on all the time, is that right? 

Thank-You Dirk! You took the time, i will too. Yes, they started keeping the USA versions of production dating back to 1978 actually. While Yamaha and Honda followed the same mandate DOT they went about it differently. Yamaha had a sensor and module off the Alternator, Honda had a Flip/Flop switch built into the Start button. Kawasaki did nothing to reduce the additional load incurred by lighting constant ON. Thusly, decent battery required. While the Main Wiring Harness supports either constant ON or ownership selective all difference is within the sheath exiting the RH Switch. Your type of lower half casting doesn't even have a cast post for the ON/OFF/ON knob to be attached. The earlier ones did and the upper half is different with recesses for painting in the functions. Here's some examples of differences for your viewing. Don't be concerned about "wrecking" stuff by removing those screws, just have a decent #2 JIS driver bit attached to a 1/4" socket and rachet. Anything You fudge, i have replacements for. Just donate to THIS site and i'll fix you-up, Clay