Striple wiring mess

[chickenstrip]

[P.]

If you are easy to get to and still stuck next week I'll take a trip up. However a new loom might be wise.

[M.C]

Don't think the loom's the issue, I had the wiring sorted so the bike thought a blanking plug was installed, it's whatever went pop when I rewired the ignition like an idiot. Going to checkout the relays...

*googles whats a relay*

[M.C]

So tested a couple of replays, went to test the starter relay when I realised my booboo:

https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/13/82/47/img_2033.jpg

In my defence the main fuse was on the underside hidden by a translucent cover

However with a new main fuse the bikes behaving how it did before I 'sorted' the alarm cable wiring (minimal dash lights and bike not priming). I'm more confused than I was before.

[Monkeywrenche...]

[M.C]

Those are the alarm cable wires, specifically the four I joined together. There are 8 others but they're not touching anything, however the bikes behaving how it was when they were incorrectly wired/not wired.

[Monkeywrenche...]

[M.C]

Yep, it's not the money, I'd just rather not if I can avoid it. Also as it primed etc. before it might be a different problem (that a new loom won't solve).

[M.C]

Glimmer of hope when it was nearly dark and I'd virtually given up. Thought I'd try holding the 8 alarm cables I hadn't connected (very top of that picture), in case one had been randomly touching before when the bike primed, connected the battery and the dash lit up/bike primed again

Fuel pump sounded like it stayed on afterwards but I'll take that for now. Started striping those cables but it was too dark to see what I was doing. I'm wondering if the remaining cables need to be terminated? Kinda hope so as if it's two of them that need connecting that's a lot of combinations.

[Robby]

Get a loom. Fumbling around randomly may be fun, but it's also a way of spiking an expensive black box, or just blowing a random little switch that stops the bike from starting.

[Polarbear]

[Monkeywrenche...]

[M.C]

Blew two ignition fuses and I'm now ready to admit defeat and order a new (so used) loom. I'm fairly sure it's 2 (or more) of those 8 wires that need connecting but if it's going to blow a fuse everytime I'm going to need a lot of fuses.

Looking forward to replacing the loom, the number 1 thing I hate about working on cars/bikes is fiddly connectors Any tips? I assume take a million photos?

[P.]

[B5234FT]

Be careful, the connectors on the triple are utter shit, so double care not to damage the retaining clips.

[Monkeywrenche...]

[arry]

The alarm block on the Sprint (same alarm, and I'd happily guess at your expense that it'll be exactly the same as the Street setup) only needed 2 of the multiple wires going into it to be bridged and then everything worked as it should, ie 2 wires got looped together with a bridge plug. That was it!

[M.C]

It's identity those wires, if anyone with a street triple wants to take detailed pics of their alarm connector (and most importantly the wires), I'll forever be indebted to you

I'm pissed having to replace the loom for the sake of a single connector Must resist the urge to buy a massive box of fuses...

[arry]

PM Pigeon and ask him for a pic under his seat. Sure he won't mind.

[Polarbear]

BCF giving hotwiring tips out over the internet



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[Matt B]

[M.C]

[sickpup]

Just ran across this and can't see why you are having such a huge problem? Use a multimeter to find which wire activates which circuit, either continuity or voltage when the circuit is switched on and it should be done in half an hour.

Am I missing something here?

<edit>just looked through the two wiring loom diagrams and it should take less than 10 minutes.<edit/>

[M.C]

I thought about using a multimeter as you describe but wasn't sure what I was looking for. Sorry if I'm (like the Ed Sheeran song) sperging out loud, but when I connect the battery won't all the circuits be powered?

I got a second-hand loom yesterday fairly cheap, started going through labeling everything today but got hot and tired and gave up for the day (I'd still rather not have to change it).

Here's a pic of the connector on the new loom. Looks like they did try and mark out the cable at the factory, one of my wires (on the original loom) had a bit of red paint on but nothing like that:

https://i58.servimg.com/u/f58/15/13/82/47/img_2035.jpg

[sickpup]