[kguillotte]

I have a 1992 GL1500 that I'm converting to a cafe racer. I'd like to pull out the existing wire harness and replace it with a harness that just runs the engine and gets all the lights working... I need nothing else. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I might obtain such a harness? Is there someone who makes custom harnesses for GL1500s? The current harness is quite massive and is way more than I need. Has anyone trimmed down a harness? Just looking for some ideas. I think the GL1500 cafe racer is an awesome looking bike and would like as few things hanging off of it as possible.

Keith

 

[kguillotte]

Thanks for the input! I messed up with stripping the bike without taking my time and checking what I needed to run the bike as I unplugged stuff. Now, the bike has no spark. Not sure what I need to do to appease the engine computer gods to get her to run again. However, I love the look of a completely naked GL1500 - it just looks like a bad-ass cafe racer without doing a bit of custom work! So, once I get her running, I'll be all set.

Anyways, my next thought is to plug everything back in… get the bike running… unplug everything one at a time. The whole engine computer thing is throwing me off my game. I’ve built bikes before but they were old school and simple. I’m blown away with how much wire harness there is on a GL1500… it’s a bit overwhelming. Nonetheless, I’m dedicated to make this thing the coolest café racer in the neighborhood.

So… thanks for the thoughts! Once I get her running and all buffed up, I’ll post some pictures.

 

[kguillotte]

Stu... thanks for your thoughts! So, you think a Valkyrie wire harness will work? Will it plug into my current computer? All of this stuff is majic to me...

Keith

 

[kguillotte]

Satan! Wow! Thanks!

I'll dig into your instructions and see how far I get. I still have everything... so wire colors are good.

Keith

 

[kguillotte]

Satan...

Once again, thanks! I have an SE. I'm pulling the stock tank and having a tank made that's gravity fed so I don't need to run a pump. So, everything that doesn't make the bike move forward or work the lights is coming off. I want as few things on the bike as possible.

Anyways, I'm going to follow your instructions this weekend and prepare for Phase II - the moving forward part. Can't thank you enough!

Keith