Running Accessory Wires up to the Handlebars???

StoneFree said:

You can run the wires along the lower frame tubes and up to the steering head on the frame attaching the wires periodically with cable ties. It's sort of the "ugly" way to do it even if you tuck the wires behind the tube basically out of sight.


It isn't actually hard to run the wires under the seat and tank and you might be able to do it without completely removing the tank. By just loosening the tank you might be able to lift it enough to "fish" a thin wire, like guitar string size, under it and then pull your wiring through. Even removing the tank isn't very hard and if you decide to do that I'll let you in on the tricks and what you need to do.

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Agreed,,, Good answer

MGG said:

This is perfect timing as I am planning to do the same thing for my GPS. I would really like to run the wire under the tank though so any tips that would be helpful in doing this are appreciated.

I will try what Haulin on a lo has suggested.

"If you pulled the bolt for the tank under the seat, then slid the tank toward the back of the bike and then up slightly when the rubber bushings are free of the tank, you should have ample room to fish the wire as suggested. On the right hand side of the frame, under the tank, there's also a little plastic channel you could route the wires through up to your handle bars."

StoneFree do you have any other tricks to try?

mgg

mgg

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Fishing the electrical under the tank is the easiest.

If someone wants to remove the tank it's pretty straight-forward. There is an electrical disconnect for the fuel pump and a quick disconnect (like an air hose disconnect) for the fuel line running to the fuel injection. Both are under the tank but easily accessable on from the left side. The only problem I had was figuring out how to remove the hose clamps for the cross-over lines in the front of the tank, that run under the frame tube, because I'd never seen them before. Turns out that is really easy because all you have to do is lift the end tab on the clamp to release it. They are not reusable (they require a special tool) so conventional stainless steel hose clamps are required for reassembly.

Like all rubber fuel lines the hoses are very tight to the metal fittings and it takes a lot of "wiggling" to get them loose. Sometimes it feels like they're glued on but of course they're not. Just keep wiggling back and forth while pulling lightly. They'll eventually come loose.

When they do be ready because fuel is going to come from both the fitting you just removed the rubber line as well draining both sides of the tank. Two of us removed the line and we had two larger tubes to put over both the one fitting as well as over the fuel line so that the gas could be fed down to a pan for collection. Even we managed to dump about 1/2 a pint of fuel on the work stand before we could stop it. Not smoking when doing this is a really good idea. LOL

All-in-all after figuring out how to release the clamps this was very easy to do. A little effort to remove the fuel lines from the fittings and a little gasoline spilled but not hard to do.