This week’s updated started with installing the battery and
adding power to the bike for the first time in about 4 years, after doing this
I turned the ignition on and some weird stuff happened! Firstly the oil and neutral
lights were around the wrong way, easily fixed, then when I indicated right the
tail light came on. Next came a lot of studying the wiring diagram and head
scratching, Japanese bikes tend to be really easy to follow, for example a
black and white wire will always connect to a black and white wire, in the end
it came down to the two six pin plugs reversed, even these are colour coded so
it was my stupid mistake. Now we have power and working electrics.
I also fitted the rear brake light switch and spring, front
brake lever and front brake light switch, clutch cover hood and finished the
brake calipers with the small sliding pin boot. The brake calipers were then
fitted to the forks and the brake lines installed.
Lastly I re-fitted the headlight to make the front look tidy.
MB8 – update, one thing that bothered me with the MB was the
tear in the seat cover. The replacement cover came from the M Shop along with
some MBX spares and using a heavy duty staple gun I re-fitted the cover. Its by
no means perfect, but 100% better to what was there before.
