Building a race loom, were to get bits?

[Spike16]

Hi over winter im gona make a race loom for my nc30 race bike and was wondering were I can get all the correct coloured wired connectors etc

also im building it for a streetstock spec bike so need to keep a horn and charging system does anyone have a race wiring diagram with these in?

[Drunkn Munky]

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There you go.....thats where i got all my stuff from, thinwall cable is the one you want

[Spike16]

what amp rating should I go for?

also were did you get the connectors like the starter solonoid connecter etc from cant find these on their

[fastdruid]

I just took a standard wiring loom[1], chopped out the unneeded bits and kept the rest, all the connectors are still in the right place and the right type.

Druid

[1] Which cost pennies off ebay as someone had chopped off a couple of connectors.

[Spike16]

Iv already promised my loom to brooky tho

and I wanan make a new one, iv had a few electrical problems with this already (althought these have been traced to a bad earth and blown reg rec) and want something new I know their is nothing wrong with.

[Drunkn Munky]

what amp rating should I go for?

also were did you get the connectors like the starter solonoid connecter etc from cant find these on their

Im pretty sure they had them, anything i couldnt get hold of i chopped of the standard loom and soldered into the new loom. As for the amp rating i pretty much used 16.5amp thinwall throughout, just check the fuses to work out what load the circuit needs to carry.

[fastdruid]

Iv already promised my loom to brooky tho

and I wanan make a new one, iv had a few electrical problems with this already (althought these have been traced to a bad earth and blown reg rec) and want something new I know their is nothing wrong with.

Don't talk to me about bad earths! NC35#3 died at cadwell this year, finally got round[1] to finding the problem and it was a dodgy main earth, touch of copperslip and everything is good again.

Druid

[1] This was also the bike I fell off breaking my collarbone which put a crimp on looking at the problem.

[RonniB]

Spike, just buy a 100Amp relay with screw-on terminals and do away with the 20 year old corroded honda relay, works perfectly.

Chopped off original connectors is a dodgy solution, that is where the bad connections are not in the old wires

Ronni

[fastdruid]

My experience is that it's wires that go but you're quite right that if the connectors are at all dodgy there is no point. Personally I didn't chop them off but removed the excess.

Druid

[RonniB]

Druid,

You'r right that the wires also corrode, usually the first couple of inches from where the core is exposed, and connectors are LESS than a problem than the wire because they clean up more easily.

I made a few looms by now, and the most reliable (by far) is the one made entirely from new materials and with special attention to waterproofing (superseal connectors are really good)

Ronni