Suzuki SV650S race wiring harness
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A street motorcycle has lots of parts that race bikes don’t have: headlights, brakelights, a side stand, tip over sensors, cooling fans, and the associated fuses etc. So seeing as the bike doesn’t need those things, it doesn’t need the wiring for them.
With that in mind, I bought a complete wiring system for the bike on eBay, tagged every wire red or green based on what needed to be kept then got to work: removing wires at the terminals rather than cutting them (incase I made a mistake), soldering stuff back together, then sheathing the whole thing in the best quality split loom and vinyl for weather and heat protection. I also wired in a power cable for the lap timer. In the bag (see photo above) is all the wire that got removed.
In all it removed a couple of kilos from the weight of the bike since it was not just the wiring that was removed, but the fans, ignition barrel and switch gear too (replaced by a single billet aluminum unit from Woodcraft).
I love little projects like this because you have to be patient, thorough and meticulous or it just won’t work and you’ll have no idea why.
I apply the exact same philosophy to the experience design projects I undertake for a living — especially when we are looking for efficiency gains, and opportunities for cost or effort reduction.
The one difference being I am ten thousand times more experienced at designing websites, software and customer experiences than I am creating race bike wiring harnesses.