more electrical gremlins

[canuck cruiser]

Hey,

I got the voltage regulator from Andreas, thank you, and it seemed to fix the charging problem. Headlight working, tach working, and getting mucho volts at revs at the battery.

My bike is an 80G and I have some issues with tail lights and signal lights not functioning properly. Does anyone have a good pic of the tail/ signal lights hook up. It looks like a bit of a mess back there and signal lights are intermitten and no tail. Fuses good. Lights were working Recently.

Even if someone could describe the connections from the five wires coming in the the final destinations. There is a yellow, a chocolate brown, a blue, a dark green, and a black wire from the harness entering the tail light section. It looks like the PO has some splicing going on with wires wrapped around bare sections of other wires.

Any help would be greatlt appreciated. Grade two explanation preferred. Not the greatest with wiring.

Thanks so much.

Jason

[DiverRay]

Jason, I don't have the color code handy for your bike, but do know of an "easy" way for you to trouble shoot the problem.
1. Check ALL ground wires, and make sure you have a wire from the front of the bike going back to the tail light for ground. This should be the black wire, and you can check with a VOM, look for ~0.1 Ohms resistance from the black wire to the battery ground.
2. turn the ignition on, and use the VOM to fine the wire with ~13 volts. This should be the tail light wire. Test with the VOM connected to the ground on the battery. This should be the brown wire, but I'm NOT positive. I think the Yellow is the brake, and should be tested the same as the tail light. You can use a rubber band of piece of wire to hold the brake handle towards the grip, to turn on the light.
3. The turn signals are next. I usually start with the left turn signal. Turn it on at the switch, and use the VOM to find the wire. This one should NOT read steady, but will seem to go up and down as the "bilb" is trying to flash. The last wire will be the right turn signal.
4. RECHECK ALL GROUNDS!!, clean ALL connections, and try once again.
Ray

[mro]

80G stock rear turns have a ground attached to mounting bolt, other end plugs into double connector under rear of seat. Both ends need to be clean. Think brown is right side, Green other?!, black grounds.