Tag: Shorai

  • Rewiring Progress on the Z650/KZ650

    Well some forward progress was made on the wiring. I took a couple of days of work to start making real progress. Unfortunately the British weather was well British which slowed things down.

    I got out the tarp again to make some form of shelter to work under.

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    First job was to get the Dyna Coils in place. I had to order some nylon spacers from ebay and sand them down to the right size, but they now fit perfectly.

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    I also managed to get the battery and M-Unit mounting into place to make sure it would fit. Luckily it did!

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    Next up I fitted the Dyna S ignition. I’ve not set it up fully yet, but it’s in place.

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    Other jobs included a new mounting point for a new brake reservoir as the previous one was leaking. I knocked this up in aluminium, Also I had fitted the new switches from Highway dirtybikes. These mount directly onto the brake levers. Sadly the left one doesn’t fit so I had to use a different switch setup from the previous switch setup. It’s still cool looking but I wanted two identical ones instead of similar ones.

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    I’ve broken the back of the main rewiring, it’s just the final fitting into place of the main loom. I am fed up of seeing and working on cables and connectors now, but it will be worth it.

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    With a lot of the loom work I tried to merge things together to simplify things and make routes to the main loom easier. Such as this section of front indicators/horn and brake switch.

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    I’ve had a play with the M-Unit and it’s a great bit of kit.

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    My final completed job was to make a mounting point for the Motogadget M-Lock. I’ve put it down the side so I can easily get to it. It may move when I finally decide what to do with the side panels. As I think a hidden setup would be best.

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    Using the key is awesome, I need to get the glass vial fitted to my glove asap.

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    Not going to get more done this weekend, but hopefully I will get the final wiring done soon as I want to ride it!!

     

     

  • Shorai Battery box

    A quickish update. I’m still waiting on parts to start the rewire. I’m hoping my birthday tomorrow brings some shiny treats for the bike….

    The Shorai Battery arrived and I was blown away by it’s size and weight.

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    Next to the m-unit it also looks so tiny.
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    In the meantime I got to work building the battery mounting box. I’m fabricating this out of sheet aluminium. After a couple of sketch drawings I got to work using the bending brake.

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    A quick test fit.

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    Next I made the attachment strap out of aluminium as well.

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    Looks like this should work. I need some longer mounting bolts and some sheet rubber for protecting the battery from the metal, but it’s a start.

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    Next job will be to drill the holes into the frame for the battery box to mount to. I’m not looking forward to that bit!