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978 viewsNow, the regular install guide for the SC has you "cap off" the OEM cable. I decided to get rid of the OEM cable so I removed it from the harness. Here is the insulation removed from the OEM battery mount. I cut the big, black starter cable about 1/2" from the crimp and then re-wrapped the whole thing with the supplied heat shrink. This gave me a completely separate starter cable from the other electrical wiring.
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976 viewsThis shows the end product. The brown line is the new Motolectric ground cable that pretty much follows the OEM path. The red line is the new Motolectric power cable for the starter circuit. I routed the new Motolectric cable along the OEM path along the upper frame.
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974 viewsThe brown line is the OEM ground cable; it's connected to the negative terminal on the battery.
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963 viewsRemove the stock bolts using a 5mm Allen wrench. Keep the stock bolts because you use them to remount the gauges to the lowering brackets.
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962 viewsThe brown line is the new Motolectric ground cable.
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954 viewsThe bed is held in by loooong staples. Simply puuuuuull up on it to rip it free. It's in there quite well!
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951 viewsThe starter relay is back in place and the Motolectric cables attached. Notice that the relay output cable that goes to the starter is routed in the opposite direction. It now goes across the top of the horizontal cylinder to the left.
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951 viewsThe red line shows the Motolectric cable going down the left side of the engine and then under the horizontal cylinder.
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949 viewsRemove the OEM cables. This is the cable from the starter relay to the starter. Mine was in really good condition for having over 16,000 miles on it. Even the starter post under the cable boot was clean!
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949 viewsLooking under the engine from the front left side, shows the cable coming down from the left side and across the bottom of the engine to mount on the starter, 180-degrees from the OEM mounting.
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943 viewsThe red line is the OEM cable that goes from the positive battery terminal to the top post on the starter relay.
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938 viewsThe red line shows the new Motolectric cable is securely zip-tied to keep it from rubbing on the engine.
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Before...924 viewsStock gauge position.
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921 viewsRemove the 10mm bolt from the rear, right side of the expansion tank. Note that in this picture the drain hose has been disconnected.
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914 viewsOutboard slider side of seat.
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