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I’m using LED indicators and the load from them is too small for the original relay which just goes into meltdown. The resistors in each indicator line allows the flasher relay to work properly. I initially forgot them . When I had wired it all up I tested the indicators and just got a high pitched squeal and nothing else, so had to redo those bits. Will connect up the front ones tomorrow, I have sleeves which goes between the upper and lower fork bridges on each side which have the indicators built in. I was going to put them on each end of the handle bar, and may still do that as well but got the ones integrated into the sleeves used, and cheap so will go with it and see what I think once they are fitted.

I had a free day today to spent it in the garage. I'm on my 4th iteration of the under seat tray to hold the battery, ECU and other electric bits I want to hide. I miscalculated the measurements for the battery connector mount positions so had to re-drill some of the fixing points. Couldn't face making a 5th iteration so filled the holes which were in the wrong place with weld. It all finally fits in place, still need to weld the side plates on, but the seat clears all of the bits and pieces. Indicators and lights all work except the headlight but not fitted that yet. I'll tidy it up a bit tomorrow. If I have time I'll put the rad back on and start on the headlight wiring. Turns out there is a loose connection on the original engine cut off button, couldn't work out why the ignition final stage wouldn't come on, took me a frustrating hour to find it.

Found a hedgehog on my driveway yesterday, poor thing had a massively swollen back leg, was missing an eye and had a lot of wounds around its head. No idea how it got so badly wounded. I found a rescue place near me who has access to a vet, sadly he concluded the poor thing was too badly injured to make it.

Feel free give me a hint...

Where has he gone? Has he got the boot again?

I voted for Alfalfa on the basis that there is an FTR1200 in the background

Nice bike

Just scraped in by the skin of my teeth ...

Just picked our dog up from the vet. He had vomititus at midnight on Thursday which got so bad that he was throwing up blood. No Idea what caused it and it was bloody scary, but £2000 and lots of worry later and he seems OK now thankfully.

This thing is the same, it has the EI box hidden in/under the birds nest of wiring under the tank. If and when I get around to rewiring the thing I don’t think I can get rid of either, which is rather frustrating.

You might be right, never ridden this bike or any other K100. I do kind of enjoy doing this sort of thing though, and I’m learning a lot as I do so. This is the first bike I’ve ever done anything significant to. If I hate the end result I’ll just flog it . These things are by no means good looking bikes but I do find them interesting.

I'll also get all of the new steel bits power coated at some point. I'll get the frame done too next winter.

Managed to connect up the new clock, all the wiring will go under the tank. It looks like a birds nest but next winter I will rewire the whole thing and replace lots of the bulky original stuff with a Mo Unit Blue.

The new lithium battery will go in front of the ECU and the other electrical stuff can go either partly in front of the battery and /or under the ECU.

The stupid ECU doesn't quite fit between the frame bars so I need to mount it high enough so it will fit. I can then use the space under it for the battery connections and some other electrical bits like the indicator resistors etc. The original ECU supports had AV mounts so I guess I should do so again, although the whole thing will be mounted upside down. I made up a plate which will hold the ECU over the new tray with enough space under it to accommodate the other electrical bits. The seat will be mounted higher than the original so I have a plate each side to infiltrate the gap between the frame and the underside of the seat.