What have you done to your bike today....

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Well I'm glad someone started a thread about what mods you have done today or whatever else you may have done to your bike today..

Today I've been attempting to sort the wiring out at the front of my bike..I don't know if you all remember the rats nest that was and how I basically chopped some wires off zip tied and taped it all up and ta da...

Never been happy with how it was so today I tried camouflaging the mess with corrugated split conduit..I was impressed with the look as I have a long term plan im working to...
Anyway after all my hard work I decided I could do way better...so I ripped it all apart and decided that the block connectors are going and started snipping and chopping away at wires...
Unfortunately I ran out of daylight so I was only able to solder one wire together and I f#cked that up..so first light tomorrow and I'm on it...

Here are some photos for you to peruse and get a basic gist of what I'm up to....

 

[Public Enemy]

Well that looks a lot better than I remember from before mate.

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Well that looks a lot better than I remember from before mate.

It was doing but I've ripped most of it out and started again...
Block connections are coming off so I'm hopeful of tidying it up a lot more and redirecting some wiring...
I've started soldering wires together but lost the light but am determined to continue tomorrow....

 

[Big Sandy]

You can get solder connections, put the wire in either end and heat the middle, also heat shrinks it.

That conduit looks very sci-fi... Like out of Alien or something. Cool!

 

[Big Sandy]

Solder connectors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083W2FS5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_BBJ4FbQNMBR1F

 

[Amyamyam]

Solder connectors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083W2FS5Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_BBJ4FbQNMBR1F

Thanks for that Sandy. Never knew they existed.

 

[DD67]

When I had to work for a living
We used to use something usually referred to as "pink ladies"
Basically, they were inline wire connectors that were female at both ends & almost clear but with a slight pink tinge.
You could see that the two wires had made contact with the metal insert in the centre. Then you crimped the two together & used insulation tape to finish the job.
Very high tech NOT!

 

[The Departed]

Is that the before or after?

 

[DD67]

Is that the before or after?

You're such a bitch BB3!
Obviously the photos are of Ducks latest creative bodge

 

[The Departed]

You're such a bitch BB3!
Obviously the photos are of Ducks latest creative bodge

I'm being serious? I've scrolled up and down and can't find any before or after shots, just what looks like a tardis run over, by a 18 wheeler

 

[MartytheMartian]

Certainly a novel approach! At first glance I thought you had put your indicators on the end of 'bendy' stalks (Like those 'snake lights' and such) whcih I thought was a very artistic approach to indicating.

 

[Don the Don]

Nice work Duck, just take it easy mate too near Christmas for crispy Duck

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

You can get solder connections, put the wire in either end and heat the middle, also heat shrinks it.

That conduit looks very sci-fi... Like out of Alien or something. Cool!

That's sort of where im going with it...peasant sci fi post apocalypse look...

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Is that the before or after?

No before just after then after again...it was only meant to be a fifteen minute job which extended into hours which turned into i don't like that which resulted in lots of chopping and ripping out again and now I'm a bit fooked...

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

You're such a bitch BB3!
Obviously the photos are of Ducks latest creative bodge

That's a good way of putting it

 

[chas]

I'm being serious? I've scrolled up and down and can't find any before or after shots, just what looks like a tardis run over, by a 18 wheeler

I thought the Street looked better grey.


With stickers on.

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

As the weather as vastly improved i started soldering wire's really badly even for me...
First wire i could live with but half way through the second one my soldering iron packed up. I knew something wasn't right..Piece of Chinese crap...
So the missus is off doing the shopping and hopefully she will be able to pick me up a soldering iron so I can continue with the task at hand as I currently have a non running bike...

 

[The Departed]

Stevie Wonder rang me taking the piss, I said oi it's better than yours Stevie, he said is it fuck.

Cheeky xunt.

 

[Scrappy]

I'd definitely reccomend the solder connectors as suggested by Big Sandy, they are a piece of piss to use and make a really neat job. I'd also recomnend using self amalgamating tape afterwards to wrap your loom, as the name suggests it seals itself to become weather proof.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003A5MRF8

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

I'd definitely reccomend the solder connectors as suggested by Big Sandy, they are a piece of piss to use and make a really neat job. I'd also recomnend using self amalgamating tape afterwards to wrap your loom, as the name suggests it seals itself to become weather proof.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003A5MRF8

I've got half a dozen rolls of so called electrical tape and weather proof tape varying in expense and I have to say they've all been crap...Can't seem to be able to get quality products anymore...One of the reasons I'm doing the corrugated plastic tube thing...