Its relatively easy to 'wire' a bike and get it running, but there is a big difference to creating a show winning wiring solution that will be reliable enough to use on the road.

When your building or modifying your ride keep in the back of your mind the electrics. We are talking Harley here and we are talking VIBRATIONS. Just cus they get away with it on a Jap bike doesn't mean its going to work on your hog!

Try not to cut corners on the battery to make extra space either! A reliable bike literally 'starts' with a good starter, ignition and charging system. Don't underestimate the amount of room the electrics and electronics will take up.

In a standard wiring loom the bulk of the connections are made in the HeadLamp but because most builders want to keep a clean look avoiding the bulky wiring around the head stock we try to run cabling away from the head stock and hide the connections under tank or under the seat area. Because of this if you are planning on running wiring through top tube or seat post you have a whole bunch more cables to run which could impact on the structural rigidity of the frame if your cutting holes or slots to run cable through!

We try to make the wiring loom 'modular' so that if you want to later remove a component you wont have to cut the wiring to it but just unplug it from the main loom. this creates a lot of bulk in 'multi-connector blocks' Again think about where you are going to 'hide' all of these connections.

We avoid soldering where possible, soldered connections at stress points such as around the head stock will eventually fail! We will however over solder important crimp connections where we want extra security.

Take your time when planning where each component will be placed, consider heat and water ingress. Don't forget - Coil, Ignition Switch, Rear Brake Switch (mechanical or fluid pressure) oil pressure switch, regulator/rectifier, neutral switch, V.O.E.S., Hazard switch, Speedo/Tacho/Warning Lights.

If your bringing a bike to us try to have all of the components above mounted as well as the Indicators, Headlamp (including front sidelight for S.V.A and M.O.T.), rear side and brake lights.

Its all well and good having trick L.E.D lights hidden and mounted with incorrect height and spacing, consider S.V.A and M.O.T and if you bike looks like its got no lights its a good excuse to get pulled and your Insurance company will love you if your lights aren't Legal !!