How To Build A Wiring Harness For Your Cafe Racer / XS400 Build

[@terriblewitchcraftgarage]

I admire how BHB can be so methodical and can with ease make one understand all of his tutorials. And on top of that he is so annoyingly nice too :) Thank you BJ!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank ya!

[@kristiansandsmark2048]

This is a super video since the electronics is the thing i think is the hardest to get a good grasp off. It's also a lack of good videos on the issue since it mostly is a focus on the mechanical side of things. Great watch

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@classicmotorbiker4053]

I just got a 1978 XS650 project bike, so this is very timely... I might not start it for a while, but this is (as always) really helpful and just Brilliant!!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Luckily an XS650 has a super simple harness depending on goals. A chopper with a PMA setup is like 5 wires!

[@kimberlygaluska2832]

BJ the effort you put into this video is impeccable. The detail, camera stability, lighting and editing. I cannot imagine how many hours it took to create this video. Thank you so much for this content! Very well done. Clean, neat and tidy wiring job and I learned a few things as a fellow sparky installer. Bravo Sir!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Well thank you much! Glad you enjoyed

[@darenpalmer1703]

Ok. Wiring and electronics is quite a mystery and scary stuff to me, being something I don’t want to touch. I watched this video as I’m come to love your videos and friendly manner and how much detail you show so I could start to understand it all a bit and make it less scary. I hope I don’t have to do any of this, but watching your video, as with others I’ve watched from your channel, shows me that I can learn and do some of this stuff, even if I have to find more information and go at snail’s pace to do it. All of a sudden, it’s not magical stuff to avoid and I’m really enjoying learning how things work. Thanks.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad it helps make it understandable. I have some great wiring videos in the playlist aimed at helping so please check those out

[@darenpalmer1703]

@@BrickHouseBuilds Thanks; I will. 👍

[@donnydenfeld2394]

Great long video of information that is extremely helpful for me.

[@mabarbe9545]

Looking this video makes electric harness less mysterious. Thank you sooooo much

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@mabarbe9545 Glad it met my goal!

[@MurraydeLues]

When I saw the length of this, I thought no way am I going to watch an electrickery video this long. Wrong. Enjoyed your thought process and how you solved problems.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad it was able to keep you engaged!

[@RobertAdams-wd6pt]

I don't find it boring, just informative

[@kustomchoppersuk8550]

It's always nice to watch how other shops do stuff. Great that you have said many times here that wiring takes time. We wire a bike in two days and still people think that is a long time!

[@Badenhawk]

You make the wiring I job I did on my cx look like a caveman did it haha! This video isn't wiring, this is art. I'm hoping this winter I'll tear my bike down more, since I'm pretty sure my 44 yo radiator fan is shot, that maybe I will clean up my wiring after I add the wiring for the electric fan, and maybe grip warmers.

[@SerialWaffleStomper]

Hey, I'm assembling back my bike and I've been delaying the wiring part till now because it was too intimidating. This video really helped, thanks

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Wiring can absolutely be intimidating! Totally understand the worries. Please check out the wiring playlist as I have tons of how to type videos to make the job easier

[@fransterhorst3694]

great attention to detail, very nice job indeed! I'm still on the fence if the X21 box is really needed, but have to admit that it helps eliminate the usual bundle of spaghetti and plugs that are stuffed in the headlight. i have recently got an XS400 and am truly inspired to do something similar with it. quite the project!

[@AndyXL750]

Another fantastic instructional video BJ 👏 👏 👏 Your attention to detail is second to none, looking forward to seeing the next installment. Also good to hear Seth working hard in the background at 11:48, doing some delicate carburettor adjustments 😂

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤣🤣 sometimes a hammer is needed on those carbs!

[@CRUISER-00667]

Excellent work …looks great🙌🏼

[@Jim-nm1en]

Very in-depth and informative video BJ. Last time I did a harness from scratch I ran all the wires to and from where I needed them then used sewing thread at regular intervals to hold everything together where needed. Then various connectors fitted and final connections made then took the whole harness off the bike and wrapped it all up with self amalgamating tape. The handy thing with that type of tape is you can work it around where you have branches in the harness so that everything is protected and waterproofed. Like all things, there will be various ways of doing things. Nice to see Seth keeping busy in the background.

[@Bartyman]

Really good and informative video! Nothing boring with this. I'll take this over some Hollywood movie any day.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@susannehalvarsson5995]

I hope I'll never need to build my own wiring harness, but while working on restoring/reviving a 1976 GL1000 (my first time ever doing a restoring/reviving project) I've realized I need to learn about wiring, so I watched this video and I'll watch it again. Thank you for also posting content like this.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you enjoyed 🙏

[@yveslegrand9826]

Man, you are an Artist ! I am not a great fan of this "computer" stuff but the way you make the harness is just beautiful...

[@dllittle]

This is fantastic! I really appreciate you taking the time to put together such an informative video. The little tricks and tools you demonstrated are really confidence inspiring. You've taken the stress out of my 66 Suzuki project. Thanks again for the wonderful video!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad to hear it is helpful!

[@donzimmer63]

Not boring at all. This is a favorite type of video on your channels. Detail instructional knowhow passed on. It is greatly appreciated.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@Here.there.andaware]

Electrics can be electri terrifying.. This will definitely help in future repairs/ rewiring. Thanks so much! Keep up the good work and amazing content 🙌🏻 Greetings from the Netherlands,

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@agee8322]

Do you not use relays in the loom?

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@agee8322 no need with this type of controller. It is more modern than relays and fuses

[@agee8322]

Ahhh, right .... thanks for the explanation. That would be a great help getting away from having to fit relays in 👍🏻​@@BrickHouseBuilds

[@djvinci2828]

One of the best KZbin vids I've seen in a while. Good show good sir.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Null7Mereel]

yesssss an hour and 45 minutes vid! its got length AND girth 🤣🤣

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤣🤣

[@Null7Mereel]

@@BrickHouseBuilds and don't think we didnt notice the white board saying "a-hole" and "b-hole".. arent those the same thing? 🤣

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@@Null7Mereel 🤣🤣 may be a future gag to work into a video. Nice catch

[@Null7Mereel]

@@BrickHouseBuilds excellent 🤣

[@mutevibesgaming8616]

trying to "neat-up" the wiring on my Honda NTV650 cafe racer project. this helped a lot actually. What I got from this is mostly "work neat and take it slow". Thanks man, I learned a lot from this

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad it helped!

[@erichesson7782]

I found you from a tbm cx collab . New favorite custom bike channel . Reminds me of Taylor from classic octane .

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Welcome to the madness! Taylor is a cool dude, I've had him on a podcast type episode on this channel

[@solrac371]

Enjoyed the tutorial! Always such a pain. Trying to figure out wiring and schematics. You really did go into detail and I appreciate the thought that you put into it. The white boards and colored dry erase boards as well as the sano connection tools are bomb. Great Vid!!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@tonygunning8045]

Awesome job BJ. Had me riveted from start to finish.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘

[@DebraHampton-z9g]

Very impressive, informative, smooth, clean & tidy! Awesome B.J.!❤

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@michaelhayhoe2540]

Wow! An awesome process, well thought out, incredible end result!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank ya

[@peteraitken6494]

Absolutely cracking job BJ very clean and tidy, if you want it right do it yourself that’s my motto lol. This bike is going to look the dogs bollocks just the detail on it is beautiful the turn signals are real cool also nice touch man. This is beyond my expectations if I’d to wire something like that it would blow up haha colour blind and all that but yeah your a master of art for sure mate awesome awesome job thanks for a great video take care and have a great week 👍👌🏍️🏍️🏍️❤️🏁🏁

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@@peteraitken6494 well thanks so much. I'm excited to see it finished up and take it for a ride

[@peteraitken6494]

@@BrickHouseBuilds it’s badass mate love to see it on the road

[@markrobinson4981]

Loving the content and delivery guys. I’ll be starting my RT360 wiring early next year so very valuable and timely for me. Don’t be afraid to include more sponsors products to assist you with your dreams. Subscribers with a brain understand. Thanks again 👏

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

I appreciate the understanding on that! I only want to share what I use

[@the_cafe_racer_project]

Superb video - inspired me to do much better on the electrics on my next build. Super informative and I have taken lots of tips. Thanks.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@@the_cafe_racer_project Glad you enjoyed!

[@kampatterson1865]

Great video. Thanks for taking the time to put it together!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@atombombsgarage]

I really appreciate these videos! I want to do this eventually to one of my builds. Keep the informative videos coming! I love the let’s see if they’ll run, but I was missing your “educational” videos that you always used to. Thanks for the info brother. We all appreciate it!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you liked it. They are just so much harder videos to make in both time and editing so that's why they are fewer. I'm packing more into each video instead of say a 3 part series on wiring or rebuilding the engine. That's why it seems like there is less

[@shaunhardie6077]

Awesome video, very informative and interesting. The bike is looking 😎.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thanks for watching!

[@shaunhardie6077]

Never miss an episode BJ, 👍.

[@grndplane]

Very clean, nice job.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@tiff9137]

Great video 👍🏻I did nod off but only for a min or 2😉. A tidy job indeed👏🏻.

[@cainbeeping8480]

Great job brother. Very informative.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank ya

[@grahammacdonald6789]

thanks so much,this is a brilliant episode.Very informative and professional

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@grahams6690]

Very informative electtrickery, Thanks for sharing!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@Cochis3]

Love the detail, now I know were to get Nymax at, I'll be sure to grab a few feet for the shop.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

I apologize in advance for how much of a pain in the butt it is 😅

[@paulrooney8164]

Simply awesome! You are the sensei!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@Claude-om9og]

Very educational...excellent craftmanship...great job BJ!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank you!

[@henryhawk978]

Enjoying the video, but I'm on my semi headed home. Just came around St. Louis last nite. Finish when I get home. RIDE SAFE OUT THERE B.J.. just finished watching the video,B.J. Very nice job on building the harness. Look forward to the next installment.

[@gravydavy4188]

Beautiful job.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank ya!

[@Hackerman-bd9hq]

That's was all really neat, I learned a lot. Doubt I'll ever put it to use, but the more you know...

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Any info is always good to have in your back pocket. Thanks for watching regardless

[@wilkitcher6960]

Exactly what I needed - thank you so much

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Hope it helps!

[@EwaldSchmidt]

Neat job! I enjoyed watching!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@BobKramer51]

I am about to wire a bike with the X3-S system. Good video.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@jeffreybuchanan8836]

Love seeing your thoughts process. I seem to be picky like you haha. My harness on my xj750 looks very similar to yours. Deutsch connectors and I did the same for a lot of my connections running into the harness and turning them around.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Cool! I bet it looks clean. Going in fewer directions really does make the looming process exponentially easier

[@stephenwilson3479]

Excellent advice, take bite sized chunks

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Too easy to get overwhelmed so it's very important

[@malcolmwind]

Awesome video. I think this is going to help me a lot.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

I hope it does!

[@bigjoe4020]

I tried really hard to stick with this but only made it to 22 min. Probably has to do wit the fact that I am not building anything so its crucial for me to watch and understand. I am sure peeps that are doing a build would very much appreciate all the detail you provide to probably the most boring part of any bike build.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Yeah it's not exciting stuff.

[@Justk75]

Great video Bj .my problem is visioning it being tidy .sectioning is something I'm going to take from this and fore thought of routing .been wiring cars for over 30 years and it really is different when it comes to bikes .astetics and function .ie not seeing the wiring harnesses 😅 . Quality and content as always 🤟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Wiring cars is very different in that you mostly don't see it so very true!

[@fransiscocortez8618]

Yes

[@darrylnicholson1640]

Bro you are not picky you are OCD just like me. Nice work so far. Nice loom love the wheels.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@kencreten7308]

great work.

[@andreasd.8511]

Very nice...i did this with components from Motogadget on my CX500.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@@andreasd.8511 nice!

[@jimclarke1108]

Interesting stuff Mr BHB, i'd probably visit the Yammi dealer

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏

[@IWISS]

Thanks for Sharing❤

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thanks for the help with the project!

[@benthillerup]

Not boring👍

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🤘🤘

[@Loyalregiment]

excellent explanation Can you tell me if you have a diagram with the AWG wire gauge that I use in that wiring. Or, I would appreciate it if you could tell me where to review it, thank you

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

You can actually look up a wire gauge calculator to determine the size you need. If you're using an NWT system they have the gauges listed in the diagrams though

[@jasondunn8313]

Not wiring a bike but I have found this interesting. Electrical stuff always seems like delving into the dark arts so I’ve managed to learn some things along the way. Is there any way to label your new wiring loom for future reference? Thanks for sharing your tips and experience👍

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Glad it shed some light on the process! As far as labeling, a person could always do some small tags on the ends if desired

[@DoranAngelo]

Love the video. Watched the whole thing and got some great ideas! I am building a Cafe Racer themed Air Cooled Ducati Monster. As you know the older ducati's wiring is iffy at best so it will get a completely new harness. I wanted to ask: I am thinking of using Whether Pack connectors. What are the pros/cons of this style connector? They seem to be pretty common on the European stuff. See you use a lot of other style connectors.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

I've never used weatherpack style but the terminals and tools are similar enough. I like the esthetics of the deutsch terminals and how they organize various connectors for space. That's about it

[@DoranAngelo]

@@BrickHouseBuilds I did some research on the deutsch after watching. They look like a great connector, especially if you use the solid pins. Thanks for all the tips! Love the long format videos.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@DoranAngelo I appreciate it 🤘

[@sebastianhagman1937]

Impressive job and video! So you do not start out by drawing a full connection diagram for all wires/cables on the bike? I feel I would need to do that to have a map of the full system ...

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Well trying to draw it all out at once goes against breaking it up into bites in my opinion. I do show that there are diagrams available though. Having done this enough times I have a good idea how everything should route

[@sebastianhagman1937]

@@BrickHouseBuilds for sure you know best how you perfer to master the whole thing, and I have never done anything as complex as e.g. this bike project. Just that the way my planning mind works I need some kind of visual overview (meaning not only words in lists) to grasp the whole thing and then starts picking the order of the chunks to be done. Also has something to do with my background I guess, at work in the past there was always full system project specific connection diagrams to review and understand before getting started. I did see that you have a nice folder with diagrams for the component level, I guess that is "all one needs" when having done as many projects as you have. I much admire your skill for the work you show us on this channel!

[@stevenwarner7348]

Epic. Taking notes. 😳. Gonna be a while with this one. and then.... Again and again. Thank you for this. ~ Ok off the mower in the front yard so with an "Edit" I'm back in class. 😳. Yea so now time for lunch. The nighthawk just needs the carbs off but the 1200 bandit is a mess. I'm gonna need to look over the electrical there. I pray that it's not too bad. The tank is clean and that seems like about the only positive. Oh well.😳I need to pause and stop typing and get my lunch! Every minute. I'm all in. 😳〰😳〰😳Wow. Now at one hour class time. Not boring. Why would you say that? 😳 Got to go. 1hr 10 minutes. ☑

[@johnalleman1134]

Hi. That was great “how to” vid! I’m looking to buy those handle bar control switches. can you help? Thanks!

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

These come with the control unit actually.

[@redzed40]

super video

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Thank ya

[@paulrooney8164]

Never apologize for length!

[@sirretsnom3329]

Are you still able to get the X21 or other versions? I am seeing "out of stock" on their site.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

That i am not sure about. I think they are onto a newer system

[@kuvakustom_cycles7623]

Scrolled through the whole video to see how you wired your ignition system and did not cover any of it. It looks like you are not using the stock control unit. Wondering what you will be using as control for the coils and how much adjustment you will have. The stock control units are getting hard to find and would love to see what you are doing about it.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Yeah throughout the build many have asked about the ignition which is why I'm making that its own video. I bought a Pamco setup from MikesXS but haven't ran the bike yet

[@jefferymhunter]

where do you buy the 6 ga wire for the battery?

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@jefferymhunter you can get that at your local auto parts store. Usually in back on a bulk spool

[@DeadxRamones]

Where did you get the reg rec from?

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

That, the battery, x21, horn, ignition switch, and more are all from nwt

[@jackbeanstock7710]

is there any wiring units for a british positive ground system? ive looked at M unit and they only work with neg ground.

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Just convert to modern times

[@jackbeanstock7710]

@@BrickHouseBuilds ouch, no love for classic brit bikes?

[@BobKramer51]

What gauge did you use?

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

That video is here with more info kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJaTent4aLmVobc

[@Sestorema]

A really great job, but very complicated too 😬

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

@Sestorema Definitely complicated at times but the goal was to make it look less scary

[@Sestorema]

@@BrickHouseBuilds I've put in my bike (Guzzi Eldorado) 2 wires direct from the battery for a usb outlet. I put a fuse, yes, but looking to your video, I know that my job is very ugly 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@stevenwarner7348]

Epic. 〰✨💥😳💥✨〰. The Rest of the Story 〰. This morning. Wow. Oh yea. 〰😳〰 ☑. New Hampshire.

[@ggalaxian]

What pics are you using?

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

Those are dental pics actually. I show them and more in this video with links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5eqcqujZZKWi7s

[@ggalaxian]

@@BrickHouseBuilds thanks!

[@K-H24-EAMaliasNalvat]

Bonsoir BJ, super toutes tes vidéos ; tu à réellement le sens de la pédagogie ! Je suis particulièrement intéressé par tes tutos électricité, car j’ai un « Mo-Unit » à installer sur une moto chinoise (Dayung-150) qui est construite sur une base chassi « GN-SUZUKI » avec un moteur (licence Honda) non identifié. NB : Impossible de trouver de la documentation technique sur se moteur. Bien sur je regrette ; 1/ que tu ne travaille que sur de grosses cylindrée ! 2/ que tu ne fasse pas de tutos sur les accessoires « Motogadget » ! Mon plus gros souci, se situe au niveau du câblage de la parti 1 de ton tuto (distribution de l’énergie). Mais je reparlerais de tout cela avec toi en temps voulu. Quoi qu’il en soit, merci 1000 fois pour tes « supers tutos ». 👍🙏👍

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

I just haven't used any motogadget parts so that's why you haven't seen videos on them. There are hundreds of good motogadget videos out there though.

[@garycoles8796]

Beautiful job

[@BrickHouseBuilds]

🙏🙏