Honda VFR700 - Wiring Harness

Upon further reflection (and confirmation from someone more familiar), the wiring harness I bought was hot-wired.
Getting closer. Trying to develop a brain wrinkle figuring the electrical out on this bike.

[@thesuzukimethod]

Nice clean replacement harness there, look at all the rats nests it doesnt have! Sounds like there's some skullduggery involved in it's origins though, haha The connector - if you tell google something like "6 pin 6.3mm locking connector" it should get you on the right track. Also (check me on this) the pins in those connectors might be a little longer than your standard/general purpose/harbor freight style spade terminals.

[@matttriestodothings]

The skullduggery may not be nefarious. Or it may be. The ebay posting had videos of the bike in a shop running. It's possible it was a salvage or auction bike with no key, and they used this method to bypass the ignition. ORRRRR it was a drug running bike confiscated by the police and needed to be sold for parts. Maybe I should buy the frame and check it for drugs. I'll do some googlin' on those connectors and both side male and female blade terminals. Thanks man. Yea, usually any of the big box store terminals are trash. I have a bunch of nice japanese bullet 3.5 and 3.9 terminals, but I don't have any spades. Gotta get some of those.

[@TravisDoesGames]

clutch diode is to stop the neutral light from going on whenever you pull in the clutch. A bike shop noticed with a cheap rectifier on my vf500f that the neutral light went on with the clutch and suggested for me to get the OEM.

[@matttriestodothings]

Ohhhhh bloody hell, thank you. I was staring at this diagram just trying to figure out what in the world it's possible use could be. That makes sense.

[@UnCivilEngineerIRL]

Best of luck with it dude. I' suggest not cutting the mudguard to make the rectifier fit though, it'd be a pity to butcher the bike for something like that.

[@matttriestodothings]

I've gotta figure something out to get it hard mounted. But yea, cutting anything on that side of the fendor would also let more water spray come up in near the rectifier which wouldn't be good.

[@UnCivilEngineerIRL]

@@matttriestodothings does the manual show the original mounting position ?

[@matttriestodothings]

@@UnCivilEngineerIRL yea, it's resting in the position it should be--it's just too big. One of the two bolts is through it, but it's cockeyed so the second won't go. I may just safety wire the rectifier to the spot temporarily so long as I can get that green ground eyelet hard mounted as well.

[@thesuzukimethod]

@@matttriestodothings depending on how much it's clashing you might be able to just grind down that R/R a little bit to make it fit. Those things are mostly heatsink, and the electronics are potted in epoxy. It can probably spare a fin or two. If it does die, there's replacements for ~$25.

[@matttriestodothings]

@@thesuzukimethod I'll try a non-destructive method first, but that doesn't sound like a terrible idea. It's possible I could wire in a fan as well--though that would obviously be space limited in a similar way. I can just see me absolutely shattering a fin or something when going at it with a dremel first though, lol. I'll wear safety glasses if I go that route.