Can u straight wire a 2006 ridgeback?

Rob1973

New Member
I bought a 2006 ridge back last year. Gourgous Bike. Wiring sucks.
the original wiring had already been replaced with a wiring plus kit. It’s fried now.
it’s been broke down 7 months of the 10 I’ve owned it. I don’t care about the turn signals speed o just wanna ride as long as it’s got brake lights an head lights the local shop here won’t do it or can’t. Can this be done ?????
 
I bought a 2006 ridge back last year. Gourgous Bike. Wiring sucks.
the original wiring had already been replaced with a wiring plus kit. It’s fried now.
it’s been broke down 7 months of the 10 I’ve owned it. I don’t care about the turn signals speed o just wanna ride as long as it’s got brake lights an head lights the local shop here won’t do it or can’t. Can this be done ?????
Yes you could old school wire it but ,
I would really look into axels ehc or docs esc both are quality system and will come with a new wiring harness and they both are plug and play
 

Twincam8888

Member
It's not for everybody but I "chopper wired" mine. No handlebar switches, no horn, no turn signals, Ultima ignition. Everything converges under the seat...... If you use more than 10 wires to wire a bike you're wasting copper. LOL...
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To each his own, but by the time you purchase the bars, etc.. why not spend about the same $ and keep the stock controls, bars ? Unless you just want a different setup . Personal preference

It's not for everybody but I "chopper wired" mine. No handlebar switches, no horn, no turn signals, Ultima ignition. Everything converges under the seat...... If you use more than 10 wires to wire a bike you're wasting copper. LOL...
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Rob1973

New Member
Thanks. I’d like to straight wire because I could work on thing then I’ve found the k. I. S. S. Theory works best. For my wiring ability lmao. Like I said I had a old twisted chopper was very simple. I just don’t know what to do with all these damn wires. Lol. Thanks
 

Twincam8888

Member
To each his own, but by the time you purchase the bars, etc.. why not spend about the same $ and keep the stock controls, bars ? Unless you just want a different setup . Personal preference
Yep personal preference, I had just bought the bike and with the horror stories about bad switches and electrical systems, I wanted to avoid those problems. I sold all the things I took off so my cost was essentially zero.
 

Sven

Well-Known Member
Parts needed:
1. A battery.
2. Any volt reg that obviously fits the stator's plug end, the heavy wire out of the v/r to the battery. Charging system done. First fuse used.
3. A wire junction block or buy the longer blocks and saw them down for assorted placements. Where you use eyelets for the blocks. Use the soldering gun to eliminate all those crunch caps? Then the shrink tubing over the wire and eyelet.
4. A tube of 'amazing goop glue' so you set a block at the neck of the frame, you remove the wires off the block and now take the whole front end off with two wires used for the headlight. Then, a longer block if you go with winkers.
5. A set of sacrificial feeler gauges and the goop sets the bent feeler off the handlebar. You bent the blade in a W kind of bend so you touch the blades to the bars and there are your turn signal buttons. Less wring eliminates the turn signal/horn/high beam/kill/etc switches. Want a kill at the bars? Blade up to short the coil to ground. This is old style dirt track kill setup, minus the black tape that will melt the glue, where the goop dries, takes the heat, oil, gas kind of amazing shit in a tube.
6. Any self contained spark unit like a crane, or any year harley type cup in the cone with pickup and black box. There are 4 wires used if I recall? Ground/hot/coil/VOES? I'd have to follow the black box wires but it's sounds like the ignition loop is taken care of.
7. Another block placed on on the frame for the taillight so this too is a quick unscrew at the rear fender.
8. Where I think I'm on my 6th homemade wire harness for the ground up choppers my nephew flipped. So it's service/maintenance first, looks second. Where you can glue and hide the wires with dabs of goop glue holding the wire lengths and no zip-ties used is the cleaner look.
9. Search any chopper wire harness diagram and build each loop as per wire(s) to jobber and out to said ground and power source. I have a ground at the headlight, low as the runner, and use male/female wire ends out of the bucket so all I have to do is swap to the high beam if the low blows out. Use a toggle switch for power on and this lights everything, or a key switch with ign only, and one more turn, it runs the running light and headlight. Use fuses when the diagram calls for said loops.

These are the blocks, and use whatever is needed to the jobber's side. Where you could solder the wires to the jobber, and remove the wire ends at the block.

The long block can be cut down and you hot the one bank or individually hot that side with said eyelets.

These crunch connectors are to be avoided due to 2 connect points and the bulky-in the way-clutter that begins to develop as the loops are being built.
 
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