New owner of a basket case bdm

[MillerTime]

Hi folks, recently bought a 2006 k9 very clean very nice...bought it with a burnt out starter & a rats nest of home made wiring...you can pop start the bike which I have done the last few evenings just to ride it an get a feel for her before it goes down for the foreseeable future..

Previous owner cut the ehc out of the bike an has maybe 7-15 different wires running here an there to make the bike run, which it does very well I put maybe 140 miles on it between the last few evenings. Now I must determine where to go from here. I'll attach pictures of the mess under the seat, fairly certain it beats anything you've ever seen. Taking opinions on routes to go...I'm not an electrician an my patience runs slim but but I'm typically financially motivated to do my own work. Lol

interested in hearing of a simpler control box I could add, switching over to harley controls an buying bars w/ a harness for that, or any other options.

planning on calling namz tomorrow thier only about 2 hours away an getting a rough estimate on having them get the bike squared away. But please share your thoughts & thanks!!

 

[knothead]

Welcome from Tennessee....holy shit what a mess under the seat...but it runs and runs good sounds like.

Honestly i would get that stuff out of there and put in the factory backbone harness for 200.00...axels ehc 600.00.. reason i say this is because swamping out to all harley stuff is going to be way more expensive...several have went to harley style on these bikes but honestly if fixed correctly back to original style the bike will be fine...

 

[mastiffdave]

That the second white k9 I’ve seen . good luck on ifixing it but if you get frustrated I’d
be interested in talking to you.

 

[SKOGDOG]

Welcome to the Forum and I’ll suggest you to listen to Knothead, as he knows about the beasts…..and keeping them running.

 

[Mickmorris]

Welcome from Florida. Wow! I am actually impressed that it runs! I agree with Knot going back to the updated stock system is the cheapest and best option.

 

[Rottweiler]

I agree with the previous post. If you wanted to go Harley wiring then the whole bike needs rewired plus you have to change the handle bars and all the switches.

 

[Rottweiler]

Check this out.

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[Rottweiler]

These bikes use smaller wires that only use low voltage and then takes that to ground for the switches.

 

[Rottweiler]

I replaced my backbone harness and new EHC. Bike runs great and is dependable now. Yes it takes a while and some patience. Also a few beers

 

[awg]

All i can say is you have the right screen name. I think you'll be using it often.

 

[HMAN]

Welcome from Kansas. Contact Curtis @ WSW. He should have all the components you will need to get that rats nest cleaned up. I have his ech in my 04 Pitbull. Runs n starts perfect.
Jm . 02

 

[SCC007]

Welcome from Southern-Gulf Mississippi! People are already chiming in on fixes and looks like either way you got a project on your hands. Having now had several custom bikes, a BDM and an AIH, the stock wiring work but needs some understanding...seems a lot of people just start cutting and splicing as soon as there is a problem, opening up pandoras box. My recommendation would be to put it back to stock wiring (or as close as you can). Anyway, welcome and you've come to the right place to get questions answered about these awesome bikes.

 

[MillerTime]

That sounds the most reasonable, now the back bone wiring harness I assume there's plugs either in the handle bars or somewhere under the gas tank that I can just plug into with a new back bone??? Also I'm unfamiliar with hdm what's thier full name?

 

[SCC007]

Big Dog Motorcycle (BDM), American Iron Horse (AIH).
The new main harness running under the tank will have JST connections to the handlebars, compression release and etc.
As noted wild steed works has a lot of the stuff you will need and is a great guy to work with.

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There are wiring diagrams on here so you can see where stuff goes and plugs into. Biggest thing is understanding that the controls are switched ground not switched power...there are some other discussions on the forum to help you with the electrical too.

 

[knothead]

That sounds the most reasonable, now the back bone wiring harness I assume there's plugs either in the handle bars or somewhere under the gas tank that I can just plug into with a new back bone??? Also I'm unfamiliar with hdm what's thier full name?

Yes the backbone harness connections are all under the gas tank with a few connections in the battery box area

 

[knothead]

If you lived closer to me i would fix it for you but thats not the case as your a pretty good distance from me....but with all of us on here we can help you get it all fixed and back on the road..right now your at 1000.00 in parts just to fix the wiring situation and thats if they didnt cut anymore of the small harnesses

 

[MillerTime]

Ok so I'll get a backbone harness from somewhere, then I need an ehc.
I did a quick Google on axels an they're from across the pond is there any stock of them here in the states?

 

[knothead]

You can get some of your parts from bigdogpartskingpin.com (which is HDM) and as stated above from Curtis at wildsteedworx

 

[knothead]

Ok so I'll get a backbone harness from somewhere, then I need an ehc.
I did a quick Google on axels an they're from across the pond is there any stock of them here in the states?

Curtis may have one or Josh at Gateway Big dog in St. Charles Missouri

 

[Mickmorris]

That sounds the most reasonable, now the back bone wiring harness I assume there's plugs either in the handle bars or somewhere under the gas tank that I can just plug into with a new back bone??? Also I'm unfamiliar with hdm what's thier full name?

HDM Inc = bigdogpartskingpin.com
Curtis is the owner of WSW = wildsteedworks.com
Both very good companies and very knowledgeable people with our BigDog Motorcycles