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Originally Posted by
Brewers Whoop
I want to run a couple of wires for auxiliary lights to the battery, and want to fit them neatly (by my standards) along the frame under the tank.
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There is a way...
take off the seat and the 'air scoop' (the plastic protection panel - dunno why they call then air scoops!) from the nearside of the bike (left as you sit on it).
You can see the frame running front to back.
Feed your cables from the underseat area towards the front of the bike, you should see it poking out under the tank. If it curls up inside then use a welding rod/stick/or something else that doesn't bend, tape the cables to the end of it and poke it through.
It can get a bit warm under there so I would advise you cover the cables, I used some of that curly cable tidy stuff from Maplin, then taped it up nice and neat. This way the cables are quite stiff and easy to feed through holes, gaps and the like.
You'll need to cable tie it to the frame every 6 inches (150mm) or so, but put one as close to under the tank as possible from both the underseat area and the front where it pokes out from under the tank - even thoug it's only a couple of inches apart in reality, it stops it from dangling about.
Or you could take the tank off, remove the air scoops, the two big bolts, the rear bolts, faff about with the vent and overflow pipes, unclip the fuel cable and electrics - Oh and don't forget to do this with an empty tank! ( this is why I decided to do it with the tank on!), a full tank is a nice light 23 kilo's.... and it's not well balanced for removal!
I found I can do just about any job without taking the tank off - brilliant piece of 'roadside repair friendly' design work I think.