Electric Blue Part Deux

Once again, my hands have turned to crafting the perfect motorcycle. Why not actually? Considering the amount of modification done by inappropriate road contact, I might as well bring this beast back to something even more beautiful in my eyes.

There were two major phases to the most recent modifications. I'm showing you the first. This involved making sure everything got wired including adapting the wiring to the new turn signals. Afterwards, I put the FJR back together enough to start her up, ride her for a few minutes, put gas in and make sure everything worked properly.

She lives! The running lights and turn
signals work perfectly. I discovered I had a low
beam light out, however. Put that on the
to-do list for phase two. The light mounted
to the side of the upper fairing began life in that
location in 2004 before the FJR's last lowside.
It doesn't really fit there and will be coming off for
phase 3 - the addition of a glove box.

The blue fairing which will house the glovebox
doesn't quite fit with the existing panel, so it will have
to wait until the replacements arrive.

The 2003 turn signal wiring from the bike just reaches
the subharness for the new turn signals when the
panels are resting on the ground. Plenty of room for working!

The original left panel has two new switches. One will
control two sets of driving lights. The other will control
some LED's mounted in the headlight.

From the side, the new blue fairing is striking. Notice
that I've not reinstalled the fender or windshield, yet.
All that plastic has to come back off for me to finish the
wiring for the LED accessory lights, a positive and negative
barrier strip and the installation of the relays that will
control it all. The yellow markings are from where an
insurance agent has marked areas of damage. (What damage
exists is pretty minor and should be easily repaired.

Phase two: installing all the wiring and the accessory lights; Testing the wiring (and blowing up fuses - did you know they make a really cool glow?); Reassembly and test ride; Installing a little surprise for the four-wheeled ones. More pictures later this week!