HELLO EVERYONY 1981 KZ550C LTD

hello everyone I'm working on a 1981 kz550c ltd this will be my first bike build that I have completely tore down it will be a hardtail as I have other bikes for comfort and as of right now the wiring is completely dry rotted ive kept the connectors and am going to try my hand at doing the wiring my self ive seen some diagrams on the site but I'm a complete noob when it comes to electoral does anyone here run a striped down homemade harness that could help thanks from upstate ny

Here is one for a 750. I am not sure that the 550 charging system is identical, but this should get you in the hunt. Try using the search function on this forum.

www.kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/17274...tylight?limitstart=0

ok great ill look it up to see if there close I appreciate it

That bare-bones-for-mattylight topic may have a wiring diagram for the 550 as the op knows a lot about the 550 & electrics. He has stock wiring diagrams on his site. see links in his signature.

Reg-rec. alternate voltage regulator --- late model Ninja 500 or Vulcan 500 to around at least 2009. the connector may be reversed, so the terminal pins & connector might need to be changed out.

Tools. get a ratcheting open barrel crimper & terminal pin extractor tool. CycleTerminal.com has the tools & connectors etc. Z1Enterprises.com has connectors & colored wire. CycleTerminal.com --- crimping help

ECT 005 open barrel crimper & ET120/123 terminal pin extracto. the set w white handles. is nice.

yes thanks I have all the componets for the wiring just don't like the age of the wires and I want to try at building my own harness

I'm not sure how "bare bones" you want to go, but this diagram for "Toolboy", might help you to get it to run, at least.
www.kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/17274...ght?start=140#416242

Read the valve train warning before going too deep into the motor.

Another thing occurred to me, while having discussions about Kz550 heads, and it probably applies to all of the Kz's using buckets.
It's been mentioned before, but maybe not emphasized as often as it should;
The buckets should be kept in whatever position they come out of. The safe way to do that is only have one bucket out at a time.

I have a few heads that were torn apart, and it will be quite a task to get all of the buckets back where they belong. Some mis-matches are just too tight and will probably cause the valve to hang open at higher RPMs.

what I'm looking for are key
highbeam,lowbeam,turn signals brake charging basicly I want to go minimal so its easy to hide everythinh

It's on page 20 of the Mattylight thread.
kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/172746-19...ght?start=380#749327