Jap/UK Style Controls

[assquatch20]

Rather than wiring in a switch to kill the headlight, does anyone know how difficult it would be to wire in a LH control set from across the pond so I can turn my headlight off? Additionally, are they 3 position switches, and do they kill all running lights when off?

I'd like to be able to go totally dark. I'm also wishing to find a CCFL Halo light as a low-beam if it's out there.

[Mad Max]

I have just replaced the uggly set of CB250 clocks on my CB-1 with a china made replica set, and now my lights are always on, so there could be something in the clock wiring that will sort out the lights.

[91cb-1]

Hey there Mad max you might want to hold onto the old clocks as i recently read somewhere on here that the chinese clocks were crap. you might have luck with them however so don't go changing anythin on my word. Assquatch, if it's for secrete covert missions that you want to kill the headlights then i'm afraid the engine noise might give you away. I drive with my headlight on all the time, just that bit more noticeable. and if it's for starting her up that you want to kill all the lights, it shouldn't make all that much difference. Only time it made a difference to me was when the battery and reg rec went in the snow.

[assquatch20]

Hey there Mad max you might want to hold onto the old clocks as i recently read somewhere on here that the chinese clocks were crap. you might have luck with them however so don't go changing anythin on my word. Assquatch, if it's for secrete covert missions that you want to kill the headlights then i'm afraid the engine noise might give you away. I drive with my headlight on all the time, just that bit more noticeable. and if it's for starting her up that you want to kill all the lights, it shouldn't make all that much difference. Only time it made a difference to me was when the battery and reg rec went in the snow.

Truthfully I just want the option. Do all your lights go off when the switch is in the off position?

[rigwit]

Jap CB-1's light switch in ,"off" position have NO lights on, Usa models have the lights on all the time, its because the laws in Usa if your lights are on all the time mb you have a Usa Cb-1 or someone has converted it to have the lights on all the time.

If so, just look at the jap wiring diagram and convert it back or if Usa convert it to Jap.

[91cb-1]

Yes lights off in off position, but i know on my brothers cb super four there isn't even a switch and the indicators are always lit up so this could be why you're looking for jap indicator stalk?

[rigwit]

Yes lights off in off position, but i know on my brothers cb super four there isn't even a switch and the indicators are always lit up so this could be why you're looking for jap indicator stalk?

Isn't this a euro law, I know before head light in usa indicators were used.
And Aren't Ireland going potty on euro laws ?.

[91cb-1]

If Ireland were a whore and EU was a client, you could certainly say we've been taking a good dicking. Yes we are going ape shit for new EU laws, most of them from germany. the latest one we have yet to get in is that unless you're a mechanic you can not do any work to your bike. We don't even have a frickin NCT yet and they're trying to push this through. Pile of shite. needless to say i don't adhere to our simplest of road laws, ie. what speed to drive at and what side etc etc. i say you can sit around and get into semantics or get on the bike and ride. Had my first nice dry road 100mph blow out the cobwebs drive today. was a little to over eager with my leanings though given the temperature of the road. It felt good

[assquatch20]

I have USA controls, as I live in the USA. I wish I knew anything about electrics, then I could probably compare diagrams.

[Drewski]

Can you take a pic of your switchgear connector block? And one of the female connecter it goes into? Or list how many wires and what colour? See if it's different to the Jap one for starters.

[Mad Max]

The china clocks I ordered are actually of a decent quaility, the plastics are thick and solid as is the chorme finish on them, before I even fitted them I slpit them open to swop the speedo over from the old clocks, as they came reading Km's only. I live in N.Ireland the MoT requires the speedo must read both MPH and Km's. As for the old clocks they were next to useless there was an earth wire fault so sometimes I would have consol lights, sometimes not, the tacho only read to 10,000 RPM, so when out rideing it would read full on or full off and very little else.

[91cb-1]

Where're you livin in NI? Is there much of a market for these wee bikes up there? I'm thinking of off loading mine fairly soon as my restrictions up and i want to get a VFR 800. I'm not gonna get what she's worth down here though.

[Mad Max]

I'm living in Carrickfregus, not sure what the market for the CB-1 is like up here, I stumbled across mine on gumtree and got a good deal on it. VFR is a good choice love the V-fours had a VF500 and a VFR750 which I rebuilt during the summer.

[91cb-1]

rc30 or 45? I'm between minds as to get a vtec or fi. i know of a real nice vtec that will be goin soon but not cheap. Or i can wait around and hope a good nice fi comes on the market soon.

[Mad Max]

RC36. It really doesn't matter if you go VTEC or fi they are all very reliable, it just depends how much work you want to do to it yourself the engines are very complicated.