what is the minimum wires that must be used to run a shee?

[sumoshee]

hi there,im rewiring my shee from scratch and have a bit of a problem getting a spark,i want to have minimum wires as poss,i have no tors,upgraded stator with reg rect and battery,im using the red and the green wires and the red/white red /green to cdi, then ive got the key switch wires black/red and black,with the orange wire to coil along with the black spliced to it and then to ground,is this right??? or do i need to use the black/white wire as well? please help cos its doin my head in,so far ive sent my stator back for testing but is ok,my coils are new and ive tried my m8s cdi,no worky! what am i missing? thanksalots.

[sumoshee]

bump,urgent help needed please......

[burgiebird]

16 gage minimum. I would use 14 to get the best connection.

[sumoshee]

Originally Posted by burgiebird

16 gage minimum. I would use 14 to get the best connection.

when i say minimum i mean amount not thickness! lol

[370banshee]

ok maybe i read it wrong but dd you say u have the balck wire spliced into teh orange coil (hot) wire? if so that your no spark issue... ur grounding the coil....

i;ve done a few of these wiring deals on shees... and all you need to make it run is the 4 "stato wires" a ground and the ornage wire to the coil... now for grounds u need to ground the - side of the coil.... and u can can the stator to with the balck wire.. but if i remember correctly you don't actaully have to...

[sumoshee]

got her sussed,i worded it badly,i havent put the orange to black!! purring like a kitten now,thanks..

[sumoshee]

whats happening now is shees in park brake/tors bloody program,ticks over but wont rev up.
from the cdi i have only used 3 wires, the orange to coil,the red/black to key switch,and the black to coil/key/stator/frame/battery.left over i have a black/white and a black/yellow,im sure these were left unconnected when i was using her before. any body know what im doing wrong????

[370banshee]

the black/yellow is the tors... are you sure you don't have any tors things hooked up?

[sumoshee]

ive made my own harness with battery charging wires/fuses ect,i post pics when i got my new fhone sussed. i have no tors at all within a mile of my bike,i junked it all the 2nd week i had her in 2003! the other spares are green/yellow and black white.(i correct myself) as i say my black is together with battery - frame cdi and all bulb earths.the black/red wire i have to my key switch,and the orange goes to coil.

[sumoshee]

okaydokay,got it sorted, you can get away with using the red/black wire to the key switch,black must go from cdi to the stator/coil/key switch (and battery if u have one,i would also advise an earth lead from battery to frame as double security).
orange from cdi goes to coil.
green/yellow on cdi must go to earth.
my stator is the electrex twin output stator.i have used one output and the other end floated to the reg/rect.and then to battery for charging.
the other output goes to the lights(dip/main beam) in conjunction with a regulator to stop bulbs blowing. i then run my speedo power/indicators/brake lights,side lights from the battery. if anybody would like pics i can mail em.thanks............