With the number of ‘bit and pieces’ being added to the bike I found the the area under the seat going to the battery was quickly becoming very messy. I also know that I will need a few more items added yet as the funds become available to do so, such as the a GPS and bike communication system.
I returned from the local auto store with a generic fuse box which looked like it would fit. The obvious places to locate the box was under the seat either above the battery box or just sightly to the rear of the bike behind the air box. I decided on the area behind the air box as there was more room and went ahead and made up a small bracket to mount the fuse box on.
I then diligently spent quite a bit of time splicing together wire which I was going to feed to the positive terminal, but did not allow for the room that the terminal spades would take up and the fuse box would no longer fit.
Back to the drawing board.
I decided on flattening the terminals on the fuse box and running two cores of wire rated at 15amp across them all and soldering them in place. The wire was well fixed only exposed to metal. I found a small off cut of hose which I cut in half to cover the wires with and then filled it with silicon to glue it in place and protect the exposed metal. As a precaution I also filled the bottom of the fuse box with silicon as it will be mounted to alloy.
Once mounted to the bike I re-ran the wires the needed to be fused.
Now that everything is working I just need to finish off tidying up and cable tying the wires.
