Electrics ENLIGHTENED
For any of you who read the articles on my Norton Commando restoration, you may have noticed that it was a little lacking in detail. I decided to separate out the topic of the electrics for various reasons. I think a lot of people’s eyes would have glazed over, electrics being that black art where nothing makes sense. Hopefully, I can make some sense of it all, and show you what I did. If your electrics look like an explosion in a spaghetti factory, you may pick up a few tips on how to improve your electrics, or even gain the confidence to rewire it yourself.
Some words of warning, though: if you’re a rivet counter, move on, otherwise you’ll be shaking your fist at the pages, and muttering, ‘That’s not original.’
A lot of folks seem to have a congenital hatred of motorcycle electrics for no rational reason. I suppose all they see is a bunch of wires encased in sheathing if they’re lucky, or smothered in electrical tape if they’re not,
