• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Kill Switch Wiring?

Chayzed Pilot

Chayzed Pilot

Husqvarna
AA Class
Ok here's the story, picked up this bike, 78CR 390. Has a 1980 motor in it. I am doing a race resto on the bike and have come to hooking up the electrics. Pretty self explanatory, has spark, and now I am needing to hook up the kill switch. The kill switch on the bike was a single wire that was hooked up and taped off on the handlebars. I am going to use a Honda switch with two wires. I know the green is for ground but, but the $100 question is where does the other lead go. In the wiring harness there are two left over wires, one yellow and one white. Does the kill switch wire go to the blue wire on the coil and I piggyback it in or? And also what would the other two wires be. I am thinking a light? Or? I can't find a wiring diagram in all my searching.

Thanks

Scott
 
Hi Scott,
On my 79 390CR the white and yellow wires are taped off and not used.
The black and blue wire connectors plug onto the coil as you know, but my blue wire connector has a second blue wire in it.
The second blue wire goes to my kill button.
And yes, the green wire on a Honda switch would go to ground.
I believe the yellow wire is for lighting. Sorry I don't know what the white wire is for.
Hope this helps,
Ron
 
Thanks Ron, I was kinda sure the kill switch goes to the blue wire. I just don't want to fry the Motoplat. It would be my luck.
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Maybe someone else on here knows what the other wires are for. I would think one is for lighting. The other one could be for an extracelestial hook up?
 
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