My bike is only 42 years old and all the wiring tape had mummified, the connector pins had gone black/green/grey and the prehistoric fuses look like they took a lightning strike, but never blew.
I've been slowly ripping out, replacing and modifying. All the real grot has gone. I should have just gutted it and started again though. Anyhow, the wire itself is good (no black wire) and my mods are looking almost factory. Time for the fuse box to take a hike. Held in with a jubilee clip? And the same on the 4 way boxes on later bikes.... Those cost about 4X what they should BTW.
I'll concoct a blade fuse holder in neatly somehow and rationalise the various relay mounts.
The other issue I have is electrical noise affecting the rev counter on the Acewell speedo and cheap Ebay tacho. Occasional glitches at high RPM. Looking at the wiring, the supply to the coil goes up and down the bike several times before feeding the coil. I thought about a filter, but a relay to supply just the ignition direct is simpler and more effective solution.
The blue auxilliary connector is looking at me saying 'cull me' and so is the frame bracket holding it, and almost nothing else. Snip! Snip!
