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Wiring questions for /6.
Wiring questions for /6.
Also, is there a source for raw wire in the correct diameters and colors ? There is a business called British Wiring which has some of the color combinations that are probably the right sizes. Does anyone know of a similar source for BMW wire ?
Doing some modifications and repairs on a 1976 R90/6. I’m trying to stick to correct colors.
Thanks.
1960 R69; 1975 Norton MKIII; 1976 R90/6; 1992 K75S; 2000 Hayabusa
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https://www.carreracasting.com/charts/wire-gauge
As for sources, I'm not sure right off, but I'm sure that anything you can find for the older VWs will be the right colors and sizes. Maybe Euromoto Electrics has the proper stuff...they say multiple color options.
https://www.euromotoelectrics.com/category-s/1615.htm
Nerdy Mr. Snowbum, who started off as a young kid getting into electronics, has a detailed page on wiring for BMWs:
https://bmwmotorcycletech.info/wires&codes.htm
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1960 R69; 1975 Norton MKIII; 1976 R90/6; 1992 K75S; 2000 Hayabusa
Big Bar, Northern California
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After reading a lot of Snowbum and others I settled on 16 AWG wire for most wiring repairs and additions on my bikes. I bought small rolls of the basic colours (black, red, white, blue, green and yellow) and used short pieces of coloured shrink tube placed on each end of the wire to identify the stripe colour. This worked very well to keep true to the original colour coding for future diagnostics. The only snag in my system so far has been that BMW used grey coloured wire and I couldn't find any locally. As a workaround I used a 6" long piece of grey shrink tube on each end with a small band of coloured shrink over that to identify the stripe.
Brett
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Their prices are good, they have a very wide choice of DIN automotive wiring colors (not all, though).
They need to be called for an order to be placed. That works for me.
As a bonus, they sell PVC sheathing, which allows harnesses to be made.
There was another mail order house, in Florida, with real metric wire imported from Europe, in all proper colors, a tad more expensive than RI Wiring. However, I can't find them any more.
Raz