Headlight Bucket Wiring on a Vintage Honda Motorcycle

Check out our full electrical troubleshooting playlist:    • Electrical   Intimidation is a big factor when working on a vintage Honda Motorcycle. In this video, we show how simple repairs can be on a vintage Honda by demystifying the infamous "Bird's Nest" of wires. Every Honda motorcycle from the late '60s to the late '70s has a major junction of wires that connect parts light handlebar switches, gauges, and turn signals to the main wiring harness. On some motorcycles, this happens inside the headlight bucket and on others under the gas tank, but the effect is the same. Staring are such a large clump of wires can be intimidating but by peeling back the layers and removing the headlight bucket, there are actually only a few bundles of wires. Follow along as we sort through the wires and call out commonly used Honda wire color codes and what they are used for. Buy parts and pieces for your vintage Honda motorcycle at common-motor.com _________________________________ Need help with your vintage Honda? Attend the CMC Repair Academy and watch the full playlist of repair videos for your motorcycle:    • CB175/CL175/SL175/CB200/CL200      • CB350/CL350/SL350      • CB360/CL360      • CB450/CL450/CB500t      • CB500K / CB550K / CB550F      • CB750K / CB750F      • CB350F / CB400F   _________________________________ Contents of this video: 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - What is the Bird's Nest? 01:49 - Why unplug everything? 03:38 - Removing the headlight bucket 03:52 - Facts about the Honda factory headlight buckets 04:50 - Identifying the groups of wires in the Bird's Nest 07:53 - Main Harness wires 11:52 - Left Handlebar switch wires 12:54 - Right Handlebar switch wires 16:00 - Speedometer wires 17:02 - Tachometer / Indicator Lights 18:29 - Front Brake light switch wires 19:27 - Turn Signal wires 20:45 - Identifying unused wiring connections 21:50 - Putting the headlight back together 22:59 - Precautions 23:31 - Summary 24:08 - Wrap up