Chuck

You can just turn the lever clamps upside down. The mounts will be unobtrusive.

As the Gold wing guy said while I was sitting in my Kermit chair with beer in hand waiting for the Kid to come rescue me.. "An Italian motorcycle with electrical issues? Who would have thought?? " IMG_20190801_193356953_HDR by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

Well, my thought was if I was going to have to add another relay, why not use the solenoid wire for a trigger and use some #16 aircraft wire down to the solenoid. That would give an even bigger smack upside of the head to the solenoid.. It may not be necessary though, and your method would be considerably easier. It's cranking better than it ever has, even with a depleted battery from fooling with this thing all day. What are a couple of more wires to that birds nest on top of the battery, anyway?

So, if I'm reading this correctly..I should go back to the original wiring and install another relay with the solenoid wire used as the trigger for that relay? <scratching head>

Nope..

I've put it on the squawk list before, but would you listen?? Noooo.. "Right engine missing." "Found right engine on starboard wing.." This is bizarre. I'll bet a dollar if I rehook up the wiring the way it was the OP light would still be on. I'm about frustrated enough to try it, though..

Have you heard the one about the older couple that mixed up the Vaseline and caulk? Their windows fell out..

I certainly wouldn't think so. Vaseline..

No these are the Omrons..

Crap, that wasn't it. I was ready to buy you a beer. Or maybe a brewery.. FWIW, the oil pressure light on this bike has always been flaky. If voltage was low..as in it had been sitting for a long time.. it wouldn't come on. After a hard run in the mountains, on the interstates coming back to the beach etc. it would work. The next day it might or might not work. I didn't care. Just the same, I can't have it on all the time with the ignition off. I'm not above unplugging it.. Can you tell I'm pretty frustrated right now?

Ahh, I saw that, but thought it was power to the tacho light. I'll run out and try that..

Actually, as they say in the NFL.. "Upon further review"" I chickened out and just made up a fused lead from the battery.

No. Just the oil pressure light. All other lights, horn, etc. work normally.

I'm at my wit's end. After hooking up a fused wire to pole 30 of the start relay, the oil pressure light is on with the switch off. All I did was that and clean/lube the ignition switch. Thinking I must have put the switch together incorrectly, I took it apart again.. and again. It certainly appears to be assembled correctly according to some pix on this site. When I turn on the key, everything works. Starter cranks and it runs. Oil pressure light goes out. Shut it off and the oil pressure lights again as soon as oil pressure falls enough to trigger it. Why is that circuit hot all the time?? What I don't know about electricity would fill a couple of volumes..

While I'm fooling with doing technical electrical work on the Mighty Scura, I thought I'd address this issue. It's 17 years old, now.. From looking at the schematic, it looks like I could just run a wire from Fuse F3 to the 30 post on the start relay and save yet another connection to the battery post. Is this a logical thing to do? TIA

Yep. Most of the time, it's the simple stuff..

Pretty much. Fuse 4 feeds the ignition switch, then about everything else on the motorcycle. Maybe I'll just put a penny in it.. Oh, and while I have it on the lift, is there any reason I can't piggy back a lead from Fuse 3 to the 30 pin on the start relay? That looks like an easy way to get some serious power to the starter..

Yeah, you're right, Docc. I'll overhaul the ignition switch. It's an easy job. It's no guarantee that it will fix it, though. I still think I'll buy a couple of spare fuses..

Eewww, that's ugly. That's *not* an airworthy connection.

This one won't be so easy, I'm thinkin.. from maintenance log: This is the fuse that blew Thursday. Maybe I'll just buy a couple more? At 4 years per fuse, that might just do it..

What causes fuse 4 to blow over time? Looking back through my records, I see that it failed when I was out in SoCal several years ago. It just failed again while cranking. Out in SoCal, it failed when coasting to a stop.. <scratching head>

You can pack the bars with 38 special boolits, fishing sinkers, etc. Add some Pro Grips gel, and you're golden.

To see where the main battery ground goes. It's hidden under it. I'd serviced it back in SoCal during the Pleistocene, but had forgotten. Had a dead bike syndrome, and just *knew* it was the main ground. That wasn't it. No fone service in SW Wisconsin, so I couldn't look here, or download a schematic. I didn't even have a volt meter with me.. after all, the Mighty Scura is the most reliable motorcycle I've ever had. It was an interesting experience anyway. Got to meet some new people..

Nice, Tom..

Lucky Phil would say otherwise, but it's too gaudy for me.