After having put many electrical accessories on my Honda ST1300 I quickly realized the value of a separate fused panel for adding these things. So, this is the first thing I have done on my new Versys that I picked up yesterday.
It is a simple matter to splice into the tail light wire under the seat at the rear and add a mulitple fuse block. When you wire it into the tail light, all accessories attached to the fuse block automatically shut down and don't run down the battery. If you need to run something while the bike is not running, simply turn the key to Accessory and whatever is hooked to the fuse block will run.
I mounted this on top of the "daily check" list under the seat toward the rear. It was a natural place, next the the tail light wire (which is red) and tucked neatly out of the way. It was attached by drilling two (2) 3/16" holes using the fuse block as a guide and attaching the block with two 3/16" x 1 1/4" screws with star washers and nuts on the bottom.
Now if you want to hook up anything electrical you simply attach your Positive wire to the block and attach your ground wire to a bolt or nut under the seat.
I have attached pictures and you can get the fuse block at O'relly auto parts. You can see the fuse block catalog numbers in the pictures. It was about $7.00 and in stock. I'm sure you can get it at other auto stores or one like it.
Hope this helps some of you with future projects.
It is a simple matter to splice into the tail light wire under the seat at the rear and add a mulitple fuse block. When you wire it into the tail light, all accessories attached to the fuse block automatically shut down and don't run down the battery. If you need to run something while the bike is not running, simply turn the key to Accessory and whatever is hooked to the fuse block will run.
I mounted this on top of the "daily check" list under the seat toward the rear. It was a natural place, next the the tail light wire (which is red) and tucked neatly out of the way. It was attached by drilling two (2) 3/16" holes using the fuse block as a guide and attaching the block with two 3/16" x 1 1/4" screws with star washers and nuts on the bottom.
Now if you want to hook up anything electrical you simply attach your Positive wire to the block and attach your ground wire to a bolt or nut under the seat.
I have attached pictures and you can get the fuse block at O'relly auto parts. You can see the fuse block catalog numbers in the pictures. It was about $7.00 and in stock. I'm sure you can get it at other auto stores or one like it.
Hope this helps some of you with future projects.
