tail light wiring

[steven0356]

I just got a '65 305 dream. It came with a new tail light mounted on the fender. The wiring is just wrapped around the light (hanging free) and not connected to anything. I assumed this would be a easy fix, just run the new tail light wire to a buss bar somewhere and plug it in. I am new to working on old bikes as you can tell. The wiring diagram suggests that I would have to run the wire all the way back to where the key is located in the head light. There must be some place else were I can patch the tail light wire back into the original wiring harness. Any suggestions as to where to look?

Thanks

Steve

[305]

maybe they just cut the wires under the fender. did you look to see if they are there? i can't imagine someone pulling the wires all the way out . if you can't see any , i'd keep looking forward on the frame until you do. you need one for the tail and one for the brake light

[redlinerob]

Look under the fender for the pre-existing taillight wires, The wires for the taillight come out on the right hand side (under right cover) and I think they are blue and black if memory serves me correctly. You should be able to connect them here if there are no wires to tie into.

[Hahnda]

The original wires from the taillight ran under the fender in a channel. There should be a pair of bullet connectors somewhere near the sidecover. And as redlinerob said I think they are blue and black. Its also possible that those connectors got tucked into the frame so you might have to do a little searching but they should be there somewhere.

[steven0356]

Thanks all, that helped allot. I got it figured out

Steve