So where did you fix your charging socket? - SV650.org

Mark_h · 12-12-05, 02:59 PM

Following the advice of all the experts on this site I have invested in an Optimate and found the lead you fix to the bike too short to put it where I had originally planned to put it in the gap where the grab rail used to be.

So I though a quick canvas of thoughts before I stick it somewhere and find out it gets cooked, flooded, shorted, forgotten about or otherwise found to be a stupid place to put it.

Obvious choices seem to be:-
1) Under the pillion seat but have to take seat off each time to charge.
2) Just in front of airbox cover side plate thingy but may get too hot/wet
3) Wedged under the side of the front seat
4) Between the front seat and the step up to the pillion but may get squashed when 15 stone of idiot slams into it each time right hand gets carried away.
5) Extend the wiring and put it where I had originally planned to put it in the first place.

Opinions gratefully received. I do not really want to over engineer a solution by cutting out square holes in cover plates or anything else that required finesse to not look like a dogs breakfast.

Cheers,
Mark

TSM · 12-12-05, 03:13 PM

Just put it behind one of the side panels.

12-12-05, 04:39 PM

Mines:

1) Under the pillion seat but have to take seat off each time to charge.

Taking the seat off is a 2 second job, and it keeps things out of the way!

RR

12-12-05, 05:00 PM

Under the seat cowl works for me

If i put the wiring were the helmet hook is i can keep
the seat cowl on when charging!

.

Spiderman · 12-12-05, 05:16 PM

mines behind the plastic grill bit on the rhs. Means i have to undo the allan bolt to get to it.
But the guy who owned the bike before me had routed it there so i just use it.

Biker Biggles · 12-12-05, 06:13 PM

Under the pillion seat for me.It's not a problem.

16-12-05, 01:17 AM

If you've got the pointy and done as a lot of people have and locked the toolkit under the seat then you have a handy little waterproof(ish) compartment to mount it in.

northwind · 17-12-05, 05:04 PM

Mine sort of dangles out the side. Need to do something about that

12-12-05, 02:59 PM	#1
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	So where did you fix your charging socket? Following the advice of all the experts on this site I have invested in an Optimate and found the lead you fix to the bike too short to put it where I had originally planned to put it in the gap where the grab rail used to be. So I though a quick canvas of thoughts before I stick it somewhere and find out it gets cooked, flooded, shorted, forgotten about or otherwise found to be a stupid place to put it. Obvious choices seem to be:- 1) Under the pillion seat but have to take seat off each time to charge. 2) Just in front of airbox cover side plate thingy but may get too hot/wet 3) Wedged under the side of the front seat 4) Between the front seat and the step up to the pillion but may get squashed when 15 stone of idiot slams into it each time right hand gets carried away. 5) Extend the wiring and put it where I had originally planned to put it in the first place. Opinions gratefully received. I do not really want to over engineer a solution by cutting out square holes in cover plates or anything else that required finesse to not look like a dogs breakfast. Cheers, Mark

12-12-05, 03:13 PM	#2
TSM The Sick Man Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Peckham.SE.LDN Posts: 4,768	Just put it behind one of the side panels. __________________ OTR: KTM 690 Duke R 2015 Full Akro SIDELINE: Kwak ZX636 A1P 2002, Red, R&G's, Yoshi, Double Bubble Screen GONE: Kwak ZX-7R P1, Full Akro, Undertray, Screen GONE: SV650S K2 Very Bruised & Without Fairing, Motovation Frame Sliders, R&G Ally Sprocket Toe Protector, HEL 2 Line Setup, GSXR K1 600 RWU Forks, Barnett Clutch & Springs, Penske 8981 Shock, Gilles Ti Rearsets, Steel Barends, Scottoiler, AFAM Chain & Sprockets, Twin FIAMM Horns, Skidmarx Bellypan, Full Micron Zeta Steel System, Cut down undertay. Forum Problems & Information / Site Suggestions

12-12-05, 05:16 PM	#5
Spiderman Where the hell am I? Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Swingin' thru the urban jungle Posts: 7,451	mines behind the plastic grill bit on the rhs. Means i have to undo the allan bolt to get to it. But the guy who owned the bike before me had routed it there so i just use it. __________________ . "Computers are great! Not for communicating tho. They have one fundamental flaw ... they don't have eyebrows." AlpineCarStereo: you win ....... eeerrr ..... ummm ..... my undying support of you, the greatest Mod this forum has ever known. My Leige. davepreston: i bow to your modding godliness. vixis: He's this really cute Persian tea-boy, Im so not giving you his number :P

12-12-05, 06:13 PM	#6
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Under the pillion seat for me.It's not a problem. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

17-12-05, 05:04 PM	#8
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	Mine sort of dangles out the side. Need to do something about that __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

12-12-05, 04:39 PM	#3
Reckless Rat Guest Posts: n/a	Mines: 1) Under the pillion seat but have to take seat off each time to charge. Taking the seat off is a 2 second job, and it keeps things out of the way! RR

12-12-05, 05:00 PM	#4
perra Guest Posts: n/a	Under the seat cowl works for me If i put the wiring were the helmet hook is i can keep the seat cowl on when charging! .

16-12-05, 01:17 AM	#7
Oneiros Guest Posts: n/a	If you've got the pointy and done as a lot of people have and locked the toolkit under the seat then you have a handy little waterproof(ish) compartment to mount it in.

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