New Seat!

So I've been pretty busy for the past few weeks, I haven't been doing much with the bike.  Mostly I have just been doing a little research into the stator and R/R issue.  I may be able to use both of them! I will at least be able to use the stator and will just hardwire it into whatever R/R I get.  Apparently the connection between the R/R and the stator has lead to many failures in this era of Honda motorcycle and can actually catch fire if there are flammable things nearby.

I picked up a new seat from a guy in the area for a decent price.  It is a stock-type seat that looks like it has been recovered recently.  It at least makes the bike more presentable.  The cruiser-style seat, although comfortable, was a bit of an eyesore (even if it wasn't burned through the passenger side).  

Looks so much better with the new seat.

After putting the seat on, I got a little encouragement to do some more stuff.  I cleaned off the grounding wires and the grounding points on the bike.  The battery tray was pretty rusty so this took some time.  After I get the bike running I will probably spray down the battery tray with a little rustoleum to keep it from rusting even worse in the future.

After that I looked around and decided I would tackle the wiring and put it back into the headlight bucket.  Last time I had a few wires that were left disconnected in the wiring bundle.  I looked at the wiring diagram and realized the the black and green were for an accessory and the brown was from the ignition to the accessory. Still had an extra green/ground, I'm not going to worry about it, I couldn't trace it on the wiring diagram at all.  Getting the wiring into the headlight bucket was a huge pain.  I got it in there fine, but I was having difficulty getting the headlight onto the bucket with all the wiring in there.  The wiring was just frustrating me, so at a certain point I thought it wasn't fun and gave it a rest.

The worst part so far.

Hopefully I will get back to it tomorrow when I get a little rest and have some more patience.  Now I am just waiting for a few more of my parts to come in and then all I need to do is treat the tank.  I tested out the seat to see how comfortable it is, about the same as the last.  It doesn't have the smell of burnt fiberglass, big plus.

Testing the new saddle.