82 ya. motorcycle, battery bypassed wiring messed upneed diagram

It sounds as if you have bypassed by connecting the wrong wires , look up the curcuit diagram .

If the battery charged before the "chop job/ignition bypass" and afterward does not, the you have left out a circuit that excites the alternator field. This was most likely part of the original ignition wiring, and you will need a Honda wiring diagram of you bike model and specific year in order to identify the wiring correctly. Otherwise, restore the original ignition wiring and switches, and see if the battery starts charging again. Then work backwards removing only the wiring that you know is not part of the charging system. Through the process of elimination you will discover which wire powers the alternator. It will take time and patience.

have you tried the side stand cut out switch? its a commonly missed one. if not heres a link to the wiring diagram. hope it helps
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http://circuitwiringdiagram.com/2010/03/1985-1995-honda-shadow-vt1100-electrical-wiring-diagram/

CHECK YOUR WIRING HARNESS FOR SMALL CUTS ETC IF NONE YOUR GENERATOR MAY BE FAULTY

have you been riding in the rain? check the start button,for continuity first,before you start digging into other things,sometimes they get stuck or rusty, if you dont have cont. when you push it ,try electrical cleaner ,might help,not a good idea to try to bypass the relay,could do more damage.pull the starter and bench test it,relays seldom fail,but dont rule it out,motorcycle batteries usually only last a couple of years,maybe it died,or the connections are bad

Go to www.carlsalter.com/motorcycle-manuals.asp You can download a free PDF repair manual there. Normally the manual will have a wiring diagram. Most of the manuals are in English but some are not. There is no way to be sure without doing the download. You can always delete it if in a foreign language. I checked and your manual is there.

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WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO FIRST IS CHASE DOWN THE WIRES ON THE ORIGNAL SWITCH.FIND OUT WHAT THE FOURTH WIRE IS FOR ON THE ORIGINAL ONE.AND SEE IF IT CAN BE DONE AWAY WITH ARE BYPASSED.MY GUESS IS THAT IT IS AN SAFETY WIRE.
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ELLIOT NEACE

There are two ways to complete this project:

1st

underneath the mounting bracket of the radio not the brain theres a silver sticker like mentioned above there are two silver solder points right beneath the sticker it must be jumped with a wire or you can use the solder to connect the two contact points after this you must still ground the green parking brake wire to the car.


2nd-(also my favorite choice and the one I'm using on my N5 & on my 7800dvd those who know pioneer know what i'm talking about)

buy a ptr7 pheriphial device and wire as follows (they come factory ready to bypass alpine and pioneer units)

wire as follows-white wire to green parking break of the deck your bypassing
red wire to vehicles 12v source
green wire from device to remote
black wire to vehicle ground wire
final important step I know because this happended to me
make sure you take a little screwdriver agfter wiring or something and switch the
PTR 7 to the off position-or else this will make the PTR7 not function correctly