There has been some action behind the scenes.
I had a back order of CDIs and ran out of cases just as the metal manufacturer was doing another round (basically have a standing order where they keep X many on hand for me at this point) and about a week or two gap. They finally came end of September and made him a CDI as he needed one.
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While that was off I noticed the ignition coil wires were facing the wrong way. Upon closer inspection the coil was upside down. Had to trim back wires to fix it. Looks better now.
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The other tail light was ONLY a tail light (no brake light) and it was wired wrong. It never worked. I fixed it, but then found out the light itself was only held in with a rubber grommet (?) so it fell out of course. Anyways, got something not as crappy, with three wires this time, drilled and got it mounted. Since this is a rat bike and for those going for the aesthetic take note... because things are getting chopped, "deleted", and lord knows what else stuff tends to just vibrate loose and disappears forever out onto the street. Get blue locktite, washer, locknut washer and the nut and put a stop to that. Blue will make it so you can get it apart again, but strong enough so things don't go flying out into traffic. Please do this to whoever is reading and is thinking about putting aftermarket stuff on their bike. Speaking from years of moped rat bike rally experience and the like.
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Yes I will do something about that hole where the harness is going. Need to come up with a grommet if possible. Otherwise, it's a rat bike, we can be half-assed with black RTV...
Since the tires are way too fat and they're over a decade expired he decided to go with the Shinko 712 Series 100/90/18 Front and Shinko 712 Series 130/90/16 Rear. This is the same setup ToniAnn had and it works fine. Tires came in. Local Honda dealer is very competitive with the prices you can get online with the shipping. Once I get reimbursed from the customer for the tires will drop the rims off to get that part done.
Will be working on the wiring this weekend and get that done and over with. I did notice the front brake switch only has one male terminal coming out of it. It does not appear to be broken so I assume it must use the ground on the handlebars to complete the circuit (real stupid). I tried to hook up a jumper to force the light to come on from the handlebars but started shorting out/flickering lights on the dash so something is not right there. The rear brake switch works fine. So who knows? He's getting a new dash/speedo assembly anyways as this one won't read past 20mph.