The inner workings of the EFE Clocks

[ZenViking]

I was wondering if someone in here had some intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the EFE clocks?

I had a little sit down to figure out all the different wires and color match ups etc and was left with 2 wires going in to 2 separate singel connectors above the speedo sensor.( Black/Red and Brown/White). Not sure what these 2 do? Are they for the ODO backlight? According to the Wiring diagram they go from the clocks down to the turn signal control unit.

[Askamaskinservice]

Without looking at the diagram, my suggestion would be indicator indicators. (is that even a word?)

Turnsignal indicators for left and right.

[Dezza]

What market bike were the clocks taken from? Also which exact model 'EFE' (E)? I ask as I know there is variation among 'EFE' clocks and the locations of the plethora of silly lights can differ between clock units. I have had 2 sets of EFE clocks and they definitely differed in the locations of the idiot lights so the wiring feeds for each must also have differed. Sorry if this complicates things

[Captain Chaos]

After disassembling my EFE clocks (crashing the bike) I saw what was left over from some wires going to what was left over from the odometer.

I think these wires are for some indicator canceling thingy, turns off the indicators after a cretain distance. Not all markets had this.

[Captain Chaos]

looking at the manual, Black/Red goes to a thing in the speedo, with the letters DS written near it. Could be something like Distance Sensor.

[ZenViking]

I have identified 14 of the 16 connectors and they are not the Indicator indicators (it's a word now Askamaskinservice)

The bike is a 86.mod originally EF from Sweden imported to Norway in 88 Dezza,  but i don't know if it is from the UK, US or the Euro market. I have had a look at 2 or 3 different wiring diagrams that are on the internetts and it's seems to me that these 2 wires go to the distance sensor, but i don't understand why they go from there to the turn signal control unit.

[ZenViking]

Thanks Captain Chaos then i wont be needing those it seems 

[Captain Chaos]

That explains the black/red wire, not brown/white. Distance sensor is connected to blue/red and black/red.
 

Edited December 7, 2019 by Captain Chaos

[Dezza]

With regards to the huge amounts of overly complex and unnecessary wiring and silly, pointless electrical gizmos, the EFE was certainly ahead of its time

[ZenViking]

Okay, so if anything they aren't integral to get the speed sensor to work? 

But maybe i can use it with my M-units speed sensor input...? when i start wiring the thing.

Thanks guys

[busa ash]

On 12/7/2019 at 8:13 AM, Captain Chaos said:

That explains the black/red wire, not brown/white. Distance sensor is connected to blue/red and black/red.
 

Does anyone have a suzuki gsx1100 efe suzuki manual 

[Captain Chaos]

I do. What do you need?