1978 GS1000. Currently has a better - windjammer fairing. I'd like to remove the fairying and put turn signals on. I tried this once before and failed. Could not figure out the wiring. Not sure how to hook this up or what signals to buy. Any help?

Get a test light. Hook clip on - side of battery. Turn on turn signals and ck wires. The light will flash, that is the + wire. If turn signal has only 1 wire hook that to the + wire. The - connection will ground through frame and complete the connection.

All Honda turn signals wire the same. The wires are color coordinated and the same on all models. Sky blue wires are for the right side and orange wires are for the left side. The running lights the same colors (blue on right and orange on left) they just have a white stripe or a white band on the blue or orange wire. The most important thing to remember is the turn signals have to ground to the green wires in the harness not to the frame. If you do not ground the signals through the wiring harness you may have issues down the road. Every motorcycle I have purchased that had a windjammer fairing on it, had to be rewired. The turn signals had not been wired using the green ground wires and they did not work correctly. The turn signal should be flash brighter than the running light. If the running light is brighter than the turn signal the offending front signal is wired backwards.

Start by checking the stater output from there the voltage regulator output.
stater voltage is ac. and should be 3 yellow wires going to the voltage regulator.
This voltage will hurt you!
It is a good start

Do Not use the diagrams. Your turn signals have certain colored wires that go to them as well as the headlight. Make sure you run a ground wire . If the turn signal uses a separate ground keep it separate. Your Windjammer wiring harness is also color coded . Make sure the colors used for the right signals in the fairing go to the corresponding colors for the right turn signal, then the headlight, then the left turn signal , Extra power wire for a cellphone charger or radio. I have purchased 6 motorcycles with Windjammer fairings on them and had to rewire each one because the installer could not follow the instructions and do it correctly. The only thing that might make your install tricky is if the fairing harness colors do not match from one fairing quick connector to the other. Draw a diagram on a piece of paper to keep your colors straight.

You may be referring to (if I remember correctly) the Califia fairings that were sold as Yamaha OEM back around 1980. If you need parts now you know where to look. Many times you can make or find adapter plates to mount a Califia fairing on a windjammer mounts , etc. The fairing will fit on any motorcycle you just have to adapt the mounts to fit and wire it to your harness.

The best I can offer is a 1980 GS1000. Ninety eight percent of the 1980 manual applies to your 1978 bike. The biggest differences are in fenders, gas tank, decals, trim and seat designs. Go to the site below for a free download. www.carlsalter.com/motorcycle-manuals.asp

Hi and welcome to the site,

To my recollection, wiring of a Windjammer:

• white - high;
• yellow - low;
• black - ground;
• violet - left;
• blue - right;
• green - running light;
• red - cigarette lighter;
• brown - accessory;
  
• orange - accessory.

While the Suzuki would have:

• yellow - high;
• white - low;
• black/white - ground;
• black - left;
• green - right;

Good luck and thank you for asking.

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i have a wiring diag but it wont load on here ?

inside headlight shell the should be
right front-------grey / black / black with white tracer.
left front --------same again..

right rear-------black / black white tracer
left rear ------- same again..

Use a steering wheel puller to remove the snap ring that holds the big spring. Remove the screws that hold the signal light mechanism, and the signal light handle has to be removed. Lift the signal thing up to expose a "torx" headed screw. Remove that screw and the tumbler should pull out fairly easily. That torx screw should have an unthreaded part at the bottom of it. Make sure that comes with it. Sometimes they break off.