I did my Blue Seas box install Saturday and wired up accessories today. I had on hand 10 guage black and red primary wire, silver fiberglass wiring loom, ring terminals, several in-line ATC fuzes, and heat shrink tubing. First time to have "D" and "C" panels off, so took my time and tossed the fasteners in individual baggies. With FJR Tech instructions wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I prepared individual positive and ground lines to back under the rear seat from the battery, both encased in fiberglass loom and zip tied together. There are some likely routes for these along the battery side of the bike between the frame and the black plastic trim pieces. I chose not to route through the front hole in the steering head where the ABS hard lines run, but rather over the top of the frame along side a "D" panel anchor or standoff and from there to the battery. I think it's pretty easy to avoid the hottest parts of the engine compartment.
I chose to mount the Blue Seas box under the U-lock strap under the rear seat and to make this first install always hot rather than switched. I removed the negative and positive leads to the battery, and then decided that the stock battery terminal bolts were too short to allow me to slip two ring terminals under each one (one for Blue Seas box under rear seat, one for Aerostitch heated grips up front), so I added a strip about 7/8" long on top of the stock terminal leads on each terminal drilled a hole in the outboard end of each and install the ring terminals with bolts to these. Added a battery terminal cover to the "+" strip just for safety sake. I plumbed 30A ATC fuzes on both lines near the battery in case of a direct short, and ran 10 gauge loomed lines back to the Blue Seas box. The other line for the grips terminates in an SAE plug with protective cover that exits between the "D" panel and the frame to plug into the removable grips when they are installed.
Checked with a voltmeter to be sure all was well and went on to install Dual Powerlet rear plugs for power to electric vest, Battery Tender, and air compressor. Checked function on all of these and found that Powerlet female and the male BMW type plugs that come with my vest and Battery Tender fit, but are a bit sensitive to plug position and how firmly they are plugged in. Maybe the Powerlet males are a bit longer??
Panels all went back on with a bit of wiggling, but as others have said, I'd hate to try this alongside the road in the dark.
I work slow, so this took about 5 hours yesterday and 2 more this morning.
I'll see if I can't document my installation with a few more pics.
