Mawse’s Caponord Stuff

It was all down to skillful measuring, and the pilot hole was spot on

Next to cut out the hole with hole cutting drill bit (see below) - Make sure you choose one that is just a little bit smaller that you need so you can then file it out to size.

pick a size slightly smaller than the socket

Spend some time getting the hole right, so the socket fits nice snug (i went for almost tight)

What you will have then is something that looks like below.  (but not refitted just yet)

12v take off on right side

The electrical side is really straight forward - Find a supply and connect to the socket.

For the supply (if you are not bothered about it switching off when the ignition is off) I used the fused side of the existing 12v socket.

I cheated a little for the + and spliced a wire into the fuse holder (below)

+ wire showing on the right

I also fitted a waterproof 1A inline fuse just to make double sure that the bike would be safe if anything bad happened.

The ground came from the bolt to the top right of the fuse box holder.  Just in the right spot.

So the ground goes to the outer of the socket and the 12v goes to the pin.  Make sure you get this part the right way round.  On my socket these were crimp connectors, so a quick crimp and the wires were on.

Test to make double sure everything is working as it should.

Refit plastic surround and rubber sheet to the bike.  This I find can be a tad tricky, but a long screwdriver to leaver up the rubber sheet helps.

12v socket on the bike

A final test now its all back in place - there you have it.  A 12v socket on the dash of your Caponord.

socket to the right

Ive had this now for a good 18 months and its been great while away on the bike as I can give the mobile a quick few mins of charge or keep the gps going all day while engine is running.

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The Caponord already has a 12v socket down by your left leg, but this is kinda in the wrong place to get power easily up to a gps, or phone.  So in 2008 I decided to fit another point up near the dials so I could power gps, charge the mobile, etc.   Im a tad behind with updates on this and didnt really take that many photos, but what I have Im posting here.

First things first.

Have a beer! No purchase yourself a nice waterproof 12v socket.  I got mine from a local company (Towsure) for about £2.

Before Id taken off the dash surround I was deciding which side to put the socket.  I finally went for the left side as there were less pipes etc from the handlebars to get in the way.

Time to take off the dash.  This is done by taking out the 7 screws on the surround and then 2 either side at the bottom.  That for me was the easy part.  Getting the plastic surround off and out was tricky as it has a rubber sheet attached at the bottom which goes down over the back of the lights to create a bit of a screen.

With the surround finally removed the socket HAD to go on the RIGHT as behind the left side is a bank of relays

There is enough space at the right side, so a position was found and then a few scary moments as the pilot hole went through the plastic (was it in the right place? was it too high?).