Yellow connector behind upper cowl?

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I was studying photos I took of my ST1300-3 (Standard) for an upcoming project and noticed this yellow connector? I assume it's a connector of some kind....

Does anyone know what it's for?

It's on the right of the bike behind the upper cowl, just below the windscreen stay/mount.

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Doesn't look right to be the Options connector.

Cheers!!
 
If by options connector, you mean the quartet harness connector, that was originally taped to the left front upper cowl stay (metal tubing on leftt side of sub assembly that holds the windshield and dash). I don't recognize your yellow connector. More experienced folks will chime in.
 
It's a grounding bus. Often a fail point for electrical gremlins.

Ah ha!! Many thanks.... I guess not shown in it's own right but effectively this part of the wiring diagram (yellow box):

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Here is the preventive fix to prevent later failures. Open the yellow housing and solder a wire to the metal strap. Then connect the new wire to the frame. It’s an easy fix and helps the grounding capacity of the connector. Then tape up everything to keep water out.

John


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Are there any other grounding bus connectors hidden around the bike?
 
My ground cap had fried connectors in it. Stripped the wires and put eyelets on all ends and joined it all together with brass bolts along with a heavy gauge ground wire to the bike frame. Never had a problem since.
Mine looked like this
 

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There are a couple of bus connectors like this. They are shown in later circuit diagrams for the ABS models.
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This was taken from a post from @SpikingJC - link here https://www.st-owners.com/forums/th...atics-for-03-07-standard.124038/#post-2013259

You need the 03-07 Deluxe version - ie ABS - in post #3 .

The two connectors shown in the diagram are labelled as 14P (Y). and 20P (P). which represent the number of pins and the colour.

But in the diagram, the Yellow connector is shown connecting Black/white leads which are used for powering relays and many important ignition components - ie not earth. The Pink connector is shown connecting the mainly green earth wires and there are three separate buses in the same case according to the diagram.

I cannot make this diagram match with what people say (consistently) about the yellow earth connector so I suspect something is labelled incorrectly. But the colour of the wires going into them is your best clue. The point is that there are similar connectors for both +ve leads and -ve leads. Make sure you know which one does what.

I've never had to delve into this part of the wiring. I have often wondered whether the overheating fault is due to people adding electrical accessories and relying on existing wiring to carry the current. I have a completely separate home made harness, fused and relayed, attached to the battery +ve and -ve posts so that it is completely independent - apart from the relay coil trigger which come from the quartet harness.

My UK workshop manual which is for the 2004 models and was the latest available when I bought my 2006 model in early 2007, does not show these connectors. But my manual is clearly out of date for the 2006 model. Still useful, but I have to double check everything. I don't know the source of @SpikingJC 's diagrams.
 
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Thanks, yes I see these are shown on the 04- diagrams for both the standard and deluxe versions. Not on the '03 diagrams but probably very similar...

The previous owner of my '03 said that all the recalls had been completed so hopefully will be fine, will have a look-see when I'm next in position to.

Thanks again all, as always this forum is proving to be a fantastic support group!!

Cheers n'beers.
 
Here’s the thread where we fixed Fali’s ST1300. I’ve fixed 4 bikes, so far, including my current ride. This mod is the one of the first thing I did when I got this one, before any problems arose.

Click here
 
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