Swith Relocation/wiring

switch relocation

Scroll way down on the link, shows what somebody did to relocate switches

http://www.snowestonline.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147556&highlight=bar+riser+controls&page=2

Or search "risers" in this forum, and go to page 2...

The only real difference in an 02 to 03 diagram is the grey wire for your reverse, and the wire to your speedo that goes to your reverse light and you small cdi harness. Chassis wiring is the same. On my 03 Escape I completly gutted my wiring took all the idiot lights off and all the bs for electric start off.The wires going to my hood are only power and ground for my high beam.
I wired my temp light and rev light into LEDs on my bars. I have no brake lights,oil indecator or premium idicator. My key switch is still wired for premium and kill. I have a motor cycle kill switch for the rev.I use polaris atv bar warmers. Not saying you have to go this far but its very clean setup.
Grey= rev when this wired is grounder momentarly it goes activates rev
Yellow=power
brown=ground
black= kill (when this wire is closed with ground it kills sled)
yel/red=hi beam
green=lo beam
Blk/white to speedo=temp light
w/or to speedo=prem light
pur=low oil light
orange=brake light
pink/blk=prem switch back to cdi
blue }
blue/rd}= to your hand and thumb warmer
or/gray}
w/gray}
When I wire for a seat of bars I jump power to the hi beam so I don't need a hi/lo switch. Cut all the warmer and right side throttle wiring off.
Take the harness tape it and tuke it behind the air box. Then you can splice into the yel wire for your hand warmers. I use the polaris atv warms out of the catolog becuase they have long wires but I've heard good things about RSI. Here are a few pics of my escape and my cat. You can see the two indicators for my temp a rev on my bars. My cat has a small green indicator on the console for rev. If you are running NOS I know i sweet trick with a rocker switch so you can use your reverse button for NOS too.

Ok i almost forgot i wanted to do this, thanks for gettin my intrest back up.

A head light switch needs to be a on-on switch not an on-off-on switch like the rsi. Your sled needs a constant voltage draw so a head light needs to be on all the time. You can use the rsi switch just make sure you have a light on all the time. As far as using the key switch for reverse you can do that. Just unplug the wire that goes to the starter unless you have e-start.

Awesome job!

I am doing the same thing and love those switches. As far as your 12v acc outlet, I am thinking of doing the same thing, but am concerned about the draw on the stator. I am going to size a capacitor inline, that way always a constant voltage, and will run power for a while once the sled is off. Might be something to think about if you have not already.

Looks Awesome for sure some! When i get some time im all in! Just got to decide which bars to use. RSI or the Carbon Fibre Flys. Neen a pretty much flat bar for my set up as put on a Speed FX 6 to 9 riser. Great thread!

You need a constant power draw so the voltage regulator works right. Be it from head light,hand warmers or a resistor in place of the head light or two volt regulators wired in series. With out this draw the regulator will not regulate the right voltage and will regulate it to a small voltage this will cause your cdi and coil to mess up. Correct voltage should be any were from 11 to 13 ac volts.