2003 Harley Sportster Chopper Wiring Diagram

Been helping a buddy get his 883 built and we are just about to the point of wiring it up. We are going to be using pieces of his stock harness so I took the factory wiring diagram and worked up this chopper wiring. The only thing he wanted to keep was the neutral light. Cool thing is that we can cut up and use the factory harness as this diagram keeps all the Harley color coding. Should be good for more than just a 2003, but this one is specifically for all 2003 XL's except the 1200s.

Sick Iron in Boise?

Didn't think such a thing was possible

Got my tires changed on my truck yesterday and met Seth rockin this sweet Ironhead. He said that other than looking cool, it's a piece of shit. Obviously not a huge fan of the Irons. Hopefully be seeing more of it.

XLF Plug

When I started building my 1980 Harley Sportster, I knew absolutely nothing about Harleys. That's when I found www.xlforum.net. It's a killer forum of Sportster fanatics who are willing to share their wealth of knowledge with you. Armed with a service manual and access to XLF, I was able to complete and troubleshoot my chop. There are some members of XLF from Idaho and I'd love to get them together for a ride. I posted a thread on XLF talking about it. Hopefully sometime soon!

Pipes, Ignition and Tool Bag

Seems like everyday I'm working on something for the chop. I got my Dyna 2Ki installed and the bike runs great. Sure enough, most of the problems I had was from the ignition. I also got my pipes all buttoned down but I really should have added another 6 inches the the 2.5" pipe. Oh well. I like how she's going for now.




I also realized my need to have tools on the bike, so I busted out the leather working tools and made a tool bag for the front. Haven't done much leather work but each project is better than the last. After I ran out of fuel the other day, I realized that my reserve on my petcock isn't functioning for whatever reason so I came home and really quickly made a fuel sling. It's ugly but at least it works for now.

Electrical on the Harley

Been making a ton of progress on the wiring. I ordered a bunch of cloth covered wire and got to it. I don't want to hide my wiring. Everyone knows it's there, it's nice cloth covered wire and I want it to be easy to access.

About my Bike

So this sucker started life as a 1980 Harley Sportster XLH. I picked it up in Northern Washington for $1700. I welded on a hardtail. I took pictures of the whole build and probably have a couple hundred pics. The tank is an old sporty tank that I cut the bottom out of and mounted frisco style. I made the bars, seat, all the mounts, taillight, license plate mount, all the small fabbed crap. I'm running road rashed and chipping Jaybrake foward controls that I made mounts for. Just finished up the pipes and have a used S&S Super E on the way. The list of things till she's finished is down to 6 things. While I'm only posting a couple pics here, you can see the whole build with all the pics on the XLForum HERE.

Here she was the day I brought here home:

Here's how she's sitting now:

Well, this should just be the beginning. I'll not only post about my bike, but also about projects, new tools, your projects, events or whatever. Feel free to comment!