GT380M Restoration

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barney01
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Beautiful bike! Well done. :D
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Very nice, I almost bought a new one in 1972 the 380J drum brake version. Unfortunately I couldn’t afford the HP repayments and put petrol in it so I bought a new Hustler instead.
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Thanks Guys! I'm really happy with it. It's a great community here and a useful knowledge base to have as most questions I had were already answered in previous threads.
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nice, best colour :D
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RobMc
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Beautiful machine,looking at this keeps me going with my 380 restoration!
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Thank You!

Yes, keep at it, it's worth it in the end!
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I have had the bike out a couple of times now, sorting out some teething problems with the carbs and stuff but seems to be all good now.

I have one weird issue hopefully you can help me with! With the headlamp off, I press the rear brake pedal, and the clock backlights and the parking lamp light up as well as the rear brake light.

Brake pedal switch is wired to complete the circuit, White is connected to White in the headlamp and front brake switch is a plug, so nothing plugged into it.
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Check which orange wire the brake light is connected to in the headlamp shell. It should be to the plain orange wire. There is another orange wire with a green marker. If it is connected to that it could cause the problem you describe. Kev
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Orange wire with the green marker isn't connected at all, what is this wire for?
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Here is a wiring diagram for GT380
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