- Electrical Repair Products for Japanese Motorcycles from the 1950's Through the 1980's -
- A Few of Our Products -
Welcome to Vintage Connections, your Internet resource for high quality OEM-style items for restoring the wiring harnesses of vintage Japanese motorcycles and automobiles from the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's!
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- All three directly replace original Hitachi shells from the 1960's to 1980's -
These new shell pairs match 1:1 with the dimensions of the original Hitachi non-latching shells that were used on virtually all makes and models of Japanese bikes and cars from the late 1960's through the 1980's.
To order, look for the entries described in red as
Non-Latching shells on our Mail Order Page.
Featured Products
Scotch Super 33+ Professional Electrical Tape
Many customers have asked for us to provide a high-quality black electrical tape for use with our high-gloss black sleeving. So, we've added this 3M professional-grade, stretchy, black vinyl electrical tape to our inventory.
You'll find this electrical tape (p/n STP) by scrolling down to near the bottom of our Mail Order Page.
Factory OEM-Style Soft High-Gloss Black Harness Sleeving
This stuff is as glossy as a waxed black lacquer paint job on a Honda Superhawk gas tank! It's an exact replacement for that weathered and sun-hardened OEM black sleeving on your Japanese machine.
You'll find this sleeving by going to our Metric Harness Sleeving Page, or to near the bottom of our Mail Order Page.
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A Reasonably Priced Terminal Extraction Tool for Multi-Pin Connector Shells
This inexpensive tool works perfectly with either size of our locking spade terminals and it costs about 20% as much as you'd have to pay to buy two separate dedicated screwdriver-type extraction tools at well over $20 each.
Our retail price for this tool is $15 and you can order it as our part number ETL. You'll find it by clicking on the following link and scrolling down toward the bottom of our Mail Order Page.
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Supplemental Die-Sets for Our RTL Crimping Tool
You can now change the standard open-barrel modular die-set for our RTL
tool, to allow you to crimp brazed and butted barrel terminals, standard
insulated (red, blue, yellow) terminals, and miniature insulated (red, blue,
yellow) terminals.
Click
Here and scroll down to the Tools section to order part numbers DSB
through DSD. Or, you can order all three sets at a discount as part number DSE.
Terminals & Insulators (Bullet/Socket, M/F Spades, Eyelets, Nylon Block Connectors)
Our
professional-quality connector repair kits are based on OEM-style components for
the various styles of connectors that have been used on
Japanese cars, motorcycles, and stereo equipment, beginning in the 1950's.
We also offer male/female spade terminals in two different widths: 2.8mm and 6.3mm. The 6.3mm terminals are shown in the illustration at the left. These are the locking brass inserts that are used in molded plastic block connectors.
The smaller 2.8mm male and female spade terminals are very similar in appearance and proportions. They fit into the miniaturized multi-pin connectors that are used on modern Japanese bikes. We offer our CK-5 connector kit for repairing these connectors. For more information and a digital photograph of this kit, scroll down to our Connector Kits section.
We sell packets of terminals/insulators as replacements for expended kit contents or for use with your own open-barrel crimping tool or Hero Electronics Connector Kit. For more details on pricing and quantities of individual terminals/insulators, click here.
Our Ergonomic Ratcheting Crimp Tool
Makes Professional Crimping a Breeze!
Still only $35.00!
We offer an industrial quality ergonomic hand tool that is phenomenal, yet it's reasonably priced. It crimps both the conductor and strain relief (attachment to the insulation) simultaneously.
To order our RTL crimping tool,
click here and scroll down to the Tools section.
Supplemental Die-Sets
By simply changing the die-set with a Phillips screwdriver, you now can crimp Closed-Barrel (brazed or butted-seam barrel) terminals, Standard insulated red/blue/yellow terminals, and Miniature insulated red/blue/yellow terminals.
For more details about the die sets,
click here. To order one or more die-sets, click here and scroll down to the bottom of the order page.
Professional Connector Kits
Metric Grommet Set
For more details regarding the contents of our grommet kit, click here.
Metric Harness Sleeving
Our OEM-Quality electrical tape is a 25-meter roll of 19
mm-wide, stretchy, silver-gray PVC tape that is an precise match for the silver-gray sleeving and the original factory electrical tape. For more details, click here.
Vintage Connections is strictly an Internet-based mail order business. We don't have a storefront operation in Fremont, so please don't drive to our mailbox address in hopes of buying something over the counter. If you wish to do business with us, you either have to click on the following link to use the PayPal shopping cart system or print out the entire shopping cart page and fill it in by hand before submitting your order and payment by mail.
How to Order
Placing Domestic Online Orders
U.S. purchasers can click on the following hyperlink to use our PayPal shopping cart system. This system allows you to make instant credit card purchases on this web site. Your shipping fees and any applicable California state sales tax will be calculated automatically by the shopping cart system. Any shipping fees that are charged that are $1.00 or more in excess of our actual shipping costs will be refunded by PayPal, at the time we ship your order. You will be notified by email of the shipping date and confirmation number (if any) of your order, provided that you give us an accurate email address.Placing Domestic Postal Orders
We accept the following forms of payment by mail (please make them payable to Del Gundlach):
- - Money orders
- - Bank drafts from well-known banks
- - Personal checks (shipment for new customers may be delayed while the check clears our bank)
- - No cash payments by mail, please! We cannot, and will not, be held responsible for cash payments that are either stolen by postal employees or are lost in the mail.
Placing Foreign Online Orders
Foreign purchasers should click on the following hyperlink to use our
PayPal shopping cart system. The system will calculate the international shipping charges automatically, after you enter an international address. If the fees you pay are $1 USD or greater than our actual shipping costs, we will refund the difference to you through PayPal. We will ship your order promptly, generally within one business day of our receipt of a payment.Please note that we do NOT charge "handling" fees or extra fees for completing international postal forms and customs forms. All you pay for is the actual shipping cost of your order.
Please bear in mind that international shipping is very expensive. The fee we charge is our actual wholesale cost for packaging materials and the actual postage by USPS International First Class mail service. We have zero pull with the USPS... if you think what they charge to ship a package to you is too high, then don't order.
Placing Foreign Postal Orders
International mail orders are welcomed, with payment accepted by international money orders, postal money orders in USD, or bank drafts in USD. Please DO NOT send cash. We
CANNOT and WILL NOT be held responsible for cash payments lost in the mail on their way to us from overseas! There are crooks in every postal system worldwide who are skilled in finding mail containing cash.S
hipment to certain countries will only be made at the customer's added expense by insured USPS Global Priority or Global Express mail, due to past problems with theft of shipments by criminals working in the postal system of that country. At present, this policy applies to France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and any Central American or South American country. We reserve the right to change this shipping policy at any time, with no advance notice.If you prefer to order by mail, click here for a printer-friendly mail order form
. You can email us by clicking on the e-mailbox graphic below to get the cost of shipping for a foreign postal order, once you know what you wish to order. Once you fill out the form by hand, mail it with your payment by international postal money order in USD (made payable to Del Gundlach) to the address that is provided on the ordering page.
Click on our e-mailbox to email us!
Need More Info?
If you have questions remaining, after reviewing this page of information, feel free to click on our e-mailbox graphic above and send us your inquiry.
CRUCIAL NOTE: If you email us for information, you need to add vintageconnections.com to your list of accepted incoming email sources.
Links to Other Useful Resources for Vintage Japanese Bikes
Here are hyperlinks to some other useful Internet mail order resources for the restoration of older Japanese bikes.
- High quality OEM-style oval-head screw kits for Japanese
restorations:
Rimfire Engineering
- The best resource for a wide variety of colors, stripes, and gauges of
high-quality electrical wire:
British Wiring
- Great source for new and reproduction parts
for vintage small displacement Japanese bikes:
Re-MX, Inc.
- Great source of parts and and high-quality services for Honda CT-Series trail bikes: CT Trailbikes.com
- Great reference for photos and details of over 40 years of Honda motorcycles: Honda Gallery
- The best online discussion group for restoring Kawasaki triple-cylinder motorcycles: Kawasaki Triples Worldwide Forum
- Superb online discussion group for restoring classic Yamaha enduro motorcycles: Yamaha Enduro
- A great source for reasonably priced
NOS and high quality reproduction vintage-Honda parts:
Retrobikes
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The definitive organization for restorers of old Japanese
motorcycles:
Vintage
Japanese Motorcycle Club
- Innovative parts
for the Yamaha V-Max:
Quality Parts Online
- Superb,
reasonably priced, easily installed brake light modulators for better visibility on
older bikes:
Vizi-Tec, Inc.
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Vintage Connections -
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