Cateye Help

Hey folks, figured now was as good a time as any to put my first post up. I own a 2 bikes, a x2 and a cateye, both 49cc. I can tell you the x2 is a fun bike to ride and is mostly complete, just missing the lower fairing piece.

the cateye however is a different story.. Im pretty good with wiring and im trying to fix the hack job done by the previous owner. I know that color's on these chinese bikes mean nothing. but what i dont know is what parts im missing.

So i do know that im missing the ignition switch and blinker control. Is the ignition switch a 2 wire or 4 wire? does this bike have a starter relay? or is the "control box" under the seat house it, it's a 4 wire unit, and is it the rectifier as well? the bike runs great, i would just like to get the wiring sorted and i want it to work as designed. i know i can take it out and the bike will work but i would rather not.

Thanks for the help, it would be nice to have another bike in front of me to compare it too.

btw, popped open the control box under the seat, the 30a relay inside leads me to believe its atleast partially a starter relay.

hoping that someone with a 4 wire control box under the seat can tell me what the 2 wire plug goes to.

I was in the same situation, I'd help you but i eventually got restless and ripped all the wiring out LOL and just made use of the elec. start with a switched ground and pos to the batt.

last night i pulled the tape off the main harness bundle and traced out all the wiring. got everything working and I'm using a toggle switch for bike power and kill switch. dont have a ignition key so.. just pleased that everything works with the exception of the turn signals, need a new blinker relay.


not impossible to do, just tedious.

good stuff, anyway you can post a diagram example of where all the wires went? would help when i put my lighting back together.

do you have a 3 wire or 4 wire control box?

Im gonna be pulling the bike apart again pretty soon to do some motor work and ill see what i can do on drawing up a diagram. problem is that since i dont have an ignition i might be a lil off from factory.

I started off by determining which wires did what on the speedo and connected the 4, 5, and 6 wire plugs first. then i traced out all the 2 wire plugs for the electric start, horn, kill, and i still have one extra plug that might be blinker relay.


for those wondering, the 4 wire control box as far as i can see is a "battery in" on one heavy gauge wire, the other heavy gauge wire goes to the starter and a ring terminal that goes into the speedo plug. the 2 wire plug on the box goes to your starter button in line with the brake lever plug.

diagram to follow as soon as i pull the bike apart