Well I finally picked a spot, guess I cant tell the OL the cell went dead anymore

 

Alright, you showed it, now tell me how to do it ;-)

 

it was easy really, I can take better photos if you want a write-up. Autozone has the all weather plug with a sealing lid here and i added a radio shack in line fuse like this cut my wires to length and soldered and used shrink tubing on all the connections so its water resistant. the location I chose since its close to the battery for positive and there are 2 ground points directly below where I mounted it. if anyone needs more info just ask, im glad to help!

 

Ok I got a few PM's asking for details so I will do my best to explain. In hindsight I should have taken photos during the process but oh well.

This is not the one I made but it is wired the same way. This 12v lighter does not have the mounting flange and would just dangle off the bike and that looks slopy in my opinion.


Parts and tools needed

Ring terminals for the battery positive connection and the ground connection


soldering iron, screws to mount outlet. I sanded and painted the screw heads flat black.


Electrical tape, heat shrink tubing, wire cutters/crimp tool.


Fuse and holder


Installation

I suggest you pull back the battery cover and roughly estimate wire lengths so you can easily tuck your wires out of sight first. Then cut, crimp, solder, tape and shrink tube all your splices.

after creating the wire loom to look similar to my first photo, using the parts I listed, remove the front plastic cover with a single hex head bolt shown below.



The 12v plug has notches for 4 screws so I marked spots for all 4 and pre drilled holes and screwed in the back 2 screws 3/4 of the way so that I could re-install the plate and slide the plug into place allowing me to screw the front 2 screws in to secure it after. make sure to use short enough screws so they dont poke to far out the other side or dremmel the backside flat (what I did)
so the other wires behind the plate dont get damaged or cut by vibrations over time.

top front and rear screw


connect the Negitive wire to the ground by removing the bolt and adding your wire loop to the existing loop and re-tighten


then connect the positive to the battery by removing the screw and adding your wire loop to the existing loops and re-tighten


If any part of this is confusing or unclear just lemme know I would be happy to explain in further detail or provide more photos.

 

After seeing this, and the other posts, and the usefulness of this. I think I'll try this one.