Electrical Woes

Your best bet is to introduce yourself,

Then give us an idea of what bike it is to start with, cos triumph didn't make many !!

Year
Model
Engine size

photo of the loose wires and their location as there are a lot of wires in there

 

http://www.motobrit.com/motc2/mphp/...g&title=Triumph 650 (1968-1970) Export Market

 

You might find this helpful :-

https://www.carlsalter.com/download.asp?p=1934

You will need to verify that the engine & frame & wiring loom are all from the same bike and year as the wiring & polarity changed around that era before you go much further or you could make things a lot more difficult by damaging stuff without realising.

One of those wires looks to be multi coloured from the photo .... purple / blue perhaps ?

 

First off my names NOT Carl ............

Is the wire colour mainly Brown with a blue stripe or Mainly Blue with a Brown stripe you mention both colours.

Looking at the link @Rocker put up for you Brown / blue feeds the horn, but that relies on the wiring loom being correct for the year / model of bike

 

Ever thought of changing it?

 

Just to clarify a little, the danger with non running projects is that people add inappropriate bits that they have available as they go along sometimes these make no difference whatsoever, but wiring looms are not usually in that category, as quite often even minor differences can cause major headaches when trying to work out why something doesn't work as expected.

Even a 1 year difference in production can have major implications leaving you with either extra wires or not enough, which unless you are aware of the differences to expect can make it very difficult to fault find.

Are you happy fault finding / tracing wiring with a multimeter ?
Have you checked the fuses fitted to the bike ?
Does the ammeter needle move when you switch on the ignition ?
Are you getting power through the ignition switch ?

 

As above download the revenant manual/wiring diagram and trace with a multimeter, but being that old you never know just how many people have decided to do their own version of rewiring.

But on the upside the std wiring is pretty easy to trace, and if in doubt re wire yourself.