Many thanks to all who offered advice. I connected a bulb as directed, hot terminal to hot lead, not a glimmer from the bulb, tried another bulb -- just in case!, not a glimmer -- this battery is fully charged.I noticed in looking at the fuse panel and the close by ignition relay, that I had connected directly from the fuse panel to the relay, could this be the culprit?. Part of the reply from JimC indicated that power directly to a relay may cause the problem. I guess that I need to run wire to the ignition switch then up to the relay?.
The complete wiring harness includes relays for horn, headlight -- hi and low beams, and ignition. Using the relay wiring diagram -- hot to #30, ground to #85, power out #87, wiring from the handlebar switches #86, all are grounded individually back to a single point.The headlight relays share a common power supply, a jumper from one to the other.All original handlebar switch wiring is used.I included a low voltage switch from Al. Osborne in place of the original assimilator, wired in with the Podtronics rectifier.In answer to your question norbsa, I'm not sure that I actually saved anything,adding relays will help the Lucas switches hold up, new clean wire and good connections will help the Boyer ignition.The lack of bundles of wire cleans up the under tank area.
Thanks again to all who helped, I hope that the direct wired relay is the problem, I left the wire disconnected, I'll check the battery on Saturday for lost voltage. James.