[HW]

Originally posted by KeefyB

Yep,me too!
HW,I was gonna suggest Merv Plastics in Beeston Nottingham for your wiring needs,(Just a short blat down the A52 for you)but it looks like you are sorted.
If you are going to crimp the lugs on the cable,use a full width ratchet crimper and not one of those cheepy £1.99 Wilco specials.
Soldering is easy if you have only one cable,but can be tricky if there are two or three of varying diameters.
Easiest way is to put the lug in a vice,or mole grips,with the cable entry facing upwards.Heat the lug with a blow lamp just enough to melt some solder into the lug.(roughly half fill it)Plunge the cable(s) into the melted solder and hold it steady for a coulple of seconds.Allow the lug to cool before handling.

KeefyB, thanks for that. I bought a ready made cable that was a little longer than the original one so I can route it better. Ducati don't help with that big plastic carrier that has cutouts for the battery cables to com through - but they are holes rather than openings so the cable cannot be pulled sideways to clear the battery. I am thinking of either routing the cable outside the plastic carrier to come in from the side to the battery terminal, or cut away a bit of the plastic carrier to allow easier movement of the cable once it is disconnected
The small wires I might solder into another lug or I might replace the single one on the earth cable with the big ones I got and crimp/solder. Ratchet crimp tools are £40 upwards, so I got some mole grips for the job.

Henry