First off, found the leather punch I already had for making belt holes makes an almost perfect 6mm hole. Score.
Used that to make a new belt strap to hold the tool kit behind the seat (sitting on the rear fender) instead of on the back of the seat. Not sure which one is better long-term but at least I have the option now.
First bonus of the day: the first strap was a perfect fit across the top of the seat for the passenger handhold. Again, not sure if it looks better or worse with the passenger strap, but kind of a nice throwback to that vintage oddity.
Next up, found that using the thin metal rod instead of the thick wooden dowel made a world of difference. Was very easy to route the tail wires through. At first I was taping the wire to the end of the rod, but found that it was 1) hard to keep it in place as I pushed it through and 2) was hard to remove the tape once it was in.
TOP TIP: realized it was much better to just wind the wire around the rod a few times to hold it. Then it was a simple matter to unwind it once it was threaded through the frame.
With all the tail wires routed (brake light, tail light and ground wire), I installed the new 4-way ground splitter. Connected up the brake wire ground to that.
Next bonus, found that it was just as easy to run the rod through the front of frame to route the steering head wires. Didn't actually do any re-routing yet, but greatly encouraged by this. I did connect the alligator clip for the horn ground wire to the new 4-way split.
And the final bonus, found that the 3d printed wire guide that I couldn't use for the wiring turned out to be perfect for holding the disconnected alternator wire bundle in place.
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