unkle buckie wrote:thanks for clearing that up. i agree with you on the over-engineering: may as well whilst you can. i've 2 further questions if i may... i've literally whittled away the connection block, leaving the male/female connectors exposed. whats to prevent me (if anything) from soldering and shrink wrapping around each individual connection? also re the 30amp dogbone fuse, could this be the reason why i'm not getting so much as a blip when i try and start 'er up?
As for the yellow wire connectors - if there was heat damage, I would recommend removing the connectors, stripping the wires back to clean copper, and soldering wire in place. The reason for this is that the connectors themselves are not soldered to the wires - they are still just crimped.
If you can get solder to flow into the connector where the wire crimp is, then it would indicate that there is no oxidation on either the connector, or more importantly, the wire. If this is the case, then yes, you could likely safely plug the connectors together, solder them, and shrink wrap, and be done with it.
If solder does not flow into the connector where the wire is crimped, I would still cut the wire, strip back to clean shiny copper, and splice in wire to replace the connectors.
As for your dogbone fuse, it (and the fuse block) are in sad shape. I would remove the dogbone fuse and the screws. Soak the screws in vinegar for a few hours, and scrub off the rusty paste that results. Take some sandpaper and get rid of the corrosion on the contacts. Clean everything up with electrical contact cleaner, and install a 30 amp blade fuse holder in place of the dogbone fuse. You can find that procedure (and sources for the dogbone fuse) in many places on this site if you do a search.
radio dead, bike stopped running, 
nothing all at once. I tracked it down to a blown main fuse by the battery. Ended up breaking the glass of a 20 amp fuse, flattening the round ends flat and finnigling it between the 2 screws holding the spade style fuse and got her home. My problem now is this. When she's running either at an idle or down the road, my amp gauge does not read the same, sometimes charging about 13 volts sometimes not charging , showing a discharge in the gauge, but the bike seemed to run fine. When starting her, it shows as charging sometimes quickly, sometimes it takes a mile down the road to show thats it's charging. 
Also,the temp gauge didn't move off from cold. I did stop her every so often to make sure she didn't over heat.
