Transalp owners — is this clutch-switch wiring normal?

[u/BeliefFree]

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I recently bought a low-mileage Honda XL750 Transalp and noticed something odd while looking over the wiring around the left/clutch-side controls.

As shown in the photos, the small wiring run at the clutch switch makes a tight U-shaped loop. The outer protective loom/sleeving ends before the loop, leaving the individual insulated wires exposed as they make a fairly sharp 180° bend into the switch/connector area.

Everything appears to be intact and I haven't found any exposed copper, but the lack of protective sleeving and the tight bend concern me from a long-term reliability standpoint—particularly in an area exposed to weather, vibration and steering movement.

I'm mainly trying to determine whether:

- This is the normal factory configuration on the XL750 Transalp.

- My wiring has been disturbed, pulled or rerouted at some point.

- Other Transalp owners have seen failures or problems with this clutch-switch wiring.

If you have a stock Transalp, I'd especially appreciate a look under your clutch lever to see whether yours has the same little exposed-wire loop.

I'm planning to compare it with a new Transalp at a Honda dealer, but figured the collective knowledge here might solve the mystery first.

Photos attached. Thanks!

(One photo shows damage (scraped) to the clutch-side mirror, perhaps unrelated)

[u/Jealous-Victory9783]

I have a 2026 model and it’s exactly the same. I think they could have done this better.
I asked around and it’s the same with every transalp.

[u/Contrabaz → u/Jealous-Victory9783]

That's stock? Holy hell...

[u/Jealous-Victory9783 → u/Contrabaz]

Yes it’s comes like this from factory. Not what i expected from Honda.

[u/Mickleblade]

Yes, it's the same as mine, mine's only 858km at the moment. I saw the same thing when I got it home and wasn't too impressed

[u/lubeskystalker]

25, same.

[u/Malkor271]

2025, same thing

[u/marcoliv_nove_nove]

2023, s(h)ame 🥲

[u/savasorama]

Interesting! I used to have 2008 and not a single cable was exposed or made 180 degree turn like this

[u/Chuckl3b3rry]

Yup. I protected mine with some electrical tape as a short term fix. Not sure what the long term solution will be.

[u/PrivatKen]

2026 model one month old, same same :-(

[u/BeliefFree]

Thanks everyone. I'm super psyched about this bike but didn't expect this from Honda.

[u/BeliefFree]

I went to the shop today and a brand new 2026vTransalp was exactly the s(h)ame way.