Dodged a bullet...
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From: PacNW; Beacon of Conservatism in a Sea of Liberals.......AZ Snowbird; Just another Conservative
Dodged a bullet...
My bike came from the dealer with a charger pigtail wired in. It had always been tucked behind the front of the upper belt guard. I pulled it out a while ago while cleaning and found this...
The plastic had been worn thru within a couple thousandths of shorting out the positive leg to the belt guard it had been vibrating against for 16K miles!
Whew!
The plastic had been worn thru within a couple thousandths of shorting out the positive leg to the belt guard it had been vibrating against for 16K miles!
Whew!
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You probably would have been OK had not crossed the mountains last month. Even as little as a day on the dry east side exposes you to more gritty abrasive contaminants than you would see in a ten year time span on the west side.
If you're buying that BS Patrick.....give me a call I more **** to sell you!!!
Seriously though, good timing on finding it. You would hope it would have resulted in a blown fuse but it could very well have been worse.
If you're buying that BS Patrick.....give me a call I more **** to sell you!!!
Seriously though, good timing on finding it. You would hope it would have resulted in a blown fuse but it could very well have been worse.
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From: From Long Island, now in So. Cal
You could mount it so it doesn't happen again.
Run wires directly to the battery (use Loc-Tite). To make a quick connect / disconnect you can solder wires to a banana jack and mount it some were out of sight. Use an additional banana jack on the Battery Tender leads. http://shop3.frys.com/product/237909...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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Mine is the same way. I had it rolled up under the battery cover for summer time untill a few weeks ago my starter clutch drive went out. The tek at HD popped it out the back of the box with the + cable and left it loose under there.I found it two weeks later when I was fiddleing with the pcV,mine ain't as gone as yours but not much better.
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