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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 01:40 AM
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So today i was working on the bike and i flipped the ignition switch to test something and notice a lack of power, then came that smell where you are like . so i traced it back towhen i turn the engine run switch to on or start they start heating up quick, im thinking a bad ground but where?
can it be the switch?
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 06:18 AM
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A bad ground would not cause any heat.
To get heat in an electrical system you have to have a short.
Check your wires for a bare spot.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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Yep what he said, you have a short somewhere. What were you doing before it happened???
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 08:30 AM
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I had a pinched wire in my throttle side and it smoked, doesn't take much with the amount of room in there.
 
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pinched wire - ding ding ding, i was re-wiring my ignition for my voes that i got and pinched it after reinstalling it in the nose cone, lesson learned
 
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You pinched a wire in your nose cone and it heated up your switch?
I would have been looking a long time to find that.
Good job finding it.
 
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