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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 10:13 PM
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I've got a bad signal wire on my tach.&nbsp\\; Pretty sure that's it since, for a couple of days if I turned the handlebars left or right, the tach would start working, then stop when I straightened out.&nbsp\\; Now the tach just doesn't work regardless of the handlebar position.&nbsp\\; I'm pretty sure I have a bad wire (pink in the manual), but don't want to have to replace the entire harness BIG job.&nbsp\\; One thread I read said it was a ten hour job for a dealer, and it would probably take me three times as much.

What's the best way to repair a bad wire in the main wiring harness?&nbsp\\; Just repull a new wire from the ECM connector to the tach connector and wire tie it to the harness?&nbsp\\; Not sure I would know how to find a broken wire if the outer insulation isn't damaged, so not sure it's worth taking the wiring harness apart.&nbsp\\; Maybe I'm wrong, though.

What have the rest of you done about fixing wiring harness problems???
 
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 09:03 PM
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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Are there any spare wires ( cruise control, aux switch, etc.)&nbsp\\; that you could use? or run an external wire.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Not aware of any spare wires.&nbsp\\; That sure would make it easy to check/fix, but if everything had a spare, we'd be riding 1500 lb. bikes! &nbsp\\;
 
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