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Took a few hours to sort the wiring, but with a little help from a couple friends I have a functioning integrated led brake and signals. Most confusing part was the taillight converter module for the Nightster; ended up removing it completely to simplify the wiring. Then, was dumbstruck for a bit with the brake switch wiring. Come to find out Harley Davidson built in two constants from the factory one the blue "running" brake wired and then, an orange/white wire from the rear brake switch. Capped off the orange/white wire then, wired everything up to the coordinating wires and bam it works! Even the signals flash when the alarm activates.
Not specifically regarding my sporty but I have to say what I learned when wrenching and reading discussions on this forum provides some good information....had trouble with my home generator so applied the same logic as if it were a carbed bike...took the carb apart, cleaned the jets, put it back together, check the spark plug and wala....took me about 20 pulls to start but it started and running fine now....ready for the approaching hurricane. It's all about being prepared.
Not specifically regarding my sporty but I have to say what I learned when wrenching and reading discussions on this forum provides some good information....had trouble with my home generator so applied the same logic as if it were a carbed bike...took the carb apart, cleaned the jets, put it back together, check the spark plug and wala....took me about 20 pulls to start but it started and running fine now....ready for the approaching hurricane. It's all about being prepared.
Have to agree, technical tips and patience for diagnostics learned from working on bike transfer to other areas in life.
Good luck with your storm!
Have to agree, technical tips and patience for diagnostics learned from working on bike transfer to other areas in life.
Good luck with your storm!
Thanks...and it all started because I got lazy and left fuel in the generator that I did not burn off. Live and learn...I asked the shop and saved $150 doing it myself.
Today.. In anticipation of my refurbished carb getting back in a few days, I put new seals on the intake manifold...
Quite the challenge, that was...
Then I hooked up to my boat and went to the river...
Carb will be here Wednesday I'm thinkin',
Rode my Sporty for about and hour and a half. Noted that I'll be replacing my OEM seat before any long rides. Talking with my neighbor who had taken a 400 mile cruise the previous day, he noted "I don't see any dead bugs on your bike..."
Rode my Sporty for about and hour and a half. Noted that I'll be replacing my OEM seat before any long rides. Talking with my neighbor who had taken a 400 mile cruise the previous day, he noted "I don't see any dead bugs on your bike..."
Nah, just not long enough on the wide open roads.
Just friendly ball breaking from my neighbor of 15 years.
He got caught in a pretty good downpour and his bike was a hot mess by the time he got home.
I got my carb... Mark "MP" Perry (HD Meanies)
did an excellent job refurbishing it.
I put the carb on,
I Sprayed the siicone paint on the pipes that i wrapped the other day and put them on..
And fired it up...
Then i tinkered with the front brake switch so she dont get ***-ended.
Sucked the weird goo out of the front brake master cylinder and lines and put new brake fluid in so she dont ***-end someone..
Rode it sideways back and forth across the parking lot quite a few times...
It was a pretty good day...
Wanna see...
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