Ground Wire on Triple Trees. Can I remove it?
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Ground Wire on Triple Trees. Can I remove it?
I just did the ape install on my Train. There is a ground wire that connects behind the right side of the tree to the under side of the right riser bolt. Well I put the Gooden Tight riser bushings in and they have a flush mount bolt that is not wanting to get real tight with the connection from that stupid ground wire. Can I remove it the ground wire? I'm a cop not an electrician.
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You can do anything that you like to your bike!
That said, your bike will try to find ground through the neck bearings. It'll do it but, in time, it will destroy your neck bearings.
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That said, your bike will try to find ground through the neck bearings. It'll do it but, in time, it will destroy your neck bearings.
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Uhhhhhhhhh!!! OK Thanks!
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Getting a shock from what? DC voltage? You can put your fingers across a car battery and it wouln't shock you. It's there to ground whatever needs a ground. The guy who said it would ruin your neck bearings is right. I don't want that electrician wiring anything of mine.
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If you're concerned about taking it off just drill and tap a hole under the triple tree and use a machine type screw to hold the wire in place with an electrical ring. If you're unsure of how to do it just take the bike into a local car stereo store and ask a tech to do it for you.
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And to the non-believers thinking 12v isn't enough to do anything try taking a wrench and laying it across the positive and negative terminals of a battery and see how fast it tries to weld itself to the posts.
Will it mess up neck bearings? I don't know for sure but I wouldn't want my bike to be the test subject.
Will it mess up neck bearings? I don't know for sure but I wouldn't want my bike to be the test subject.
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Getting a shock from what? DC voltage? You can put your fingers across a car battery and it wouln't shock you. It's there to ground whatever needs a ground. The guy who said it would ruin your neck bearings is right. I don't want that electrician wiring anything of mine.