Bike wouldnt start, pos cable melted .

Any thoughts.

03 heritage injected

Thanks

 

Most often the cause was a cable end not tightened tightly to the terminal and/or corrosion between the terminal and cable end. Solution: clean terminals/cable ends (and their corresponding connections) regularly and check for tightness often. These bikes vibrate a lot and it gets hot next to the oil tank/starter/exhaust/etc.

Ride safe,

 

Darn beat me to it.

 

Also there were problems with the battery cables or terminals making contact with the oil lines and shorting out , even fires

 

will check cable for shorts thanks

 

if its melted your cable check your battery isint stuffed,,, also check your voltage regulator , it maybe pumping back too many amps/volts back to the battery,, but as said you have a major short , fix it before the bike catches fire

 

Loose connection- high resistance. All the voltage dropped across the connection= tons of heat, maybe an arc across the gap. Replace the cable check the battery with a load tester ( most auto parts houses will do this for you) make sure (often) that the terminal connections are tight.

 

any other possilibiltys ?

Thanks Again ..