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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 11:47 AM
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Check to make sure all the pins are in the connectors tight. I did a set of bars for my buddy, and caught h*ll. We bent a couple of the pins ever so slightly. They looked fine when we put em in, but had the same problem. Had to get new pins and soldier them on, and voila! Problem solved!
 
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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 11:32 PM
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Just to update, things went from bad to worse lol. So I redid the pins and thought I was in the clear, but then I got some non starts with an amazingly loud and unhealthy sound. I threw my hands up at that point, not wanting to damage anything, and sent it to some pro's. Apparently my left control module is the culprit for all the problems. They got it to run, but it blows the main fuse after a min or so (they haven't swapped the control module yet). Someone else had mentioned the left CM needing to be replaced on his bike too, but I was thrown off when it came back to life for a second.

I have no problem handing things off when they get bad. Surprised that everything worked at the start and slowly spiraled to not running, but happy it's getting looked after properly.
 
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Old Sep 6, 2014 | 08:45 AM
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What a bummer. At least you got it all figured out.
 
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