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Jun 1, 2010 | 09:42 PM

#51

Javawave

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Originally Posted by ashmarc

Light cigarettes…….actually pretty useful.

+1 I find it useful also.

Jun 1, 2010 | 10:25 PM

#52

Teardrop

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From: Salem, Or

You could always buy some cigarettes abd use it..

Jun 2, 2010 | 09:27 AM

#53

Texas Fat Boy

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Originally Posted by Gotastreetglide

Maybe it's just me, but what to do with the useless cigarette lighter on my SG.
What have y'all done.

I don't know what you mean by "useless" I use mine for several reasons.
If you don't need a 12v power sourse, then I can't help you I guess.

Jun 4, 2010 | 10:16 PM

#54

wjohn453700

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From: Brandon, FL

The owners manual says not to use the power outlet for anything but the cigarette lighter (of course it also says not to tow anything with the bike, but the local dealer sells trailers). The service guy says that he has seen a couple of melted plugs come in. Anyone ever heard of anything like that??

Jun 5, 2010 | 10:37 PM

#55

pipertl

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Go to the following and it is very slim and will not hit the tank.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/autopilot

Jun 5, 2010 | 10:49 PM

#56

bluewind

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i forgot i had one don`t smoke. had to look to make sure i had one wow its still there maybe i`ll add me another tat,

Jun 6, 2010 | 08:49 AM

#57

Gotastreetglide

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Thanks for the helpful info y'all.

Jun 6, 2010 | 08:55 AM

#58

bikergirl40

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I wondered that too .. my truck has .. like .. 4 of those plug ins....Looks like cigarette lighters (with no lighters .. just caps) Who needs that many cigarette lighters? .... then .... I discovered I can use them for plugging stuff in and charging my phone. What a concept!

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Jun 6, 2010 | 09:32 AM

#59

kytown2

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I think by "useless" he meant besides a cig lighter what else can you actually use it for. As per the owners manual - not to plug anything into it. Anytime I plug my GPS in, it blows a fuse. This is a common problem and there have been many talks on here about how to modify the wiring of the system. As it stands stock, if you are not a smoker it is pretty much "useless". It's not like a car lighter.