Hello from Canada...laid my bike down on a bad road.

[Water Warrior 2]

Ouch!! That would certainly do the trick and cause grief. Have fun with the repairs etc.

[northsidegz]

Glad to see you found the culprit!

[gcont]

funny how this works. i spliced and shrink rapped everything, popped another fuse in, warmed it up but as soon as i pulled on the gravel--boom blown fuse. i took some advice found farther up on this topic. someone said check your headlight shell. the rubber covering on the malleable metal wire holders had rubber away and subsequently rubbing into some more wire. i taped up the wire holder, the wires, and put the headlight shell back together, now im back on it and happy as can be...again.

[jonathan180iq]

Electrical tape works wonders on things like that

You might as well do it right and solve this problem once and for all. It wouldn't take that much extra effort to slice the wire housing some more, expose more wire and simply redo the connections in the box. Then you'll have long term piece of mind.

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by gcont

funny how this works. i spliced and shrink rapped everything, popped another fuse in, warmed it up but as soon as i pulled on the gravel--boom blown fuse. i took some advice found farther up on this topic. someone said check your headlight shell. the rubber covering on the malleable metal wire holders had rubber away and subsequently rubbing into some more wire. i taped up the wire holder, the wires, and put the headlight shell back together, now im back on it and happy as can be...again.

Glad the problem is fixed. A sense of accomplishment in getting your baby back on the road too no doubt. :2tup: :2tup:

[greatmaul]

Excellent work troubleshooting and repairing! Very impressive. I have a lot of trouble with electricals whenever they go wrong.

[mole2]

Originally Posted by greatmaul

Excellent work troubleshooting and repairing! Very impressive. I have a lot of trouble with electricals whenever they go wrong.

Always remember KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. Work from the simpliest to the complex. Check fuses first, then connections, then broken or pinched wire up to the complex such as components. Most problems are on the simple side.