Yesterday I rode over to John's (Nashcat) to take advantage of his lift and soldering skills. We first checked the 14 pin yellow plug (right side). Everything appeared to be normal. Next we checked the 24 pin plug on the left side (as in riding position) and found the ground wire burned, insulation melted off and wire exposed.
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The plug terminals were cleaned and a jumper with a quick connect/disconnect and pig tail with ring was soldered to the affected ground wire. The end with the terminal ring was ground to the frame just above the plug. (Don't let all the multicolored cruise control wires confuse you)
For extra insurance a 16 ga. ground was soldered to the bottom of the yellow plug where all the ground wires are soldered together and the terminal ring was attached to the frame at the point where one of the nose cowling supports is bolted to the frame.
Since my return from Maine, the bike has started every time I tried but the clock would reset, the trip odometer both A And B would reset to zero, and the bright lights would not turn off or only one light would dim. I haven't ridden it anywhere outside the neighborhood until I rode it to John's place 60 miles away. The symptoms of the bike not starting and lights staying on never repeated themselves since I have been back but I suspect it was only a matter of time, somewhere down the road if it had not been repaired.
All the crazy stuff that was happening with my dash board display has stopped and head lights appear to be much brighter. I feel confident we have made a good repair and I can once again ride far away from home. Hope this makes it a little easier for the next person this happens to.
Thanks for all the great advice and troubleshooting. This repair did not take long because of all the legwork that has already been done to solve this issue.
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The plug terminals were cleaned and a jumper with a quick connect/disconnect and pig tail with ring was soldered to the affected ground wire. The end with the terminal ring was ground to the frame just above the plug. (Don't let all the multicolored cruise control wires confuse you)
For extra insurance a 16 ga. ground was soldered to the bottom of the yellow plug where all the ground wires are soldered together and the terminal ring was attached to the frame at the point where one of the nose cowling supports is bolted to the frame.
Since my return from Maine, the bike has started every time I tried but the clock would reset, the trip odometer both A And B would reset to zero, and the bright lights would not turn off or only one light would dim. I haven't ridden it anywhere outside the neighborhood until I rode it to John's place 60 miles away. The symptoms of the bike not starting and lights staying on never repeated themselves since I have been back but I suspect it was only a matter of time, somewhere down the road if it had not been repaired.
All the crazy stuff that was happening with my dash board display has stopped and head lights appear to be much brighter. I feel confident we have made a good repair and I can once again ride far away from home. Hope this makes it a little easier for the next person this happens to.
Thanks for all the great advice and troubleshooting. This repair did not take long because of all the legwork that has already been done to solve this issue.
