Hi All,
Went out for a quick spin yesterday and the bike died. Hmmm.
I had been charging the battery a few days earlier, so I immediately thought I had a loose connection or some such situation. So I popped off the cover, everything looked good, I wiggled a few things and then turned the key. On comes the neutral light and the bike fires right up. Back in business I figure and turn the key to the headlights on position. Bike dies again.
Repeating the proceedure above gets her running again, and I leave the lights off and make it back home.
A closer inspection reveals that the wire running into the fuse holder has a nick in it and that is enough to screw thing up.
I stole a pic from Smithers in a previous thread that shows what I mean:
In the lower left where the cap screws in and the wire bends sharply, thats where the nick is.
Predictably, being old and brittle, in the course of wiggling to verify that this is indeed the problem, the wire breaks off entirely.
I cobbled things back together and drove around the driveway a few times, but I will have to do a proper fix before going back out on a real ride.
How would you guys replace this?
I'm a dope with the electrical stuff and I don't want to cause further injury.
Thanks.