| Author | Message | ||
     Red_chili |
Well, you can add me to the list of people who have had a Buell failure! Oh, the humanity! No, not the wheel bearings. I swapped the low beam and running light hot leads so as to have improved lighting (it is improved), with both beams on with 'high'. Then I started having weird lighting issues - hit a bump, the high beam indicator goes on and the lights go out. Turn right slightly, same thing. Annoying in the daytime, dangerous at night. Thinks I, hmmm... did I screw it up? OK, think about this, Bill. Weird behavior like that means a ground issue 9 out of 10 times. No matter the circumstantial evidence that I screwed it up. Removed the fly screen, wiggled wires around - sure enough, ohmic crimp on the lighting ground lug on the front of the frame. So I take two very nice TrailTech ground lugs and separate the two grounds to two lugs, crimp them properly with the TrailTech tool... yup, that was it. I want my money back... (OK, OK, I am just teasing... don't get your panties in a wad..) | ||
| Lowflyer |
Yeah, dammit! I had a similar thing happen to me when I installed my heated grips a couple of years ago. Fargin Buells (shakes fist violently)!  | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
That's ok. When I installed my HID kit and went to test everything after I had it almost all buttoned back up (only had the flyscreen to reinstall) I realized that I installed the HID capsule onto the high beam wiring harness instead of the low beam.  I had to pull it apart and reinstall it. I also managed to install my heated grips onto the switch backward. The High was the Low for a little while. Anyone want any wiring help?  | ||
| Motomut |
I suggest we all check the wiring harness under the seat area; I had my seat off today and found some areas worn close to failure.... | ||
| Red_chili |
That's the problem with an almost zero-maintenance bike... you get in the habit of checking nothing! |
