I had a little mantra while rewiring my Fox... it always began with "Wire nuts do not belong in vehicles. I will never commit this cardinal sin...."
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: > In the middle of the adventures on my bike last night I found that an extra > ground had been added. I understand the purpose of this is because you feel > that the Honda engineers didn't do a good enough job grounding the wiring so > you added your own. I have no problem with this actually as an extra ground > here and there is probably a good thing. But one would assume that the @#$PO > added that ground because he felt the stock one was inadequate and make sure > it had a good connection on both ends, not just wrapped loosely around a > wire and half-vast smashed under a bolt to a piece of plastic trim. At least > he left the ducttape out of THIS operation... > > -Kyle > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> An update for you folks, the offending wire is now gone. It has been >> clipped back, and the wire-nut it was tied to has been excised. A >> proper splice now joins the remaining two stock wires, and all is well >> in the land of Tim's Bike. :D >> >> Apparently someone decided to add an extra ground... using red wire... >> kinda screwy.... >> >> -Kurt >> >> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Timothy Stark <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > up date: I was playing around with the thing and tried pulling the wire >> > off >> > again and this time it started right up. I am so lost when it comes to >> > electrical stuff. that and i lost the probes to my multi-meter I am >> > having >> > to recharge the battery, but as soon as i wake up I will try it again. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
