I think the standard is DSPO. As anytime the previous owner is brought up it is never positive. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:56:19 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Joey's Electrical Update Didn't we have a thread about names to call "Previous Owners" before? -Kyle On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > Trying to keep you all Current on my electrical situation. To > put it mildly, I've been rather amped up over it. > Since my last public announcement on the issue I've eaten a > total of six fuses between troubleshooting and attempting to ride the > bike. The issue got progressively worse, the last time I attempted to > ride it I got about 30 feet before the fuse blew. I determined that if > I shut off the running lights (this particular bike, a 1978 Suzuki GS > 1000 has a light switch that can do that) the fuse would not blow. > This ruled out my early guess that it was somehow related to the brake > switches (one or both). When I got home from work today (took the bike > to work) I began really troubleshooting. I confirmed that the fuse > would blow as soon as I turned the running light switch on. I should > say that the running light switch turns on the low beam of the head > light, the front turn signals / running lights and the rear tail > light. So in my best troubleshooting fashion - I disassembled the tail > light and pulled out the two bulbs from the rear of the bike. Put a > new fuse in and bam - it blew again. Next phase was to attempt and > isolate the headlight from the rest of the system. I found a plug that > hooks the fairing into the Bike's electrical system and unplugged it. > Amazingly - everything worked. Ah HA! Problem in the fairing. > Investigation revealed a chafed wire on the left turn signal / running > light. This is what it is supposed to look like: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QAmuQy_k8YRRLC5GyWnkS4vxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink > Here it what is looks like: > > https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1Z4-v7CuukyG6-WJDZW84ovxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink > OH! Fortunately I believe I can get a new bulb socket locally and get > the existing wiring plug soldered in to the replacement socket. > The bike will be down a day or two to get parts and get > the fix made. > At least I found it! > As soon as I figured it out - I was very relieved - I even > said "Ohm my God I'm glad thats it". > And you thought I was done with the puns! > -Joey > > -- > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > -- > 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.
