1 wire loom meltdown !!! Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:11 am
jonnyqq
Silver member
I just couldnt believe it ! Yesterday , everything finished on bike, final clackity valve noise adjusted and now quiet , said to Alison how pleased she will be that the days,weeks,months even, of me stuck in shed swearing at bike parts have finally passed, first drive with "it all done" , imagine my excitement on that first glorious day!
200 m up the hill ,burning rubber smoke comes from right handlebar switch consol and then from wire loom connecting consol to control box.
Now am back in shed swearing at bike parts and after such a short reprise bike is now not in one piece. The culprit is the headlamp wire which has burnt out, but interestingly the headlamp works when turned on for a couple of secs to identify the smoking wire. So off with tank and remove the loom i suspose . My question is do you think i will need to replace the switch unit and loom or simply try and replace burnt out wire ? Also,is there a possible underlying fault somewhere ,or is it a 23 yr old loom decaying ,or could it even be the (ooops) naughty pressure washer used by someone immed before that first ride !?
Any advice gratefully received
200 m up the hill ,burning rubber smoke comes from right handlebar switch consol and then from wire loom connecting consol to control box.
Now am back in shed swearing at bike parts and after such a short reprise bike is now not in one piece. The culprit is the headlamp wire which has burnt out, but interestingly the headlamp works when turned on for a couple of secs to identify the smoking wire. So off with tank and remove the loom i suspose . My question is do you think i will need to replace the switch unit and loom or simply try and replace burnt out wire ? Also,is there a possible underlying fault somewhere ,or is it a 23 yr old loom decaying ,or could it even be the (ooops) naughty pressure washer used by someone immed before that first ride !?
Any advice gratefully received