I recently rode  to Somerset as my elderly Father was not in great health.

The journey from Taunton to Bath is  a tedious and unforgettable journey via the back roads, thanks to my sat

 nav.

The weather was crap, it was late at night and all the local tractors had decided to dump

as much muck on the roads as they possibly could.

Finding a dry patch of road at night on unfamiliar roads was tiring to say the least.

At least I could rely on the bike to get me to my Daughters place, or so I thought.

I was stuck behind a shit wagon for  few miles, and then I had the chance for a quick 

safe overtake .

Second gear and open her up to around 7k revs and quickly got past the muck spreader.

Then, the battery light came on, no speedo, tacho , gear indicator or fuel gauge .

I managed to find a garage with an overhang .

There was a chap  returning to his car, he asked about the K100  and somehow we got chatting.

He had four Ducatis , and we discussed the merits of our particular marque.

I  checked the fuses, and number one had blown.

 A new 7.5 fuse went in, and all was good again.

I said goodbye to the chap , and  as I was pulling out, I heard him trying to start his car.

He was keying it for ages, and it just refused to start.

I almost felt guilty.....

almost.



Bob

Check your heated grip wiring. 

I had a bare wire where the throttle let the wire rub on the end of the bar.  Every now and then it would blow a fuse, almost always in the middle of a cold dark night.

Thanks point seven five.

I did have the bar ends off recently  so will recheck them

Bob

My pleasure, AudiBob.

Well.

Point Seven five.

you were bang on, two busted wires..

Probably me being clumsy with lubing the throttle and forgetting there are wires in there somewhere.

I have made them safe and will repair at a later date.

At least my left hand will get warm.

I would prefer them to be on a separate fuse.

Thanks again 

Bob

I have noticed that my throttle grip somehow migrates closer to the center of the bars, pinching the grip wires on the end of the handlebar.  Now, once a year, I will gently push the throttle in until it stops and then slide it out about 1/4" to give the wires some clearance.

A bonus is that the throttle snaps closed a little more crisply when it doesn't drag on the end of the bars

I've never had heated grips and I'm not sure the installation do's and don'ts. However I've always used the wife's hairspray to install my grips. With solid grips it allowed the grips to easily slide on, and once on they stayed there firmly for the life of the grip. Removal was just as easy, a case of pushing something under the grip and moving it around and spraying in lubricant. Once done with a bit of rotating and pulling the grip slides off. I can mostly remove them without destroying the grip.

With some foam grips that have a porous inner surface hairspray only works until it rains then the grips can loosen, but once dry they can firm up. At some stage in my Bricks early life the OEM grips were changed by a butcher as evident by the grind and scrape marks on my throttle inner surface. I've never used grip glue so I don't know how hard the grips are to remove when it's required.
Regards Martin.