As the snow falls this morning, I thought I'd post a little experience I had last night getting Max ready for the riding season (which could be tomorrow, or 4 weeks from now in Utah)...
Got the new stator, battery, horns, ground to the R/R, and headlight in and all my wiring and crank covers back in order. Went to fire up the bike and it started right up. 13.7V at the batttery, all lights bright and strong....
Let it warm for a bit and gave the throttle a blip..... Headlight dims and filckers..... Release the throttle, headlight shines steady and true.... WTF?!?!?
My first thought, of course, is that I farkled the wiring or missed a ground wire, or that the new stator was screwed... Lots of doom and gloom scenarios went through my head...
I re-ran all the wiring, checked the volts during rev (fine) and was within seconds of posting to the forum when I realized that the rest of my lighting was fine and there was no indication of stumble from the motor....
Pulled the headlight and found that one of the posts to the low beam filament had broken inside the bulb and, while at idle contact was good, when I revved, the vibration was breaking the contact.....
DOH!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl_200:
New bulb and all is well.... Now just waiting for the froks and SPRING.
Morale to the story? Check the simple things first, no matter HOW unlikely they seem (headlight was FINE last time I rode)...
\m/ DS
P.S. The dual horn set up is unbelieveably LOUD. Was a VERY simple mod, too... Here is the link: http://md.co.za/vmax/horn.htm
I chose to run a dedicate ground to the battery and actually used the mounting tabs that came with the horns to mount them outside the exhaust to the bolts holding my engine gaurds. You can kind of see them in my "garage" photo...
Got the new stator, battery, horns, ground to the R/R, and headlight in and all my wiring and crank covers back in order. Went to fire up the bike and it started right up. 13.7V at the batttery, all lights bright and strong....
Let it warm for a bit and gave the throttle a blip..... Headlight dims and filckers..... Release the throttle, headlight shines steady and true.... WTF?!?!?
My first thought, of course, is that I farkled the wiring or missed a ground wire, or that the new stator was screwed... Lots of doom and gloom scenarios went through my head...
I re-ran all the wiring, checked the volts during rev (fine) and was within seconds of posting to the forum when I realized that the rest of my lighting was fine and there was no indication of stumble from the motor....
Pulled the headlight and found that one of the posts to the low beam filament had broken inside the bulb and, while at idle contact was good, when I revved, the vibration was breaking the contact.....
DOH!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl_200:
New bulb and all is well.... Now just waiting for the froks and SPRING.
Morale to the story? Check the simple things first, no matter HOW unlikely they seem (headlight was FINE last time I rode)...
\m/ DS
P.S. The dual horn set up is unbelieveably LOUD. Was a VERY simple mod, too... Here is the link: http://md.co.za/vmax/horn.htm
I chose to run a dedicate ground to the battery and actually used the mounting tabs that came with the horns to mount them outside the exhaust to the bolts holding my engine gaurds. You can kind of see them in my "garage" photo...
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