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Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater Sat, 31 Dec 2005
Well, the Z is back. I was skeptical at first, but I'm now pretty The dealership said they found a pair of wires in the harness which were slit, and just exposing some bare wire. The tech said that the wire bundle was misrouted in the fairing, which caused it to be pinched. After about 2000 miles, the wires had had enough vibration to rip open the remaining insulation, and they would somewhat randomly touch. When they touched, they would cause a short-circuit, which would pop the fuse. Since the wires are on the ignition circuit, the blown fuse would take out the engine computer, ignition coils, and instruments. There goes the engine. At first, when I had just heard the general description of the problem from the service manager, I was worried that it could be a manufacturing defect. I was afraid I could look forward to many other wires coming apart and popping random fuses or causing random things to happen. I was prepared to suddenly distrust the bike to the point of selling it and getting another old comfy Ninja 250. But then, when I talked to the tech who'd actually done the work, he described it with a bit more precision and detail. Specificially, when he mentioned that this particular bundle of wires was misrouted, it all clicked into place. A misrouted wire bundle in the fairing is annoying, but it doesn't implicate any other wires in the harness. I'm feeling relatively confident now that there shouldn't be any further problems. The dealership said they just taped up the split wires, and re-routed the wire bundle correctly, and all seems fine. I tend to agree, although I also think that, strictly speaking, the wiring harness (or at least that section of it) should have been replaced. I'm not sure I care enough to press the point right now. Certainly, if there are further problems, I'm going to insist on a replacement harness. An interesting thing I noticed was that getting back on the bike, I felt comfortable with it. I guess I don't have as much dislike for the bike as I had thought. I still need to fix the seat (the tech remarked how bad the seat was, too), but i must be getting used to it. Posted at 09:40 permanent link category: /motorcycle Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater Written by Ian Johnston. Software is Blosxom. Questions? Please mail me at reaper at obairlann dot net. |