One Fuze, too many systems out.. wow

[Seaking]

2006 Midnight RSV gave me a bit of a "hello" wake up call waaaay back in the boonies ealier today.. wow..

 

I was riding with a new rider and he decided to pull over for gas (smaller bike) and I had a quick glance down to see how my levels were holding, a good half tank.. When I turned around to rejoin him at the gas station (it was a surprise stop).. I looked down and huh.. no indications on the instrument panel.. Oh oh.. No turns signals.. wow..

 

As he was fueling, I did a quick check of what was and wasn't working or showing up on the panel.. Turn signals not working or indication, front - rear brake pedals not working the brake light. High beam light and indicator working, Cruise Control lights working.. But no Neutral light indicator, no clock, odo or speedo info showing up there at all.. it's a blank .. wow..

 

If you recall I had a miserable time with this bike last summer with the steering locks scissoring my wires to heck.. I wonder if that happened again when I did my u-turn just then.. Huh.. but nothing is down there or near there..

 

Fuses.. Ok, pull off left panel, and yup. 10A Signal Fuse is blown.. wow.. One fuse, and all of those things won't work on your bike.. I thought that wow.. what a silly way to set things up..

 

But think about it.. You'd NEVER know your brake lights weren't working.. you 'might' notice your signal lights not indicating on your dash... but you WILL notice if your fuel, speed and odo were missing from the panel.. Mayhaps some brainiac at Yamaha thought this one up as a "hey dopey, your fuse is out" method, or someone accidentally wired it this way and hey look, it made sense..

 

Now, because of all those problems I had last year, blowing fuses all the time, I had a good stash of fuses with me... but no 10A.. lol... Go figure.. of all the fuses, not the one I needed.. Happily the gas station gave me a couple to make sure I got home OK..

 

Quick steering stop to steering stop tests and no probs.. NO idea why that fuse blew..

 

Apart from wiring in a 4W LED driving lights in a week ago.. nothing's changed.. So far the system is working well but man.. what a "oh oh" cold feeling for a second out in the middle of nowhere... time to get some more 10A fuses... just in case..

 

And how was YOUR day?

[Ponch]

If any wiring was altered or added to the rear, check the wiring behind the license plate bracket. JBurrell kept blowing that same fuse the other day and it turned out to be a dead short from exposed wires in that wiring housing.

[Marcarl]

Sometimes the fuse blows from overloading it,,, and sometimes it blows just to get you thinking and worrying over it. So every once in a while, take it out of there, hold it tight, caress it a little, just to let it know that you haven't forgotton,,, and you think women are the only ones needing attention?

[Yammer Dan]

Sometimes the fuse blows from overloading it,,, and sometimes it blows just to get you thinking and worrying over it. So every once in a while, take it out of there, hold it tight, caress it a little, just to let it know that you haven't forgotton,,, and you think women are the only ones needing attention?

 

 

 

 

:sign yeah that::sign yeah that: Had them go a few times and never could find reason.

 

Dirty connections??

[Seaking]

argh silly me.. I totally forgot that I had installed a '3rd' brake light using PVC LEDs and had backsee wired it in to the rear brake light... Every time I hit a hard bump I think it shorts out and blows the fuse.. Blew another one today after a rather bumpy road..

 

I hadn't had the time to pull it apart but it makes sense that this is where the issue is..

 

Too busy riding, not enough time thinking.. =)

 

Its early April and I got a sunburn while riding today.. wow.. gotta love global warming !

[Hummingbird]

I know this is a stupid question - where are the fuses located ? I've had everything except the rear fender off my Venture and have yet to notice a fuse block.

[Cougar]

Under the side cover that is behind your seat (left side)

open the little black box.

[Freebird]

There are actually two of them. One under the left side cover as Cougar said and the other inside the right lower cowling.

[GeorgeS]

Whenever a Fuse starts blowing, It Usually where the " Back Yard Electrician" has been adding wires, and extra junk to the lighting system.

[Hummingbird]

There are actually two of them. One under the left side cover as Cougar said and the other inside the right lower cowling.

 

I've had both of those areas exposed, just wasn't looking for fuses at the time. Probably should look and get a set of spares to have on hand

 

Thanks guys

[Seaking]

Well, 1500 km's later over harsh spring roads, rains and even snow and everything is holding up well after I properly re-wired my temp wiring.. silly me to have forgotten that!

 

One odd thing I discovered but could not duplicate.. I was riding home that evening and noticed for the first time that when ever I applied either brake, the radio would crackle.. huh.. Ok So I figured by that time that my wiring job was very bad and a proper fix would resolve the radio hiss..

 

but after soldering and doing a proper job, the brake to radio hiss noise was still there.. HUH. The lights run under the back of the passenger backrest, the wires run from under the padding, down along the left trunk / armrest seam and under the trunk to where it connects to the brake light wiring etc etc.. I pulled the wiring out again and the hissing disappeared. But I could only route the wires through the same place..

 

And again, for what ever reason, the hiss went away again.. never to return again. Now that was strange.. huh..

 

Gremlins... I tell.. Gremlins...

[Marcarl]

Well, 1500 km's later over harsh spring roads, rains and even snow and everything is holding up well after I properly re-wired my temp wiring.. silly me to have forgotten that!

 

One odd thing I discovered but could not duplicate.. I was riding home that evening and noticed for the first time that when ever I applied either brake, the radio would crackle.. huh.. Ok So I figured by that time that my wiring job was very bad and a proper fix would resolve the radio hiss..

 

but after soldering and doing a proper job, the brake to radio hiss noise was still there.. HUH. The lights run under the back of the passenger backrest, the wires run from under the padding, down along the left trunk / armrest seam and under the trunk to where it connects to the brake light wiring etc etc.. I pulled the wiring out again and the hissing disappeared. But I could only route the wires through the same place..

 

And again, for what ever reason, the hiss went away again.. never to return again. Now that was strange.. huh..

 

Gremlins... I tell.. Gremlins...

Sometimes when wires run parallel to each other there will or can be 'cross talk'. Your antenna may have been running close to another wire and so caused this problem. Sometimes twisting the wires en-route will help the problem if they cannot be routed differently.

[Seaking]

Sometimes when wires run parallel to each other there will or can be 'cross talk'. Your antenna may have been running close to another wire and so caused this problem. Sometimes twisting the wires en-route will help the problem if they cannot be routed differently.

 

Ahh thanks for the info M8