All,
Well I can't rag on the PO too much - he is a friend of the
family.... and to be fair, he had two other bikes so I'm sure some
things got overlooked.
Allen - thanks for the tip on GSResources - right on the main
page they have an event up here in Maine (about 2.5 hours away - close
by Maine standards) that I'm now thinking of going to!
Anyway, I shall try not to clog up the NH Group with my GS
problems, but a few of them are generic enough to provide some
knowledge to everyone (I think).
Next, I'll be flushing out carbs trying to get all four
cylinders firing properly.
-Joey
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Didn't we have a thread about names to call "Previous Owners" before?
>
> -Kyle
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello All,
>> Trying to keep you all Current on my electrical situation. To
>> put it mildly, I've been rather amped up over it.
>> Since my last public announcement on the issue I've eaten a
>> total of six fuses between troubleshooting and attempting to ride the
>> bike. The issue got progressively worse, the last time I attempted to
>> ride it I got about 30 feet before the fuse blew. I determined that if
>> I shut off the running lights (this particular bike, a 1978 Suzuki GS
>> 1000 has a light switch that can do that) the fuse would not blow.
>> This ruled out my early guess that it was somehow related to the brake
>> switches (one or both). When I got home from work today (took the bike
>> to work) I began really troubleshooting. I confirmed that the fuse
>> would blow as soon as I turned the running light switch on. I should
>> say that the running light switch turns on the low beam of the head
>> light, the front turn signals / running lights and the rear tail
>> light. So in my best troubleshooting fashion - I disassembled the tail
>> light and pulled out the two bulbs from the rear of the bike. Put a
>> new fuse in and bam - it blew again. Next phase was to attempt and
>> isolate the headlight from the rest of the system. I found a plug that
>> hooks the fairing into the Bike's electrical system and unplugged it.
>> Amazingly - everything worked. Ah HA! Problem in the fairing.
>> Investigation revealed a chafed wire on the left turn signal / running
>> light. This is what it is supposed to look like:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QAmuQy_k8YRRLC5GyWnkS4vxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink
>> Here it what is looks like:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1Z4-v7CuukyG6-WJDZW84ovxhaeLKDR2qLIMrkM6qEc?feat=directlink
>> OH! Fortunately I believe I can get a new bulb socket locally and get
>> the existing wiring plug soldered in to the replacement socket.
>> The bike will be down a day or two to get parts and get
>> the fix made.
>> At least I found it!
>> As soon as I figured it out - I was very relieved - I even
>> said "Ohm my God I'm glad thats it".
>> And you thought I was done with the puns!
>> -Joey
>>
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