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Newish co. on the market that you might be worth checking out. Made specifically for bikes. http://www.adaptivtechnologies.com/

Too busy looking

Yes, both harness' are part of the recall so should both be replaced. Mine's been there over two weeks now and has had the main harness replaced as well due to the burned connector (Jeremy said it's a ground block)I posted a pic of back a bit. So, yeah.......if anyone uses their bike as a daily commuter, you may want to make sure the dealer has or atleast can get the main harness very quickly in case a problem arises as it did with mine. In my case, interesting that all was good with my VFR up til I took it in for the recall.........coincidence or ? :beer: <_<

Took mine in last Wed. for the recall. Running just fine as usual. Picked the bike up later that afternoon......bike ran like crap. Frustrated <_< but had to leave bike at the dealership. Two days later the service manager called and explained that they found a burned connector that's part of the main wire harness(not part of the two being replaced under the recall) and that he had contacted Honda's techline and sent pics etc. to them. At this point, I'm told that a new main wire harness should be sent out for my bike hopefully this week. Here's the burned connector...left side just forward of the the battery compartment Burned connector after recall

Personally, I wouldn't take the chance.....not worth the risk IMHO. Tires are the only thing between you and the ground and therefore should be taken care of (pressures checked religiously) and only used if they are in good condition.

Ya think :rolleyes:

Ditto to what Gary said....best, lightest, best venting helmet I've ever owned. Worth the $ IMHO

Nice post :thumbsup: We tend to ride those roads qite a bit as well. Starting from my neck of the woods, we'll run over Grimes Cyn and take Guiberson to Torrey to the 125 then onto the 5 and off at Parker. Head up Lake Hughes road to Lake Eliz road and then run San Fran to Spunky to Bouquet then either turn around and come back up Bouquet or run the rest San Fran. Haven't been on Agua Dulce so how does that road compare to the rest?

I've got the NEP too...works fine and if you get the "Yamaha" version there's no need to mod at all :idea3:

Yes, lots of us have been using this set up for quite a while. I've used as both a vid cam mount and a RD mount :thumbsup: 100_0410.JPG

That statement reminds me of my oldest brother, when we lived in CO, there was no Helmet Law and while all my other brothers and myself always wore helmets he never would(or any gear) saying "I don't plan on wrecking" :goofy: Moron!!!! I use to think this this guy was intelligent? I don't even plan on getting in an accident myself! :idea3: He road all over Denver until one day going to visit my other brother and making a simple 5-10mph 90 deg turn where he hit some sand and went down, Face planting the pavement knocking his Dumb ass out and scratching his pretty face. He lived and never road again! Actually 20 years later he comes to visit me here in TN and suggest we take the bikes out on one of my routes! :blink: Yeah right, I would never let him on any bike ever again! :salesman: People are stupid and half seem to be related! :goofy: That's the same sort of mentality that people have that think that they'll never be a victim of crime or other bad things.........we call that the "sheep" mentality :lol: I've tried to explain to some with the "it won't happen to me attitude" that "well, it happens to somebody...somebody's sister, mother, brother, etc, etc....so what makes you think that it can't happen to you?" You're right...people are stupid as well as totally lacking in common sense :P Reminds me of this little saying: "Remember, some people are alive simply because it's illegal to shoot them" :goofy:

Just tell her that you're doing your best to protect your soft and sensitive skin all for her benefit...........hugging, etc. :P This is a wierd one though :rolleyes:

Thanks for posting that, I'd not seen it. Turn one etc. was quite different back then :warranty: Looks like it might be FS piloting B)

Hey NVR2L8, Glad that you've seemed to "fix" your issues. FWIW, I went to a PCIII a few years ago and before I did, I did a fair bit of research on who seemed to be most happy with their PC's. It was pretty apparent at the time that the people that were having the best results with their PC's were those that had custom maps made. I went that route and the improvement was very worthwhile...........i.e. well made custom map is the way to go IMHO. I have a friend with an '04 and he was having the same frustrating hesitation/surging issues that many of us have experienced...got a PC and tried DJ's maps and a map from a member here with no consistent improvement in general with any of these maps. Finally got him to try my map(he was concerned that since his bike was setup different than mine it wouldn't work well) and he's a happy camper now.........issues virtually gone. PM me if you need more info, Craig

30 amp and added ground wire to blue connector(connector was OK at that point) Also had a very bizarre occurence(documented on the elec prob sticky) where the front edge of the tank, right side, wore through the insulation covering the metal brake line tube and caused some "wierdness" :P

I've got some of the standard Draggin Jeans and although I don't wear them much anymore, they did OK in my crash a few years back. The only thing that I've done to them after that as my knees got a bit banged up was to put some GP style armor in the knees. I'd definitely recommend doing this if you're going to go with any of the Kevlar jeans. If you are going this route be sure that the jeans fit well enough in the knee area so that the knee armor would actually stay in place and do you some good. I basically made a pocket for the armor in between the denim and kevlar in the knee, i.e. I had a slit cut at the top of the knee area in the Kevlar which created a "pocket" to be able to slip the armor in. Velcro was sewn in to the devlar and denim to close up the "pocket". Removable when you need to wash them. Hope that helps some

OK, so I went and got some parts(thanks Jeff/Last Chance)........10 gauge wire, shrink wrap and a new fuse holder. I didn't notice til I got home but the wires coming out of the new fuse holder are 12 gauge....will this be OK? So, I guess what I'll be doing, again thanks to Jeff's help, is unhooking and removing the battery......cutting the large red wire leading to the OEM fuse holder at the OEM fuse holder, as well as cutting the red/white wire below the small connector(i.e. at the end farthest away from the OEM fuse holder)............splice/solder one side of the new fuse holder's wire to the large red OEM wire..........and the other wire from the new fuse holder will be spliced/soldered to the red/white wire minus the connector/smaller gauge OEM red/white wire. So, I'm essentially getting rid of the OEM fuse holder and the OEM small connector/small gauge red/white wire(the one that seems to be causing all the problems). So, does this sound right and am I OK with the new fuse holder's wire's being 12 gauge? Thanks guys, Craig

My turn now. I just checked my 30A and it's getting worse looking as is the short section of red/white wire. Obvious I need to make the change now, but with all the missing pics and data and what appears to my "un-educated electrical" brain, there seems to be differing ways of doing the fix so now I'm totally confused :goofy: Ken's ex. on pg 1, Jeremy's explanation on pg 6 and Tinyminds on pg 7 I realize are all achieving the same fix but seem somewhat different in their methods?????? What I get is that we are essentially replacing the red wire coming from battery +, the 30 fuse holder, and here's the part that I'm unclear on....the red/white wire that has a connector in line. Are we replacing the entire red/white wire connector and all(and if not...why not) or just a section of it? If BR or any one can help out with some pics that show exactly what's kept and what is removed, or some very simple verbage that my non-electrical brain can follow it would be much appreciated. Specific part #'s etc. would be great if anyone still has that info. Much thanks, Craig