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On 30/04/2015 at 2:15 PM, KanadianKen said:

Talk about a delayed response (on my behalf!) - NO - no inline fuse required.

Hello there are you sure about the fuse not being needed?  I saw several posts were people mounted one.  Can you advise please.  I just did this mood using a 7,5 fuse. 

On 22/09/2016 at 2:57 AM, AlainReunion said:

So, this is how my story with Honda will end. I will not burn the bike. Just will get rid of it, the quicker the better.

Bike looks amazing. Feels amazing… But does not work. It’s a jewel outside, a diamond when you’re on it (when it works). But inside, it’s full of shit. 

 

After months of consulting and research, many thanks to Auspanglish, to Knight, to friends, to my mechanics, to the forum, to the Internet & to Honda dealers here and elsewhere… this is what I concluded :

 

- Wire harness is fucked up ; too complicated / impossible / too time consuming to fix. Bike works now, but is just waiting to fail. Not if. When.

 

- Solution 1.: change the wiring harness with a new one. 

But, Honda does not make it anymore. Of course, this is understandable, as this part did not have any recall, ever. It was flawless, perfect… (reality : some countries like the US and Canada got the recall for a harness problem. Others, like France, no). Being ironic again, it must be because the harness in bikes sold in France (and in other smaller countries) was perfect !

 

- Solution 2. : change the wiring harness with a second-hand one

Would be easy. Just that it looks nearly impossible to find, anywhere… (False, found one on Ebay, "2002-2009", specific year not specified, goes at 358 USD with shipping, a detail), And oh, version differs according to countries it seems... Why make things simple when you can make it otherwise. And of course, it’s a quick fix, changing a harness, just ½ hour work. Quick easy and cheap.

 

What I could end up with  : a bike with a « new » harness that (may) work. Until… the RR fucks up… the strator fucks up…

 

And oh, my bike makes a shit noise at idle ; been told it’s normal (and complicated to fix)

 

Bye Honda. I’m gone. Forever

Hello I'm having similar issues but you can get the wiring much cheaper I bought one for 39£ in Ebay. I will use it to make the upgrades outside the bike like ground blue connection fix RR reading cable etc and keep my original wiring for spares. A VFRness will also be mounted. Here in Portugal Honda does not recognize recall issues for wiring only for the dual cbs issue. I guess the changed the wiring at the border right?!... Don't give up on this bike,  I had several Alfa Romeo trust me those had electrical mysteries. VFR the issues are known and we can solve them.