CBAIER1206 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Posted December 30, 2008 Well, I just got done relocating my cdi box trimming out all the unnecessary wiring of which there is a ton of!!! I hooked everything together and fired it up and she started and runs with no problems...except one. During the first 5-10 seconds of running, the headlights flickered and then popped and the bulbs blew, the bike runs but none of the lights work. My question is this...I went over everything as per the wiring diagram in clymers and noticed that the voltage regulator should have a ground coming from it yet mine only has the blue wire, does this mean that bolting it down would be the equivilant of grounding it since the body of it is made out of metal? When I fired the bike...I just had it connected and hanging loosely, could this have been the cause of my headlights going out? Are there any tests I can do to check voltage or whatnot? If so I have a voltmeter.....Any help would be greatly appreciated since I leave for the dunes on friday! Quote
BUILDER Posted December 30, 2008 Report Posted December 30, 2008 Well, I just got done relocating my cdi box trimming out all the unnecessary wiring of which there is a ton of!!! I hooked everything together and fired it up and she started and runs with no problems...except one. During the first 5-10 seconds of running, the headlights flickered and then popped and the bulbs blew, the bike runs but none of the lights work. My question is this...I went over everything as per the wiring diagram in clymers and noticed that the voltage regulator should have a ground coming from it yet mine only has the blue wire, does this mean that bolting it down would be the equivilant of grounding it since the body of it is made out of metal? When I fired the bike...I just had it connected and hanging loosely, could this have been the cause of my headlights going out? Are there any tests I can do to check voltage or whatnot? If so I have a voltmeter.....Any help would be greatly appreciated since I leave for the dunes on friday! Sounds like to me what happen was you didnt have your regulator grounded so when you started it and reved it up you had a volage spike and it blew your headlights out. If you have it bolted to a good metal source you should be fine now. Quote
CBAIER1206 Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Posted December 30, 2008 Sounds like to me what happen was you didnt have your regulator grounded so when you started it and reved it up you had a volage spike and it blew your headlights out. If you have it bolted to a good metal source you should be fine now. I kinda figured that was it, but I had so many things apart when I was working on it that I just wanted to make sure, I will bolt it in and try again...thanks for your help Quote
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