This thread getting deep. I think I'm going to need a shovel to get out!
Coal, spade, or grain shovel?? Got 'em all! ::008::ptfjjj said:This thread getting deep. I think I'm going to need a shovel to get out!
You really can be a buzz kill, Rem.rem said:Maybe we should just relent and agree to co-mingle on a more or less equal basis with our lesser brethren, the blues. We could just become a black and blue organization. We could call it "Operation Bruise". That way we won't have any bruised egos. ::003:: R
Geez, I thought he was throwing in some sacrastic humor. He is serious? Maybe some help is in order.justbob said:RonH, there are a lot of things in this world that piss me off. To name a few, distracted drivers, the way our government is being run and the shape our country is in. What people choose to do to their motorcycle is strictly a personal decision and in no way affects me or you. You have repeatedly expressed your displeasure with the personal choices of others, I dont get it.
Let it go, lifes too short. Go ride your motorcycle and have fun, dont sweat the petty stuff and dont pet the sweaty stuff.
I assume he's trolling. Here fishy fishy fishy. It certain was a very successful thread derail...2tall said:Geez, I thought he was throwing in some sacrastic humor. He is serious? Maybe some help is in order.
In regards to building custom harnesses. Do you ever solder or are all of your connections accomplished via mechanical means? Just curious.elizilla said:I buy them to ride, not as investments. But I do agree with Ron about certain types of farkles. For example, drilling holes in the exhaust to make it louder. I wouldn't ever do it and I wouldn't buy a used bike that had it. And I think it's really important, when adding electrical farkles, to avoid hacking up the stock wiring harness. I never cut anything in the stock harness, or add anything to the circuits already in the bike; instead I build an entire separate accessory harness that goes to the battery, and my only intersection with the stock wiring is a tap for switched power to trigger a relay. I choose this very carefully - I don't want it to foster corrosion of the existing harness, even 20 years from now, and I don't want it to weaken anything. I like posi-taps for this, with dialectric grease on the point, but I try to avoid using a posi-tap an important wire - I prefer an accessory wire or a taillight wire; there are usually plenty of wires that switch with the ignition, that don't actually affect the bike's ignition system. Sometimes I get that switch by unplugging a stock connector, and making something with matching connectors that I can plug inline, which contains my tap. I don't like those insulation cutter phone taps, and I don't like cutting/splicing/soldering any stock wiring. I don't want a used bike that this has been done to, either. Things like that are potential trouble spots.
I know the purists think nothing but solder will do. But in my experience it always fails. Always. And quickly, too. It makes the wiring brittle and it breaks. And yes, I know you are supposed to heat the wire, and press the solder to it so it wicks in, not just heat the solder and drip it in. But it's terrible, it doesn't work. Heating the wire just makes it brittle and melts the insulation. Some of the solder purists have told me I must not have a good soldering iron, and maybe that's true. It's on my list to research and buy one, but so far I haven't. If it is true, then obviously I can't just buy whatever soldering iron looks good - I will have to research the topic. And I haven't done it yet, since I am having great success with my crimps.SisuTen said:In regards to building custom harnesses. Do you ever solder or are all of your connections accomplished via mechanical means? Just curious.
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Eastern Beaver sells the other side of that 4 wire aux plug. You could just make your own adapter for your fuze block and plug right into that one....doctorj said:About the only thing I did different than Katherine was to do a positap on the blue/black wire from the accessory 4 wire plug to get switched power to my fuzeblock. If it bites the dust in the future, I'll make a different connection since it would be pretty easy. But I've had pretty good luck with positaps.
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I have been working out of town for 2 weeks. Man I missed this forum. and you are so right life is to short.justbob said:RonH, there are a lot of things in this world that piss me off. To name a few, distracted drivers, the way our government is being run and the shape our country is in. What people choose to do to their motorcycle is strictly a personal decision and in no way affects me or you. You have repeatedly expressed your displeasure with the personal choices of others, I dont get it.
Let it go, lifes too short. Go ride your motorcycle and have fun, dont sweat the petty stuff and dont pet the sweaty stuff.