10-01-16, 11:35 PM
As Sinto said (Slightly paraphrased) Whoever did that wiring job wants F-----g with the rough end of a pineapple.
As stated by Sinto, do a proper job, always solder and shrink fit, but do remember to slip a length of shrink fit down the wire on one side of the joint before you solder, (done that a couple of times), the other thing is make sure the shrink fit is far enough away from the joint before applying a hot solder iron.
One thing always worth checking after checking the obvious (Blown Bulbs) is the multi connectors, I had one under the fairing inner cover on the left hand side of my Foxeye FZS 600, my headlamps just went out nearly caused serious accident one night riding down a country lane, but for the quick thinking of a cage driver it could have ended up a much different story. Anyway the offending multi connector (White Plastic) is under that fairing inner cover, water gets into it and causes corrosion, it took some finding because the lights came back on after an hour or so. Intermittent faults are the worse. I cut the offending wires tight to the connector and did a solder heat shrink repair by-passing the connector and it has been fine for 2 or 3 years now. There are 8 or 10 pairs of wires that go to that connector and four pairs had the internal pins corroded almost away, also it is worth cable tying the two halves of the connector together and giving the a blast of WD40 after repairs have been made.
Hope you sort out your lights.
Tommy
As stated by Sinto, do a proper job, always solder and shrink fit, but do remember to slip a length of shrink fit down the wire on one side of the joint before you solder, (done that a couple of times), the other thing is make sure the shrink fit is far enough away from the joint before applying a hot solder iron.
One thing always worth checking after checking the obvious (Blown Bulbs) is the multi connectors, I had one under the fairing inner cover on the left hand side of my Foxeye FZS 600, my headlamps just went out nearly caused serious accident one night riding down a country lane, but for the quick thinking of a cage driver it could have ended up a much different story. Anyway the offending multi connector (White Plastic) is under that fairing inner cover, water gets into it and causes corrosion, it took some finding because the lights came back on after an hour or so. Intermittent faults are the worse. I cut the offending wires tight to the connector and did a solder heat shrink repair by-passing the connector and it has been fine for 2 or 3 years now. There are 8 or 10 pairs of wires that go to that connector and four pairs had the internal pins corroded almost away, also it is worth cable tying the two halves of the connector together and giving the a blast of WD40 after repairs have been made.
Hope you sort out your lights.
Tommy