short round wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:My fuse blowing problem was a PARTIALLY connected connector under the tank. Press the connectors in to make sure they are fully connected. Just be careful not to drop the tank in the process like I did, ouch, now I have a small dent I covered with a "bra".
Apparently the tanks on these bikes are pretty slippery. The old man I bought my 87 from blamed both dents on mine on dropping the tank while fixing something else.
Didn't help much that my first work on it was changing bars, and I dropped the old bars on the tank and made a 4" scratch. Oh well... I really wanted mine black instead of purple anyway, and I've got the black epoxy and spray equipment to make it happen when I get a round toit.
BTW, Short Round... I like your part of the country, and was raised in NW Ark from age 5-15 down near Eureka Springs. Beautiful riding country.
Regards,
John
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