Here's the background of the issue, yesterday I removed my OEM rear fender and replace it with a front fender out of a Yamaha Stratoliner, after cutting and drilling I made it work, I re-bolted the rectifier on the fender and used double sided tape for the starter relay and stick it to the fender also, installed a side mount lisence plate/tail light, everything was fine, I took off for a ride and the bike was perfect until suddenly stopped, I thought it was out of gas but them I saw that there was no electric power on the bike, I checked all connections and everything was plugged, tracing wires and stuff I found out the relay fuse was shierted out, I ahd a spare in tool box and as soon as I tried to put it in it shorted out too, does anybody have any idea what can be causing this?, I dont understand why the bike was running fine after the mods but then it lost the power cause the fuse is making a short

papi_ocho wrote on 07/08/11 at 07:34:21:



Thanks, I think I found the problem, when I installed the tail light an fender, some of the tail light wires got pinched between the frame and the fender and it seems that was causing the short!

papi_ocho wrote on 07/08/11 at 07:34:21:

I think you're all wet on this one.
My rectumfryer isn't painted, and doesn't have any plastic isolation bushings.

i was also getting blown fuses when trying to start.  my regulator/rectifier had been moved from stock rear fender location.  as soon as i removed it from its new mounting position on my ryca battery box, problem solved.

maybe some r/r's are more susceptible to accidental grounding than others?  i'm planning to remount mine with super velcro, rather than bolting it to the battery box.

thanks for the tip, papi_ocho.  i would have been chasing this short forever!