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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Vacation Fun 06/29/14 at 13:13:20 5.5 hours from home my scooter takes a crap. Melted wires from tail light to headlight. Fun times!
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S-P Serious Thumper Offline Back in the saddle again Posts: 816 Phoenix, AZ Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #1 - 06/29/14 at 13:15:09 YIKES! Any idea what caused it?
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #2 - 06/29/14 at 13:30:30 Replaced the tail light bulb with one that wasn't exactly the same. Only .5 amp more draw. Don't know if that's why though. Had the seat and tank off a few times. Maybe pinched a wire. Hot weather and hours on the highway? Your guess is as good as mine.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #3 - 06/29/14 at 13:34:58 At least it has company at the towing yard.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28651 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #4 - 06/29/14 at 13:42:45 I had an LED tailight short out on the circuitboard and it burnt all the wirng from the rear fender, to under the seat... up to the tank... I was sitting at a traffic light and smelled smoke... looked down and smoke was coming up from the seat... ... Not a huge LED fan any more.., ... PS.. nicest looking tow yard I ever saw...
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engineer Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 872 Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #5 - 06/29/14 at 17:59:08 That's a really bad piece of luck! Strange thing is that it looks more like melted solder than it does burnt wiring. Do you have stock tail light and turn signals?
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Re: Vacation Fun
Reply #6 - 06/30/14 at 02:04:26

S-P wrote on 06/29/14 at 13:15:09:

YIKES! Any idea what caused it?

It's a Savage, they do that occasionally. JA Pan Inc copied the old British motorcycle industry a little too well... Angry

In the just shy of 4K in less than 2.5 months I've had mine, it has gotten quirky. Haunted headlight, massive oil leaks, both sets of brakes are in dire need of replacement, cam whir, melted a turn signal lens (bulb got HOT)...

You ride them, you fix them, you repeat.

The Savage/S40 is as close as you'll find these days to a late 50s or early 60s racing single. They are kind of like recently graduated high school age girls, cute and quirky, with issues. Grin

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #7 - 06/30/14 at 03:58:14 it certainly stinks, be glad it was just one wire that fried though
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Re: Vacation Fun
Reply #8 - 06/30/14 at 11:33:05

Serowbot wrote on 06/29/14 at 13:42:45:

I had an LED tailight short out on the circuitboard and it burnt all the wirng from the rear fender, to under the seat... up to the tank... Not a huge LED fan any more.., Huh

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Really? Interesting.
I have been a fan of LED's for a long time, and put them in many applications. (12 Vdc & 120Vac). Just put in one of the new, tail light 1157's in my S-40.
The problem I had, (all ac related), Very short life, Dim/Bright/Dim/Bright, or flash on/off.

Never had any trouble in DC apps.

Another thing to keep an eye on?

Anybody else have trouble with LED's in MC's ?

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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #9 - 06/30/14 at 11:59:25 Did that light a fire under your a$$ ?
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #10 - 06/30/14 at 16:44:35 I just got home from this whole escapade. By the time I factor in the extra night in a hotel truck rental fuel towing cost etc. I ended up spending $700 to get that lump of crap home. And the wire that burn burn from the tail light to the headlight and it melted the insulation on other wires near it so its going to be a lot of work.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #11 - 06/30/14 at 16:45:27 Arnold wrote on 06/30/14 at 11:59:25: Did that light a fire under your a$$ ?
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #12 - 06/30/14 at 16:48:30 it was interesting though. I had a guy with his little boy in a pickup truck stop to see if I was OK when I was on the side of the road. I had a guy riding a BMW motorcycle stop. All the Harleys kept going of course. And one of the Japanese bikes had a girl passenger rubbernecking and started laughing at me. That really pissed me off.
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Arnold Serious Thumper Offline The dude abides... Posts: 896 Westchester, NY Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #13 - 06/30/14 at 17:12:01 Reveals the character of some people really. You may be better off buying a whole harness from ebay.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Vacation Fun Reply #14 - 06/30/14 at 17:33:36 Or check what's on the market place here.
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