pg wrote on 10/02/14 at 15:16:02:pg wrote on 10/02/14 at 13:11:06:I have the same problem with my 06 as well. On mine it is the connector on the right side. Or, I have more than 1 issue. I don't understand how it could be that, but when you touch it, the lights horn, turn signals cut on and off. I really don't want to cut & splice 8 wires, but I'll probably have to. If you got any thoughts, please feel free to post.
My understanding the power goes up the left handle bar. How is this possible? Please HELP!
When the electric power goes up the left handlebar.......it does so by the wiring harness that goes up to the left switch assembly - not through the handlebar itself.
You need to study the wiring harness a bit....it provides a lot of information will help you sort things out. The wire colors and the stripes or dashes all tell what is going on.
The red or orange wires provide the positive power supply to the devices and switches.
Black wires with white stripes are ground wires.
The solid black wire is the left turn signal.
The mint green wire is the right turn signal.
The larger yellow wire is the high beam headlight, the smaller yellow wire is the wire for the high beam indicator in the speedometer.
The white wire is the low beam headlight.
The dark blue wire is the neutral light.
The brown wire at the rear of the bike is the tail light and license plat light.
At the front of the bike the running lights are gray.
The brake light at the back is white with a black tracer.
When a wire has two colors - that means it comes through a switch. That means that unless you have that switch turned on - you will not be able to measure any power in the wire.
To isolate electric problems, you need to start testing at the battery and work your way forward. First ground your voltmeter and see if you read 12 volts at the battery positive terminal. Then go to the fuses and see if you get power on both sides of the fuses. Then go to the electrical connectors under the tank and see if you have 12 volts a the orange wire. Then go to the electrical controls on the handlebars and see if the orange wires are supplying 12 volts. Then start testing for power at the both sides (in/out) of the switches....when the switch is turned on.
Sometimes you can tell a bit by watching what does or doesn't work. If you turn on your high beam and the headlight doesn't work - but the high beam indicator light does....then you either have a burned out bulb or the wire between the switch and headlight is faulty. If you have a high beam light but no low beam - then again it is either the bulb or the wire or the switch....and not the power supply to the switch. You need to learn how to bypass the kickstand and clutch safety switches to help diagnose starting and running quirks.
It is sometimes hard to diagnose electric problems on your bike - it is really hard to do it on a forum. You need to thoroughly explain what you have tested and what does and doesn't work.
Link to the wiring diagrams. Some early bikes will have colors different than later bikes.
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1294779818
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