Caught up again

If you remember from my post "One step forward...One step back" I mentioned the short out I had that kept blowing fuses and leaving me without turn signals, brake lights, and a horn. Well, I had a buddy of mine up and put some time into trouble shooting the problem.

When I blew the fuse the first time it was while checking the rear brake pedal. So I assumed that the short was somewhere along the rear brake line. It wasn't until I blew another fuse trying the front brake that I remembered the VFR has linked brakes, meaning both front and rear brake pistons are actuated whether the front or rear brake lever is pressed. So the short could be anywhere along any of the brake wires.

LUCKILY, I had my ear open when I blew the fuse the last time and heard a pop coming from up front. Following the brake wire up to the handle I saw that where it connects to the lever assembly the connection had gotten crimped during the lowside and the vibration wore through what was left in the wire insulation and was therefore shorting against the clip-ons everytime.
Crimped area in red.


So I wrapped the area in some electric tape and swiveled the assembly back to a better position and voila. Good to go.

Long write up for a simple problem, but thanks for reading.