First, the connector i was talking about is actually behind the guage cluster, which is in the area above where you are looking. There isnt much room to work behind the actual guage cluster but thats where the connector is that was causing my problems. Second, the problem you're having looks like it could very well be due to the disaster the previous owner caused in all that wiring. My advice to you is dont touch anything yet until you find that yellow connector behind the guages. Play with that first, if that doesnt fix the problem, then dive head first into that cluster of wiring you've got goin on behind your headlights. Good luck.

 

Before going too far, make sure your battery is at 12-13 volts and is properly connected. Then check fuses.

Then, if you have a Haynes manual (or the download from this site), I would spend some time studying the wiring diagram and just start one by one. It'll be a long process (I did it on my bike as well), but I went through, soldered and used heat shrink to ensure all of the connections were constant.

I would think you have a short going on somewhere in there if you don't have any any lights coming on...

 

mafarlou, did you have any luck? Fill us in!

 

I haven't had any luck yet I'm in college and finals are coming up so I've had to spend a lot of time studying, and on top of that my bike is my only mode of transportation so I've had to change my schedule to ensure that I have a ride to school, so sometimes I have to wait at a friend's place of work till they go, this week I've even gone with a friend to their dentist appointment...I'm hoping that today I'll have some time to look behind the cluster and fix everything....it sucks so much not being able to ride...especially since its sooooo nice out in FL right now...

 

Alright so I had a little bit of time today after church to check out my cluster and things don't look so good at all...i think i found the wire part you were talking about Chrisct, is it a whole bunch of wires on one big connector located on the tachometer part of the cluster?

the bad part is the back of my cluster is metled, i have a picture of it...it's not pretty. Could that also affect my bike?




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the melted part is behind the spedometer section, and as you can see the circuit board in there is totally exposed to whatever might somehow work its way up into there.

 

The part i was talking about is just a white connector between two harnesses of wiressuspended right behind the speedometer/tachometer cluster. It is not actually part of the cluster. As far as the melted part of your cluster... i have no idea what the hell could cause that... is there any evidence of anything that could have led to your cluster to melt like that?

 

nope, nothing. it looks like it melted from the inside out which is even stranger still. next to the cluster? hrm...i'll check on that tomorrow...all i found was a bundle of wires that plugged into the back of my cluster.....