smike58
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"You don't stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding"
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Registered: Aug 16, 2021 23:33:14 GMT -7
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Post by smike58 on Jun 8, 2024 12:09:36 GMT -7
I just bought a set of these from Yamaha and they look brilliant on the bike, but I wondered anyone else has had a nightmare fitting them? - They rate them 5 spanners as hard to fit but TBH, the biggest issue of all was the lack of detail in the instructions and the design of the connections
- Feeding the wires through the handlebars and fishing them out was a tad tricky, but...
- The thing I struggled with was fitting the pre wired bullet terminal connectors with a bulky rubber cover through the hole in the headstock, even harder for the second one, it took ages.
- There is barely enough space for the connectors in the channel so very fiddly.
- Not only that once done the two connectors sit in the channel and there is no plug or blanking plat to stop the ingress of water when it rains.
It seems to me that a tad more thought on the cable design and it would be a whole lot easier. Any thoughts? Simon 2024 MT10 SP - London |
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Post by RedAndBlack on Jun 9, 2024 21:45:06 GMT -7
Welcome to the forum!
Sounds pretty complicated. Only thing I can contribute is maybe wrap the connectors with electric tape?
Would love to see some pics.
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smike58
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"You don't stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding"
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Post by smike58 on Jun 24, 2024 0:55:51 GMT -7
Thanks, good advice, and that is how we solved the problem; we taped the connectors so they occupied the narrowest space and pulled them up through the fork stem with twine. I made an improvised bung from a rubber space to stop water ingress. Sorry didn't take pictures. The end result is great the indicators are far easier to see.
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