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After awaking at 3:45 in the morning, trying and failing to get the taillight functioning properly, spending the day recovering from the trauma, I received the following email.
Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, we will not be doing the ride tomorrow. The forecast is rain all morning until 10am, I don't think any balloons are going up in that!
So not only was the waking wholly unnecessary, so was the time spent repairing the scooter.
I returned to the Letta in the afternoon. I could not get the set screw out of the post, so I soldered a new run of wire directly to it. At the other end, I attached the new wire to the post on the ignition switch to which the old wire (or at least a wire of the same color-indication as the old wire) was formerly attached.
Now the light shines perfectly when the engine is not running, but flickers as the engine is revved. Electrics was never my strong suit, though I have learned over the years how to use a soldering iron and a multimeter, and I confess to an irrational affection for solderless bullet and slide connectors. I may try tying the bypass wire into the instrument lights. The only change would be that the taillight would not turn on with the parking lights. Who the heck uses parking lights on a motorcycle anyway?
Posted by Underblog at October 9, 2005 9:48 AM
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