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Short circuit in Katana instrument panel

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John Kat

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Two days ago I was gently warming up my 1150 Kat when all of sudden the Rev counter and all the lights on the instrument panel went dead:mad:.
The engine was still running with no problem.
The instrument fuse had blown and I traced the short circuit to the instrument panel itself.
Expecting the worse I took the cover off and pulled the panel from it's mount.
The source of the problem was obvious: the wires that feed the neutral lamp had been squeezed against the metal mount exposing the live (orange) wire.
In fact most of the wires were close to beeing shorted to ground as you can see on the picture.
Today it would most probably leed to a recall...
I believe it's worthwhile checking the state of these wires on your own Kat to avoid this:rolleyes:
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Someone must have changed the bulbs at some time and did not line the slots up in the rubber holders towards the connecter plug and that helped towards the chafing.
Thanks for the heads up, I am sure it may help some.:)
 
John,
Thanks for the heads up, and the visuals. Is that 21,000 kms or 121,000? Either way, your speedo looks very very nice.

Love your Honda in your other post!
 
gs scott said:
John,
Thanks for the heads up, and the visuals. Is that 21,000 kms or 121,000? Either way, your speedo looks very very nice.

Love your Honda in your other post!
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Scott, I have no idea of the real mileage...
When I bought the bike it came with an 1150 engine in it so I suppose it doesn't really matter anymore.
At least it works:)
 
Matchless said:
Someone must have changed the bulbs at some time and did not line the slots up in the rubber holders towards the connecter plug and that helped towards the chafing.
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For sure, but with the vibrations the wires can move out of the slots.
Suzuki should have placed some insulation behind these connectors as a better engineering practice...
 
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