1975 XS650 Electrical Problem

[Kelly McCurnin]

Hi Guys,
When I hook up the blue wire in the headlight bucket the bike blows a fuse. Right now I have it taped up. I went wire by wire and that's the only one that blows the fuse. Any ideas? thank you Kelly

 

[TwoManyXS1Bs]

The "blue" wires are part of the lighting.

There's also a slightly lighter "sky blue" wire that goes to the neutral switch, which gets grounded when in neutral. Put the trans in any gear, and see if that wire still blows a fuse...

 

[gggGary]

Hi Guys,
When I hook up the blue wire in the headlight bucket the bike blows a fuse. Right now I have it taped up. I went wire by wire and that's the only one that blows the fuse. Any ideas? thank you Kelly

picture; worth a 1000 words.

 

[Kelly McCurnin]

The "blue" wires are part of the lighting.

There's also a slightly lighter "sky blue" wire that goes to the neutral switch, which gets grounded when in neutral. Put the trans in any gear, and see if that wire still blows a fuse...

Thanks 2M, I'll try that in a couple hours and let you know. Kelly

 

[5twins]

It's pretty easy to tell the two blues apart. One is much darker than the other usually. The darker blue is all the lighting except the headlight. That would include all the little instrument illumination bulbs and the tail light. I think I'd be checking the wiring from about the middle of the bike back to the tail light first. That tail light blue wire takes quite a few twists and turns, and passes through the fender and into the tail light housing. Lots of spots for it to rub and short out on something.

 

[XSLeo]

Where the blue wire passes through the bulb socket for the tail light is often a place where the wire gets chafed enough to short out.
Leo

 

[XSLeo]

Where the blue wire passes through the bulb socket for the tail light is often a place where the wire gets chafed enough to short out.
Leo