Today, finally got round to re-wiring and re-fitting the indicators. Aka trafficators, flashers, turn signals.
It's peeing down with rain today so it felt good to spend two hours in the garage, cutting new earth wires, sheathing them with heat shrink, crimping bullets. This earth wire, fitted 2019, shows why the wires need to be armoured with heat shrink - without additional protection, the insulation has worn away and the copper has mostly spilt. Caused by vibration and rubbing where the wire passes up through the orifice in the rear mudguard. One solution would be to ride the bike less. [Raspberry]
Tidied up the wiring under the seat a little bit as well.
All four flashers now flash - a few years ago, before I owned a Triumph TR6, knew nada about bike wiring and would probably have been at a loss to fix them.
It's peeing down with rain today so it felt good to spend two hours in the garage, cutting new earth wires, sheathing them with heat shrink, crimping bullets. This earth wire, fitted 2019, shows why the wires need to be armoured with heat shrink - without additional protection, the insulation has worn away and the copper has mostly spilt. Caused by vibration and rubbing where the wire passes up through the orifice in the rear mudguard. One solution would be to ride the bike less. [Raspberry]
Tidied up the wiring under the seat a little bit as well.
All four flashers now flash - a few years ago, before I owned a Triumph TR6, knew nada about bike wiring and would probably have been at a loss to fix them.