SueMc
Junior Member
My husband finished installing a set of Hyperpro Lowering springs on my bike just over a week ago. I had taken it out on a couple short trips around to get the feel of it and to make sure I was happy with the settings. I absolutely love it, and the fact that I can almost flat-foot the bike is a real treat! :cheer:
This past weekend was the first longer run I've done. We headed up to Moraine Lake (near Lake Louise), about 200 km away. Because we were planning on doing some hiking up there, I put my Givi bags on to carry our hiking boots and a change of clothes, and also to have a place to store our riding gear while we were there.
I have an AdMore Lighting LED Light Kit installed on the bags as well, and when I was first routing the wiring, I was very careful to check that the wire wouldn't be near the exhaust. Unfortunately, I neglected to check this after lowering the bike by 3 cm... One of the wires coming from the bike to the right saddlebag partially melted through, and when we went to head home, my husband said I had no lights on the bag on that side.
He'll will be able to repair the wire, and we plan to get some insulated wire to help prevent this from happening again. I'm just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions for shielding the underside of the exhaust pipe. We have the wire hooked into the bike in such a way that I can pull it up inside under the seat when the bags aren't on the bike. So it comes down to the underside of the bike through the plastic tray where the tool case sits. The left side wire is in no danger, but the right side wire passes directly under the exhaust on it's way to connect to the bag.
This past weekend was the first longer run I've done. We headed up to Moraine Lake (near Lake Louise), about 200 km away. Because we were planning on doing some hiking up there, I put my Givi bags on to carry our hiking boots and a change of clothes, and also to have a place to store our riding gear while we were there.
I have an AdMore Lighting LED Light Kit installed on the bags as well, and when I was first routing the wiring, I was very careful to check that the wire wouldn't be near the exhaust. Unfortunately, I neglected to check this after lowering the bike by 3 cm... One of the wires coming from the bike to the right saddlebag partially melted through, and when we went to head home, my husband said I had no lights on the bag on that side.
He'll will be able to repair the wire, and we plan to get some insulated wire to help prevent this from happening again. I'm just wondering if anyone has any other suggestions for shielding the underside of the exhaust pipe. We have the wire hooked into the bike in such a way that I can pull it up inside under the seat when the bags aren't on the bike. So it comes down to the underside of the bike through the plastic tray where the tool case sits. The left side wire is in no danger, but the right side wire passes directly under the exhaust on it's way to connect to the bag.