elus1ve
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Recently changed my taillight to a motodynamic model and did all the connection using the provided connectors. No messing with the original harness and soldering involved (except for the turn signal). Finish the job with some dielectric compound around the connections to protect them from water.
The tail light has a flashing stop so when I brake it will flash 3 times before going steady. However I noticed that when the bike is cold, braking would initiate the 3 consecutive flash then go steady for a couple of seconds before doing the flashing again and it would repeat itself. Front or rear brake makes no difference. Delay between flashing varies. The weird part is that after a good warm up / some 10 mins of riding this behaviour will stop.
Additionally and I am not sure it is related but it appeared at the same time - the radiator fan seems to be acting up. It usually kicks in at around 100deg and stays on until it goes back to around 96 deg. But a couple of times, it would start then stop while it is still at 100 deg or higher and picks up again after a few seconds. And today it didn't start until it was at 112 deg and thought the fuse must have blown. However when I stopped the bike, I heard the fan starts blowing.
Otherwise every other electrical component is working fine.
I intend to have a look the wires I touched while doing the tail light and do some cleaning on the connectors. I do not have a volt meter to test and I don't think it is the brake switches since both front and rear are having the same behaviour. Any suggestion on specific parts I need to verify? Could avoid me going through everything trying to find the culprit.
The tail light has a flashing stop so when I brake it will flash 3 times before going steady. However I noticed that when the bike is cold, braking would initiate the 3 consecutive flash then go steady for a couple of seconds before doing the flashing again and it would repeat itself. Front or rear brake makes no difference. Delay between flashing varies. The weird part is that after a good warm up / some 10 mins of riding this behaviour will stop.
Additionally and I am not sure it is related but it appeared at the same time - the radiator fan seems to be acting up. It usually kicks in at around 100deg and stays on until it goes back to around 96 deg. But a couple of times, it would start then stop while it is still at 100 deg or higher and picks up again after a few seconds. And today it didn't start until it was at 112 deg and thought the fuse must have blown. However when I stopped the bike, I heard the fan starts blowing.
Otherwise every other electrical component is working fine.
I intend to have a look the wires I touched while doing the tail light and do some cleaning on the connectors. I do not have a volt meter to test and I don't think it is the brake switches since both front and rear are having the same behaviour. Any suggestion on specific parts I need to verify? Could avoid me going through everything trying to find the culprit.