Motorcycle Electrical Problems : Easy Fix To Save Money

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In this video I wanted to share this golden technique for solving problematic connections on your motorcycle.

So many people waste time and money on parts they may have never needed when it comes to electronics and things not working.....

Keep this simple trick in your back pocket and you will be surprised at how often it is the solution!

Enjoy!

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[OrangeChickenMoto]

Instead of buying new switches and clusters, I cleaned out and greased my kill switch and starter cluster during a throttle cable replacement. When I started the bike, the low beams were much brighter and all of a sudden, my high beams were working too!! Amazing what a little bit of cleaning will do for our bikes.

[GrievenceCapitolist]

My friend is an electrician . He has a note on the dash of his van . It says, " Is it plugged in ? " . Great tips Cody 👍 .

[lanpanthet]

I'm your brother's from Malaysia, I'm so lucky bcoz God give me chance to watch your videos in YouTube and make me so happy, that my main benelli electrical problem for 3year...I pray to God, may God bless u and your all family, and may God give good health and more happiness in your life and your family... Amin, amin, amin.. I'm islam and i will say from my bottom heart amin for 3times.. for Christian religion say Amen. Tq so much bro❤

[crpth]

TIPS:
- Keep terminals tight.
- Keep terminals CLEAN.
- Keep wires and wire looms properly wrapped, fixed and protected.
- DO NO pull terminals by their wires.
- Protect terminals with a very light film of Vaseline, or any other commercial product of your preference. The first option is simply dirty cheap and readily available.

Now to help cleaning those pesky brass fittings. If using "mechanical means". Example: Dremel with a small wire wheel make short work of having bright shiny metal staring at you.
A wire brush or sand paper (>400) do the job, its just more work.

For those inaccessible terminals inside plugs, females, etc.use (light) acidic solutions! Some examples of very effective safe and readily available acids, in any house. Vinegar, mustard, lemon juice... For what it's worth you can consume them. That's how safe it is. ;-)
- Vinegar being a liquid is ideal to deep parts while soaking them.
- Mustard has the advantage of the thicker consistence. You can apply on vertical surfaces, etc.
Enjoy. Cheers

[Poe]

Cody, you are soo right.. few years ago I had my H Shadow at 2 different service shops for electrical issues and none of them were able to figure it out. One of them even told me to sell it for 300 Euro and be happy. So, I went home and started to inspect everithing from handlebar switches to the battery and found several rusted contacts in the terminals of the fusebox, (the fix was super easy and it is running perfectly ever since). But from that moment on, I have done all small task/maintenance by myself. Only if I would have some engine failure, I will probably go to a repair shop. I even purchased few 1983 oldtimers, and I have a running project for a cafe racer with H CB250N, and the Yazamha XJ550 is beautifull as it is, so I will just restore few parts.

[johnDukemaster]

A friend of mine had electrical problems with his Suzuki SV1000. The dash was crazy, the light and indicators didn't do what they were suppose to. He went to a garage who "went through the whole electrical system" and couldn't find anything wrong, therfore it must be the ECU, they said.
Expensive!
I said to him, "check the wiring, maybe it's a loose end or bad earth?" He did and found a loose connection at the rear light under the seat, plugged it back in again, and result!
Cheap!

Now, that garage will probably not see any of us again!

[Spitfireseven]

This is the finest kind of video available on Youtube. Practical common sense ideas like I see here are what makes the world go round. When I was sixteen years old working for an electrical company in Miami Beach we had a guy that not only did the repair to what was happening to the wall circuit, he knew how to assess what was happening in the whole deal with why something wasn't working. He would straighten out the whole deal. We sure did dump out a lot of lint traps down inside the washer or dryer that the customer had. This harness stuff is exactly what he would have shown me if we were involved with this stuff. JUST WONDERFUL!

[studvickwicklewire]

great tip for anyone who messes with any kind of vehicle

[JoseyWhales-iidk]

Cody i have a 1991 honda nighthawk cb750 & you are my go to guy anytime i work on my bike...thank you so much for sharing brother 🇺🇸

[randallissimo]

DeOxit D5 spray. I am an electronics repairman, and I couldn't live without it. Won't help your worn out or loose connections, but it sure helps with oxidation.

[CP]

I just saw this! Low tech, common sense approach to all things connected my friend. I signed up for your course. I have been riding for over 50 years and did a LOT of trail side surgery BUT always tr to learn more. Thank you for this and the great course I have coming. Stay safe and well in this new year.

[leestevens]

Very good content and advise. One thing that I would suggest, contact cleaner spray and a non-conductive long bristle brush. Clean the connections.

[franciskretschmer]

Great video, checked out the course too, awesome information and way more than I imagined. Thanks for keeping the motorcycle community alive

[jontnoneya]

Great stuff - I was once left on the side of the road by my MC that had a total loss of power. EVERYONE I talked to said "Oh it might be this component that died" or "check the fuses" and guess what it loose terminal on the battery. I'd added a trickle charger and didn't put any sort of lock tite on the thread and after about a year, it had wiggled itself loose. That's all it was.

[jthomp]

Honda had an internal TSB captioned "a new twist on connectors", back in the early 80's. It worked wonders and the cars weren't even that old. Just a couple of years. If we got to the connector too late, and it was melted, either 2 harnesses needed replaced or you did what we did where I worked. We would cut the wires out of the connector and solder them together. It was a lot faster and cheaper than replacing 2 harnesses. It also got rid of the poor connection that caused the over heating.

[GuaranteedEtern]

This happened to me - the connector from the ignition switch was burnt/melted probably because of this exact reason. The connector was melted inside, and the wires sleeve had burnt so it was well beyond this fix - so I basically soldered the wires together and all good. The other alternative is a whole new wiring harness, which is way more cost/work.

[Sample_pumpkin]

Been throwing money at my bike been watching your videos and gonna try some things you said especially tuning the carb and throttle

[jimseagle]

Excellent job. Good explanation and at an understandable pace.

[danhjones]

Hay, I had a 83 Honda Shadow Vt750c follow me home . It's keeping me biz..
I just wanted to say thanks for all your help . Thanks

[murphmurph]

If you change enough parts you'll eventually fix it 😮$$$$ very good video thanks for posting