ScottRNelson
Mr. Dual Sport Rider
Throwing this out there in case anybody has a better idea than what I've come up with.
After replacing the steering head bearings on my 2001 XR650L I put it all back together and the only issue I had was that the horn didn't work. One of the wires had come off, so I plugged it back in but still silence.
Today I took a bunch of stuff apart to figure out where the failure is. I applied power to the horn itself and it honks - that wimpy Honda honk, but better than nothing. Getting out the wiring diagram, I see that it's a light green wire that goes from the horn switch all the way through to the horn. I took the horn switch apart, pulled apart the connector behind the headlight and there is no continuity between the green wire at the switch and the green wire at the connector. Apparently I managed to break it when the bars and instruments were hanging by the wires (yeah, don't do that).
My concern is that the wires from the left handlebar switch go into a big wad of wires that are all wrapped together, then eventually come out at a six pin connector. I don't really want to unwind that whole wad of wires, so I'm thinking of cutting into the wrapping around the wires where it's small near the switch and where it's back small near the connector, then solder in a replacement wire. It won't be pretty, but I can at least make sure that I now have a connection.
Any other ideas on how to fix this?
After replacing the steering head bearings on my 2001 XR650L I put it all back together and the only issue I had was that the horn didn't work. One of the wires had come off, so I plugged it back in but still silence.
Today I took a bunch of stuff apart to figure out where the failure is. I applied power to the horn itself and it honks - that wimpy Honda honk, but better than nothing. Getting out the wiring diagram, I see that it's a light green wire that goes from the horn switch all the way through to the horn. I took the horn switch apart, pulled apart the connector behind the headlight and there is no continuity between the green wire at the switch and the green wire at the connector. Apparently I managed to break it when the bars and instruments were hanging by the wires (yeah, don't do that).
My concern is that the wires from the left handlebar switch go into a big wad of wires that are all wrapped together, then eventually come out at a six pin connector. I don't really want to unwind that whole wad of wires, so I'm thinking of cutting into the wrapping around the wires where it's small near the switch and where it's back small near the connector, then solder in a replacement wire. It won't be pretty, but I can at least make sure that I now have a connection.
Any other ideas on how to fix this?