🚀 go-pugleaf

dammit! i just got the bike out of the shop and already my
#)=$(@&)#$*&)@(# pile has developed some MORE electrical problems!!! okay,
here's the poop for all you who haven't heard: i have a 1982 GS 450.
suzuki made one hell of an engine. the GS is bulletproof
enginewise...electricals, on the other hand, SUCK. i've been having
non-stop troubles w/ my bike with low-current problems and slight
induction (i think) leaks between wires. here's the latest:

my tail light didn't light up last night. it's never been a problem. my
lights have always worked. i start the bike, turn on the lights and no
tail light. the brake lights work, though. so, i turn off the bike and
bicycle where i need to go. *pout* then, today, i take the bike out and
then the right turn signal's acting strange. i have to run an errand to i
park the bike and do my chore and then come back, start up the bike and
the damn turnsignal indicator is lit on my instrument pannel and my switch
is on the "off" position. i kinda rev the engine and the light goes really
bright and then nothing. i turn on the left signal. nothing. the indicator
light turns on but the entire left side is dead (and all the bulbs on that
side are fried i find out later). the right side still works but the
indicator won't light up. strange short, eh? so, i'm in the middle of
tearing things apart (well, not tearing but definitely disecting
carefully) and trying to find the short. 

so, i'm pissed. i just got the bike back from the shop. it runs like all
snot (although i need to go up to 120 jets because i have a lean problem
in my main circuit. ah well. easy thing to do). i was going 90 down the
freeway (yes, i was speeding!) and i had so much throttle left. this is a
wee li'l 450 that's 14 years old and it just wants to go and go. :) i had
a very big grin on my face that day. then this. argh! 

anyone want to play motorcycle electrician w/ me and figure this beastie
out? it's just a short somewhere, i'm sure. i can figure this fucker out,
even if i have to rewire my entire #)=($*@&$)(@* turn signal system! and
the tail light too! but, arrrgh!! 

-Beth, who got an A in electricity and magnetism (and all of her other
9-series physics) but finds that she is still a knucklehead when it comes
to wiring!!! 

       *mine*                                     *in the family*
1973 SL 350 "josephine" (sold to friend)   1971 CL 350 "fred" (almost perfect)
1982 GS 450es "emma" (my current ride)     1970 CL 350 "save me jesus!" 

   "it's worth eating baby food the rest of my life to be a free man!" 
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