A Word On Wiring

We have come across this quite often recently, so I feel it needs addressing. Fixing wiring or adding lights, LEDs, horns...etc... DO NOT twist your electrical connections together and then tape over them. DO NOT use cheap crimp connections that are the wrong size. That might cut it in the car world but in the air-cooled v-twin world its asking for a myriad of problems later.

Now before you laugh, we have seen this twice this month and once last month. So it does really happen. You would think it was common sense to solder and heat shrink your electrical connections, but not everyone does. My favorite was someone who went to all the trouble to heat shrink connections and had twisted the wires together underneath. The problem on Harleys and motorcycles in general is heat and vibration. You ground wires out, short them out and generally cause all kinds of mayhem and as the wires shake around they loosen up and get worse.

You can get all the supplies you need from AutoZone, Oreilly's or Radio Shack rather inexpensively. Doing the job right the first time will save you trouble and money in the long run. Nobody wants to pay for hours of electrical diagnosis that could have easily been avoided. Don't cheap out and cause yourself more problems later.

--Aaron