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Title: Mice suck - new tail pics added 5/7 [56K Warning]
Post by: natedawg120 on April 27, 2009, 09:33:10 AM
So it was a beautiful weekend to ride.  I went up to Fredericksburg to visit friends and family and got to ride.  Well after our ride my buddy noticed that my integrated tail wasn't working for left turns but was for right, and that my front brake switch is faulty.  So no biggie I make sure its the switch and order another.  Now for the turn signal, i look at the wiring and notice how the PO had rigged it rather poorly with the quick spicers and the stock plugs.  I remove the electrical tape to inspect the wires and guess what, the wires for the tail were chewed by a mouse and then twisted back together and wrapped with tape.  the hot wire for the brake light was litterally connected with one strand of copper wire, the brake and ground were chewed but not nearly as bad.  So i get to wait for parts and fix it the right way.  So here goes another week of riding, thanks a lot vermin.
Title: Re: Mice suck
Post by: LOUiE on April 27, 2009, 10:28:54 AM
gah, that sucks.

find a way to keep the wires HOT, that should stop 'em  :thumb:
Title: Re: Mice suck - new tail pics added 5/7
Post by: natedawg120 on May 07, 2009, 06:34:24 PM
here is what i have now to replace the integrated tail :
Before
(http://www.radford.edu/~nmtyler/pics/gsxr/3.jpg)

After
(http://www.radford.edu/~nmtyler/pics/gsxr/moto%20new%20tail.jpg)
Title: Re: Mice suck - new tail pics added 5/7 [56K Warning]
Post by: LOUiE on May 08, 2009, 10:13:23 AM
looks sharp man,

and looks safer.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Mice suck - new tail pics added 5/7 [56K Warning]
Post by: grayghost on May 08, 2009, 10:20:17 AM
i feel your pain Nate, the little bastards just got into the engine well of my 2007 Tacoma, chewed up the supply line from windshield washer res. to the hood nozzels, also chewed thru the wires going from the master cylinder sender unit to the main wiring harness- i'm keepin
poison inside the engine well when i park (also keeping a tray of poison on top of the starter cover on my GS just in case)-
Title: Re: Mice suck - new tail pics added 5/7 [56K Warning]
Post by: natedawg120 on May 08, 2009, 11:28:07 AM
Yeah overall i like the way it turned out.  The blinkers were a bit of a pain to mount and i might end up getting another set cause i mangled one snugging it on, i snugged to much and snapped half the threaded post off  :oops:. 

As a bonus when i had the tail all ripped to hell i found the tank prop that i thought i had lost  :icon_lol: :icon_lol: