Fudmucker
Grey Hound
So, I am fairly conversant with the G/S electrical system.
The old battery in my Paralever GS is DEAD and I remove it to get a new one.
The new one is aftermarket and the poles are reversed, so I look at redirecting the cables to suit.
I come across a standard G/S fuse box attached to the frame.
Then I see there are no wires leading to it...
WTF ! ?
Have I got an electrical system with ZERO fuse protection? :eek7:
I methodically cut all the cable ties around the wiring loom looking for clues.
Apart from my own installed GPS power cable with in-line fuse, I see nothing.atch:
I sit down on a crate and contemplate the options...
Then I go back to the other side of the bike and look further.
I spot a wiring loom leading back on the exhaust side.
Is that a workshop computer coupling port behind the exhaust side cover? Surely not?
Reaching through the gaping hole where the battery must come,
I remove the lid and spy a row of nice neat paddle fuses...
RELIEF!
I go back to getting the battery in place and discover the aftermarket doesn't fit the cradle due to corner protrusions.
I consider the options / modifcations :deal: and decide on the way forward.
I Vespa :ricky: back to the battery shop for a refund (thank you!) and zoom up the N1South to the dealer for an OEM battery.
Twice the price, twice the warranty and it fits... :
Now just to fit the bigger GS tank I had resprayed and it is ready for the Great Gathering. ;D
The old battery in my Paralever GS is DEAD and I remove it to get a new one.
The new one is aftermarket and the poles are reversed, so I look at redirecting the cables to suit.
I come across a standard G/S fuse box attached to the frame.
Then I see there are no wires leading to it...
WTF ! ?
Have I got an electrical system with ZERO fuse protection? :eek7:I methodically cut all the cable ties around the wiring loom looking for clues.
Apart from my own installed GPS power cable with in-line fuse, I see nothing.
atch:I sit down on a crate and contemplate the options...
Then I go back to the other side of the bike and look further.
I spot a wiring loom leading back on the exhaust side.
Is that a workshop computer coupling port behind the exhaust side cover? Surely not?
Reaching through the gaping hole where the battery must come,
I remove the lid and spy a row of nice neat paddle fuses...
RELIEF!
I go back to getting the battery in place and discover the aftermarket doesn't fit the cradle due to corner protrusions.
I consider the options / modifcations :deal: and decide on the way forward.
I Vespa :ricky: back to the battery shop for a refund (thank you!) and zoom up the N1South to the dealer for an OEM battery.
Twice the price, twice the warranty and it fits... :
Now just to fit the bigger GS tank I had resprayed and it is ready for the Great Gathering. ;D
