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Ancient Fuse on Handlebars?

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I was changing my headlight and I am wondering what the ancient fuse goes to on the handlebars. It looks like something from when the other farings were on it but I have no clue or if it is ok to just snip it off and tuck it away. It is connected inline to a blue with red stripe wire and when I disconnect it everything on the bike still works fine. It was just dangling behind the handlebar tree and not in the headlight housing.


Thanks,
Jon
 
Hi,

I would suggest tracing the wire and see if it goes back to the auxiliary connection in the fuse box. It might go directly to the battery since it's fused. But either way, I'm thinking that it was for some kind of aux device like a cigarette lighter, stereo, charging adapter, etc. It probably won't hurt a thing to cut it back or just remove it if you're not going to use it.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
snowmobilejon5000 said:
I was changing my headlight and I am wondering what the ancient fuse goes to on the handlebars. It looks like something from when the other farings were on it but I have no clue or if it is ok to just snip it off and tuck it away. It is connected inline to a blue with red stripe wire and when I disconnect it everything on the bike still works fine. It was just dangling behind the handlebar tree and not in the headlight housing.


Thanks,
Jon
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Jon, Stock wiring of 850 has no fuse anywere other than the fuse box. So your quess that it was something added sounds good.

Only Blue/Red wire I see on schematic has to do with the speed signal in the speedo that is involved with the auto cancel of turn signals. SO does not make any scence to tapp into that wire.

Dave.
 
I snipped it and tucked it into my headlight assembly. I have a worse problems now, I stripped a stud on the oil filter cap and now I have to replace it and having a hell of a time finding a new one. I live in the sticks.
 
snowmobilejon5000 said:
I snipped it and tucked it into my headlight assembly. I have a worse problems now, I stripped a stud on the oil filter cap and now I have to replace it and having a hell of a time finding a new one. I live in the sticks.
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You can use a bolt in a pinch. But then you need the correct thread pitch etc. Probably no help is your are in the sticks.

This happens a lot to folks I think they may have them at an Ace Hardware etc.
 
snowmobilejon5000 said:
I snipped it and tucked it into my headlight assembly. I have a worse problems now, I stripped a stud on the oil filter cap and now I have to replace it and having a hell of a time finding a new one. I live in the sticks.
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Jon, Readily avaialble at about any online parts supplier that has OEM "microfische" parts lookup. May pay a dollor fifty for each one (might as well get all three) but then have to pay 8-9 dollars shipping. I have seen them at hardwars stores that have metric studs. Seems that those threads and that length is somewhat common if they have any meteric ones at all (can not state the specs at the moment). The acorn nut did not seem to be as easy to find.

I am not that much of a gear head and I have replaced a couple myself.

>>>later note:
Suzuki OEM part number:
01421-0620A
part number 13 on the sheet for "oil pump, oil filter"


13STUD BOLT
01421-0620A (replaces 01421-06208) 3$1.47$1.08

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