stock ex250 wiring harness ghetto rigged?

cream · March 23rd, 2015, 09:47 PM

i found a burnt ground so i traced the wire back to see how far it went and found these connections held over with electrical tape.. it looks to be the stock wires but its so ghetto rigged.. the wires do look oem so im baffled. im just wondering if anyone knows if these are oem connections or someone messed with the wires. i searched but found nothing and have nothing to refer it to.

alex.s · March 23rd, 2015, 10:12 PM

bro. you're showing us a 480.potato quality photo of some wires that we can't see at all and have no way of knowing where you're looking at...

alex.s · March 23rd, 2015, 10:13 PM

here's a diagram

Ghostt · March 23rd, 2015, 10:17 PM

Hard to really tell from the picture, macro setting might help.

With that said, it could be OEM, the black w/ yellow stripe is the ground for the entire bike, so OEM would need to splice into it along the way. But OEM crimps are easily identified, and sometimes soldered, aftermarket ones look different.

ground wires only melt if either the grounding point is a poor connection, or at some point along the line there is a bad connection/splice, resistance=heat=melted wires, and possibly fire, like in your case.

I would advise that you resplice the wire, then solder the splice, and finish off with heat shrink tubing.

agentbad · March 24th, 2015, 06:43 PM

If the bikes running okay I wouldn't worry to much just make sure they aren't exposed. There are a zillion used 250r wiring harnesses on ebay if it comes to that.

Ghostt · March 24th, 2015, 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agentbad

If they bikes running okay I wouldn't worry to much just make sure they aren't exposed. There are a zillion used 250r wiring harnesses on ebay if it comes to that.

EBay is an awesome source of parts for sure, and inexpensive as well if your patient enough to wait for the deal to come along.

cream · March 24th, 2015, 11:10 PM

replaced ground wire, not sure how it got fried or from what but bike is running great!

Ghostt · March 24th, 2015, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cream

replaced ground wire, not sure how it got fried or from what but bike is running great!

Poor connection, and/or splice that's how.

March 23rd, 2015, 10:12 PM	#2
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	bro. you're showing us a 480.potato quality photo of some wires that we can't see at all and have no way of knowing where you're looking at... __________________________________________________

March 23rd, 2015, 10:13 PM	#3
alex.s wat Name: wat Location: tustin/long beach Join Date: Sep 2009 Motorcycle(s): wat Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '12, Feb '14	here's a diagram __________________________________________________

March 24th, 2015, 06:43 PM	#5
agentbad ninjette.org sage Name: bob Location: Earf Join Date: Apr 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2005 Ninja 250, 2006 SV650N Posts: 642	If the bikes running okay I wouldn't worry to much just make sure they aren't exposed. There are a zillion used 250r wiring harnesses on ebay if it comes to that. Last futzed with by agentbad; March 25th, 2015 at 09:18 AM.

March 24th, 2015, 11:10 PM	#7
cream ninjette.org newbie Name: DLo Location: WestBay Join Date: Mar 2015 Motorcycle(s): 99 ex250F Posts: 9	replaced ground wire, not sure how it got fried or from what but bike is running great!