James Sea
XS400 Member
Hey everyone on XS400.com, on my last thread people's responses were super helpful, so here goes my new, current dilemma: about a week ago I was riding my bike and I had just started it up and had ridden about 6 miles when I noticed that there was a burning smell coming from my bike. I pulled over and I was shocked to see that there were flames coming from under my seat. After putting out the fire, with my backpack, I realized that the positive cable to the battery had been the source. Specifically, the connection point between the cable and the battery.
I'm currently getting a new battery and cable but I need to find the reason why this happened and fix it before I can go riding again. I'm thinking maybe the generator or possibly the voltage regulator went bad and were sending too much charge to the battery. I was wondering if anyone had some input for this problem, I would really appreciate it.
I'm currently getting a new battery and cable but I need to find the reason why this happened and fix it before I can go riding again. I'm thinking maybe the generator or possibly the voltage regulator went bad and were sending too much charge to the battery. I was wondering if anyone had some input for this problem, I would really appreciate it.