electrical issues, it keeps frying my ignition wires

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electrical issues, it keeps frying my ignition wires

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I am having issues with my bike ground out and frying my ignition wires.... I just paid 250.00 to get them fixed, I went to go pick up the bike and my mechanic re-wired all the ignition wires and i had the fzr sitting at an idle while we were talking and 10-15 mins go by of it running and i go to leave and before i even get a mile away the wires to the ignition are fried again. does anyone know what this could be? when i say fried i mean they were smoking and melted the wires. he re wired the blinkers also but is what is weird is it was running fine untill i put it in gear and go, any ideas?
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Re: electrical issues, it keeps frying my ignition wires

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Bad ground wire somewhere. Check the negative battery cable and make sure it's secure at both ends. Otherwise, you have a bad ground or maybe a wire is bare and is shorting out along the frame somewhere.
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Re: electrical issues, it keeps frying my ignition wires

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Wires to THE ignition CIRCUIT...as in...wires from the TCI unit that power the coils??

Or "ignition" switch....as in key switch?

Has the simple check of your voltage regulator/rectifier been done? You may have a serious overcharging issue..or you may have AC electricity flowing in your system
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