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<blockquote data-quote="jbird710" data-source="post: 233536" data-attributes="member: 132"><p>Electrical problems suck. My 2006 XR650L developed a problem when it was about a year old where it would intermittently die and may or may not restart. Was convinced it was a CDI box issue because when I replaced it, problem seemed to go away; for a few weeks. I kept the old one in the tool pack and once it died a few miles from the house, I swapped it on the side of the road. It started and I made it home. Fought this problem for the better part of a year and even the Honda shop where I bought it couldn’t figure it out. One day when tinkering with it, I bumped the main wiring harness next to the steering neck while running and it was like I turned the kill switch off and on quickly; there was a broke wire in the harness that would break contact if I bumped it with the bike running. Didn’t even bother with trying to hunt it down, replaced the whole harness assembly. Haven’t had a problem since.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jbird710, post: 233536, member: 132"] Electrical problems suck. My 2006 XR650L developed a problem when it was about a year old where it would intermittently die and may or may not restart. Was convinced it was a CDI box issue because when I replaced it, problem seemed to go away; for a few weeks. I kept the old one in the tool pack and once it died a few miles from the house, I swapped it on the side of the road. It started and I made it home. Fought this problem for the better part of a year and even the Honda shop where I bought it couldn’t figure it out. One day when tinkering with it, I bumped the main wiring harness next to the steering neck while running and it was like I turned the kill switch off and on quickly; there was a broke wire in the harness that would break contact if I bumped it with the bike running. Didn’t even bother with trying to hunt it down, replaced the whole harness assembly. Haven’t had a problem since. [/QUOTE]

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