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Update: With the help of my neighbor, the one with all the Harleys, we managed to get the battery out.
Hurray! So, when you put the new battery in, is all good?
Not that fast! There is a wire that got cut. We are not copacetic yet.
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Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
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Same frame.

And was that a Motobatt that you gouged out? In which case I'm surprised you're putting one back in again (the two I've purchased before had early deaths).
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Same frame.

And was that a Motobatt that you gouged out? In which case I'm surprised you're putting one back in again (the two I've purchased before had early deaths).
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And was that a Motobatt that you gouged out? In which case I'm surprised you're putting one back in again (the two I've purchased before had early deaths).
I have used 4 of them in my GTS, Aprilia SC, and Typhoon. All have outlasted previous Yuasa batteries.
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Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
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Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
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Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
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Max6200 wrote:
Attila wrote:
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jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
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znomit wrote:
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Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
Which one, love?
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Max6200 wrote:
znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
Which one, love?
The thing that swelled up too big for the hole it was in.
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Max6200 wrote:
znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
Which one, love?
I'm Italian, for us talking about virginity at 360 ° is still a taboo ... but really.
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znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
Which one, love?
The thing that swelled up too big for the hole it was in.
OMG!
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Attila wrote:
znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
znomit wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Attila wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
jimc wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Just a side question:

Yes anything's supposed to be on this two bolts?
On our 300s the turn signal relay is fixed to those.
It's a GTS 250
... no longer a virgin ...
Well it's like a virgin.
Looks like you've removed one of the bits that got f****d.
Which one, love?
The thing that swelled up too big for the hole it was in.
OMG!
I hope they used protection, and pulled it out before it made that mess, I think one of them might end up with a bit of a rash.
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Did you see the pictures of the f****** battery?
I am coming unhinged.
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did you do anything to neutralize the acid that must have spilled as it got pulverized??
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did you do anything to neutralize the acid that must have spilled as it got pulverized??
Baking soda and water wash.
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Can you take a picture of the wire that got broken so I know what it will take to fix it?
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Hi JimC,

Aren't these the relays you're talking about? They seem to be in a different position on the 250.
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good on ya for cleaning up the acid - just figured it should be done or you will have a nasty surprise later.
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Update:
All is fixed up. She is on again. Headache emoticon

Here's a picture of her rear end.
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Max6200 wrote:
Update:
All is fixed up. She is on again. Headache emoticon

Here's a picture of her rear end.
What's with that?

Why the picture of the spare fuel tank?

He's saying that after getting new keys and getting the ECU virginized. we finally got the scooter started again.

Thanks Motovista and everyone else that helped.

Riding season will be here before we know it.
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vintage red matthew wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
Update:
All is fixed up. She is on again. Headache emoticon

Here's a picture of her rear end.
What's with that?

Why the picture of the spare fuel tank?

He's saying that after getting new keys and getting the ECU virginized. we finally got the scooter started again.

Thanks Motovista and everyone else that helped.

Riding season will be here before we know it.
George rocks. He is the best. And riding season has never left me.
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I posted a rear shot because the whole scooter is in pieces.
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Max6200 wrote:
Here's a picture of her rear end.
Have you never had any issue with the spare gas can mounted this way? I would think those plumbing clamps would loosen or fail under load and vibration?
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Here's a picture of her rear end.
Have you never had any issue with the spare gas can mounted this way? I would think those plumbing clamps would loosen or fail under load and vibration?
Never had a problem with it dude.
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