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OP Phillip..P. Smith UTC details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
OP Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	UTC quote Anybody in USA had any experience on an insurance claim where one personally shorted out a battery and caused a direct short to the battery and burnt wiring on the bike?

OP Phillip..P. Smith UTC details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
OP Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	UTC quote Texas in particular!

OP Phillip..P. Smith UTC details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
OP Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	UTC quote I set my battery charger on the wrong setting and "BING"! it got it!

OP Phillip..P. Smith UTC details Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604
OP Phillip..P. Smith Molto Verboso Piaggio mp3 500 Joined: UTC Posts: 1312 Location: Longview,Texas 75604	UTC quote I have found in the past that most InsurancePolicies do not exclude Dumb Ass!

greenspam UTC details Hooked Piaggio MP3 500 2016 Joined: UTC Posts: 111 Location: Chicago
greenspam Hooked Piaggio MP3 500 2016 Joined: UTC Posts: 111 Location: Chicago	UTC quote Phillip..P. Smith wrote: Anybody in USA had any experience on an insurance claim where one personally shorted out a battery and caused a direct short to the battery and burnt wiring on the bike? I highly doubt insurance covers incorrect maintenance/repair.

sbaert UTC details Molto Verboso 2015 MP3 500 ie Business Joined: UTC Posts: 1373 Location: Belgium
sbaert Molto Verboso 2015 MP3 500 ie Business Joined: UTC Posts: 1373 Location: Belgium	UTC quote Must have been a really old or really crummy charger. Most of today's motorcycle chargers such as the Optimate series i.e. Optimate4 automatically detect if the leads are connected in the wrong order and indicates as such before allowing current to go to the battery or the vehicle's electrical system. https://optimate1.com/om4/

jimc UTC details Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 45149 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA
jimc Moderaptor The Hornet (GT200, aka Love Bug) and 'Dimples' - a GTS 300 Joined: UTC Posts: 45149 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	UTC quote It'd be rare for the battery itself to die from a reversed charger, usually it's just the main fuse that blows as the regulator dumps a load of current through the Zener diode across its output.

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