Just got a notice that somebody had chimed in on this old thread. So, I'm back again with another story to tell. The Wing's got 31k on it now, and runs like a top. I've loaded it up with a few farkles for safety's sake and even added BTMoto's reflash for a few extra ponies. My Russel Day Long's doing it's job and I'm still riding at 68. It was 14 years ago when I bought the FJR and joined this forum, but alas I'm posting up a storm over on the GL1800riders forum now, so at least all my hot air has a place to go... So the latest: had a close call with my isolated fuse block. I smelled something funny while sitting here in the house and went outside to find smoke coming out of my Honda. I quickly disconnected the battery just in time to find my fuse block badly burned and melted. In the minute or so it took me to disconnect the battery, the entire bike was engulfed in smoke. Whatever went wrong inside that fuse block was happening quickly and I was just in time. My mistake? I didn't have a fuse between the battery and the remote fuse block. Anyway, a good friend of mine wasn't so fortunate. A week later, his Honda with the exact same fuse block caught fire and was destroyed along with perhaps 70k dollars damage to his house. I haven't said much about all this over on the other forum as the company that made the fuse block asked me not to spread a bunch of junk on the forum until they had a chance to investigate. I sent their unit back to them for their evaluation. They've issued a public notice to disconnect the fuse blocks and remove them. Bottome line; I am feeling very, very blessed. If I didn't show up to get that battery disconnected when I did, this would have been a very different post today. Guess I should add that 100 years from now, when I'm busy singing with the angels, maybe I'll get to meet the one that was sent to tap me on the shoulder and suggest that I thought maybe I smelled something. Truth is there was very little to actually smell... at first.
