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Offline import_tuner13

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What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« on: December 26, 2010, 11:41:35 AM »
anyone have any ideas?  people say its a ground....but I think that it went to the box that made our motorcycles transformers.  mines an autobot.   ;D ;D ;D ;D

any other (outlandish) ideas?

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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #1 on: December 26, 2010, 11:46:20 AM »
The green wire hooks up to the red wire in the headlight bucket and turns the signals into blinking Xmas lights, perfect for this time of year!
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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #2 on: December 26, 2010, 12:44:23 PM »
It was put there for the optional seat warmer. Not a lot people know that. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2010, 12:51:34 PM »
The Electrical Engineers at Honda were just messing with us.

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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2010, 01:22:58 PM »
Honda foresaw the "Green" movement and added that wire as a gesture of solidarity.

You just can never be "too green".

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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2010, 02:46:13 PM »
It's the Honda universal dongle.



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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2010, 05:20:22 PM »
At first the movie "Back To The Future" was going to use a 1974 Honda CB750, rather than the DeLorean.
The green wire was to hook up to the Flux Capacitor's main relay!

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Re: What the green wire goes to on our bikes
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2010, 06:31:20 PM »
I think they must have been really laughing when they made the black wire positive.  :D

The Electrical Engineers at Honda were just messing with us.

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