First issue with the new ride

[flyday58]

Was installing the new LED headlights from TricLED. The right one wouldn't go to high beam so I unbolted it and pulled the housing back out to investigate. Turned the key, hit the starter, there was a click and all the power went out. Sounded exactly the same as vehicles I've have with loose or corroded battery terminals. Opened the frunk, unzipped the cover, removed the access panel and found this:

Bolt was tight but cross-threaded oc. Cut the end off, ran a tap through the barrel nut and tightened everything back up. Headlight worked fine afterwards so might have been the loose ground causing the issue. Gonna send a nice email to the dealer about this. Luckily an easy fix, lucky the bike didn't die on me out in the desert.
Baptized!:sour:

 

[wd8ajj]

I know who your dealer was here in Las Cruces. I have had some problems with them also. like putting on the panel wrong. They need a checklist before giving the bike back.

 

[Chupaca]

Really...

That is way passed an oops! Mistake. I am surprised you had no issues already...:banghead::banghead:

 

[flyday58]

I know who your dealer was here in Las Cruces. I have had some problems with them also. like putting on the panel wrong. They need a checklist before giving the bike back.

Yeah, they seemed kinda scattered both times I was there. Just spread too thin for what they're trying to do. Bike actually came from the Los Lunas store so I'm thinking the battery was installed there. Either way, you know when you're cross-threading something and that's the time to stop and figure out why.

This stuff happens, but like you said a good pre-delivery QC check should find a lot of these little things. Not that I'm not guilty of cross-threading myself, mind.
:gaah:

 

[Ramg66]

I better tear into mine and check everything again.