Found some chafed wiring on my brand new 2024 RTL - anyone else?

[jzeiler]

I was routing a high current line from the battery to up under the rear seat to hook my heated riding gear harnesses into. Found a nice pocket to tuck the lines into where there would be no rubbing on the bottom of the seats. I pulled this harness up to make room for the new line and found the outer covering chafed off and one wire was actually exposed. Looks like they dragged the harness on the floor before they assembled the bike as I could see nothing that would have caused this on the bike. It only has 40 miles on it. Anyone else run into this?

 

[K80Shooter]

It could also be from a mouse/rodent. They like doing that also.

 

[Peter Aawen]

It could also be from a mouse/rodent. They like doing that also.

:agree: That looks more like 'rodent teeth chafing' than it appears to be from 'movement chafing' caused by rubbing on something or anything else - at least to me!!

You might want to invest in some mouse/rat traps, bait, &/or other rodent repellents - got any cats that you can hold back from feeding for a day or two & then shut in with the Spyder?? :dontknow:

 

[jzeiler]

If it is rodent chew it happened at the dealer as I have only had it home one night. I know rodent chew as I had it on my BMW M240 convertible, twice. Once in wheel well, and once on the top of the engine. But I got 'em.

Now that I look at it more, I believe you all are correct. Dealer mice were amateurs, mine were professionals. I'll have to do a better inspection next time I have the panels off for a mod.

 

[djh3]

Yup that there is critter related.