Are there any problems with my Honda VTX 1800?
Spark plug wires are known to go bad where they connect to the coil. Easy fix is to trim off about 1/4 inch and reattach them. Also, if it is an 02, the fuel pressure regulator FPR, is known to go bad which will give you horrible gas mileage, poor performance, and heavy backfiring. There was also a swingarm recall on 02 models.
Where are the electrical wires on a Honda VTX 1800?
There is no reason to be stingy with the grease because you are depending on it to provide a protective barrier around the connections, protecting them against the elements. With the coil reassembled squeeze it back under the front tank mount and into place. Don’t forget to reattach the 2 electrical wires to it, remember – black wire to the inside.
How to fix ground bolt on Honda VTX 1800?
With the bolt removed, use sandpaper or a grinding stone (if you can fit it in there) to clean the powder coat off the frame underneath where the bolt sits. With the powder coat cleaned, use sandpaper on the ground eyelet and get it clean and shiny.
Where is the ground on a Honda VTX?
With the common electronics ground completed, doing this secondary battery ground will be a piece of cake. If you have a coolant reservoir between the motor cylinders on the left side of the bike (mostly all 05+ VTX’s) then you do not have this ground and you’re done!
What makes a Honda VTX 1800 a Fi bike?
Now that has worked for Honda and many other manufacturers for years, the problem that sets the VTX 1800 apart is that it is fuel injected (FI for short). FI means this bike has a lot of electronics and sensors that carbureted bikes don’t have. Electronics need a good power source and good grounds to function.
There is no reason to be stingy with the grease because you are depending on it to provide a protective barrier around the connections, protecting them against the elements. With the coil reassembled squeeze it back under the front tank mount and into place. Don’t forget to reattach the 2 electrical wires to it, remember – black wire to the inside.
Why is my ground eyelet not working on my Honda VTX 1800?
This includes the electronics and the electrical ground eyelets. Anyone who knows anything about electronics will tell you that it’s hard to run power through an insulator like powder coat. This means the bike’s ground points that are trying to connect through the powder coat are struggling.
With the common electronics ground completed, doing this secondary battery ground will be a piece of cake. If you have a coolant reservoir between the motor cylinders on the left side of the bike (mostly all 05+ VTX’s) then you do not have this ground and you’re done!
Spark plug wires are known to go bad where they connect to the coil. Easy fix is to trim off about 1/4 inch and reattach them. Also, if it is an 02, the fuel pressure regulator FPR, is known to go bad which will give you horrible gas mileage, poor performance, and heavy backfiring. There was also a swingarm recall on 02 models.
With the bolt removed, use sandpaper or a grinding stone (if you can fit it in there) to clean the powder coat off the frame underneath where the bolt sits. With the powder coat cleaned, use sandpaper on the ground eyelet and get it clean and shiny.