Checking And Replacing Fuses - Honda Motorcycle Owner's Manual

FUSES
Refer to the Safety Precautions on page 67.
All of the electrical circuits on your motorcycle
have fuses to protect them from a short circuit
or overload.

Checking and Replacing Fuses

If something electrical on your motorcycle
stops working, the first thing you should check
for is a blown fuse. Determine from the chart
on the circuit fuse box cover which fuse or
fuses control that component. Check those
fuses first, but check all the fuses before
deciding that is not the cause. Replace any
blown fuses (1) and check the component's
operation.
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If you cannot ride the motorcycle without
fixing the problem, and you do not have a
spare fuse, take a fuse of the same rating or a
tower rating from one of the other circuits.
Make sure you can do without that circuit
temporarily. If you replace a blown fuse with a
spare fuse that has a lower rating, replace the
fuse with the correct rating as soon as you can.
If the replacement fuse of the same rating
burns out in a short time, there is probably a
serious electrical problem on your motorcycle.
Leave the blown fuse in that circuit and have
your motorcycle checked by a qualified
technician.
Replacing a fuse with one that has a higher
rating greatly increases the chances of
damaging the electrical system. If you do not
have a replacement fuse with the proper rating
for the circuit, install one with a lower rating.
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