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Message: <blockquote data-quote="joedrum" data-source="post: 13149" data-attributes="member: 98">mike first off ......in the left hand side cover next to the battery is the sator connector ....it has 3 yellow wires going to and form this conector ....a lot of wings with all kinds of lights and stuff all pull there power through here and this connector gets hot enough to melt and burn this connector .....a lot of us cut this connector out and soder the wires together so the resistant from bad connector is taken out .....somewhere in the teck section is a thread on this with pics and all .....i would do this and its not hard ......mike in my opinion you have to many lights ....this is asking for trouble .....these bikes are not meant to be rolling christmas trees...i think haveing low power stuff for charging things is fine .....me personaly i think standard lighting is fine....adjusting the headlight for good veiw is the answer in my eyes.....thats the onr thing i dont like about 1100s is they dont have an amp meter like my 79 1000 dose ....you can see the draw and its obvious your over loading things.....as for the power thing 83 1100 are geared tall for hiway crusing at low rpm.....i myself have just gotten and 83 interstate that was wrecked ....i fixed the damage and went for my first ride yesterday .....it lacked power ....labor a lot ....and was real doggy just wouldnt get out of its own way .....i think i have carb isuses and draging brakes issuses ....but i do know that the 83 needs to be in top shape for the gearing it has which i like....my 82 has no issues in the motor and runs great ....so my job to get the 83 running good has just started....when a 1100 runs good theres no lack in power ....ignition is another sorce of poor running first thing check those sator wires now this may save a lot of work down the road ...and then lets tackle the running thing and power ...and by the way add some ATF to the gas .....about 8oz in full tank as this will do wonder in cleaning the carbs up ...it may smoke some dont worry it needs to clean things up and may be all you need to do to get it running better....</blockquote>

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