Overheated Wires
 

Greetings,

I have a 2008 Suzuki Boulevard C90t. I also live in Florida so the weather can be hot! On top of this the bike has been running hot and I believe this has been due to a vapor lock issue. I think I confirmed this by finding a screw in what is probably the vent hose. If it wasn't the vent hose it was the overfill drain hose. Either way, there are signs of a vapor lock condition too often.

I took it out yesterday for a short run (about six miles) and it was hot by the time I parked it. Today I went to start it and there was no juice to the dash. The battery was fine and the more I looked I found damaged wires near the ignition but NOT the ignition wires. I believe these wires go to the stator which is below the ignition. The first image shows these wires.

You'll notice in this picture that I've rested a burnt plastic connector on the stator cover which connected two of the wires to the right and probably the one to the left which is still connected.

I attempted to see whether my dash would light up by turning on the ignition and touch the disconnected wires. This didn't work. If no juice is making it to the dash, is it safe to assume that the circuit goes from the ignition and kill switch through the stator?

How can I begin to make sense of these wires using a meter etc.

Thank you !!

John
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