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My bike shorts out randomly and blows the main 30 A fuse between the battery and the fuse box. I believe there may be a bare wire shorting to the frame somewhere, and possibly a wrong fuse in the fuse box. All the fuses inside the fuse box are 10 A except one that is 30 A. I'm not sure the 30 A one belongs in there, which may be linked to why the main fuse is breaking.

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Electricial problems are the worse kind. If you believe there is a bare wire touching the frame you may be right, but in my experience most electricial problems can be traced back to a bad ground.
Follow your grounds and see if one is corroded or loose. also look at the wiring harness for places of possible touching to the frame or something else a wire could be grounding out. I like to explain it as chasing your tail much like a dog until you catch it. Electricial problems are no fun and extremely hard to diagnos online. I hope you find it fast and I hope my advice was helpful.

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