Hi all. I’ve been using the cigarette lighter socket to power my gps for years. This last ride, the power flickered for a few minutes then died part way on a ride. If it had been a blown fuse, I’m sure it wouldn’t have flickered….rather just died. When at home, I took the cover off the bike and tested the wires with a meter… at first, I had power so no blown fuse, then no power. I suspected a broken wire. However, the two wires (hot and ground) are protected by semi-hard tubular plastic and there was no reason for a break. That wire length is only about a foot, as it goes into the major thick wiring harness that’s tightly taped. Any idea what could be causing the lack of power? I’ve since installed two separate wires, the hot connected directly to the battery (includes a glass fuse) and the other to ground, and the lighter works that way. I’ll leave it like that, but would like to know why there is still no power to the factory installed wires. Where are these two wires connected to for power? They do not need the ignition key to be on, as they’re hot all the time.