I've been working on the wiring harness, adapting my HD controls to it after swapping the bars and front calipers as a unit off the old bike to the trike. I thought it may have been a result of that work but could find nothing I did cured it so continued my search. Since I have the speaker pods off(speakers pods tied up so still connected) I began checking connectors and found the culprit. The radio control connector internals were thickly covered with dielectri grease. I ended up using some carb cleaner to spray on both halves of the connector, used an old toothbrush to remove as much as possible, then blew it out with my air hose. I then applied a light coat to the outside of the internal half of the connector to seal it, then snapped it together. Turned on the radio, ran it up and down the bands, wiggled and pulled on wires as before which had caused the problem. Result....no problems, no longer intermittent reception. With that discovery, I started checking other connectors and found much the same problem...loaded with grease on the contacts. I took the time to clean them all even though it interrupted the current project. I'll never understand why people continue to apply a grease directly to the contacts, grease that by its very name tells you it's NOT a conductor and not meant to be used in that manner.
