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Found the culpret, sure enought the wire looked like it was cut with wire cutters. Soldered in a new piece of wire and shrink wrapped it put it back it in the black lomb, electrical taped it, good to go. On the road again!

P.S Tie wrapped but with not so tight.

Okay I did search "tie wrap" and came up with some ideas. I guess I jumped the gun and should have search first. Thanks

Well it finally happened. The short in the wiring harness from the over-tightened tie-wrap under the instrument/headlight cluster. Starts fine, then when you turn the bars to the right it just stops, turn it left its fine. Now the question is how do I find the short, without ripping everthing apart....

Looking to get a tall seat for my 04' . There pretty hard to pick up used, so I'll probably buy new. Does anyone know what the market is for selling my used low seat?

I checked the lids: Dot-4 for brake and clutch. I did see however that KTM Bikes have that on there clutch resevoir.

I just changed fluid as well and thought maybe I'm doing something wrong. The thing appeared to not fit, I thought what did I get myself into! But it turns out that when I removed the resevoir cover(where you fill it) It allows the the fluild to move around relieving the pressure behind the little b...

Thanks for the choices. I know BMW has DOT 4 but I'm sure It's 3 times the price. Thanks again!

What brand Dot 4 fluid does anyone recommend for brake/clutch fluid change? Does it Matter? Is there a difference? Thom

Is there a head lightbulb that is brighter than the oem. You see the blue Ice looking bulbs on the newer cars, was wondering if there's anything out there like that? Thom

Just washed the bike and took it for a ride to dry the brakes out and noticed that the exhaust was glowing a nice red,(after sundown) like super heated metal. Is this normal?

How about the socket on the left side, can it handle all that capacity or do we need to distribute the wattage to other sockets or connections?

Does anybody know what our R1150R's (2004) can handle? Can they handle enough for full heated suit, gloves and socks? Thom

Have you seen those Hippo Hands? I've seen some of the Denver police use them. http://www.hippohands.com/Hippo%20Hands.htm

Thom

Thanks Highly helpful! Thom

Does anybody know the torque specs for the drain plugs/fill plugs for Oil, trans and final drive? Thom