Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 3:33 pm
I like the control offered by using a small(SMALL!) wire cutter with sharp points for these ties- a Dremel tool is not my idea of what I want around the wires. 
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Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 9:01 am
I swapped out my tight cable ties with looser ones just to prevent the cables from going all wild on me while in motion.
Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:48 pm
On a related note - recently I've been trying to diagnose why my bike is having trouble starting and while wiggling the wire looms directly behind the headlight it let me fire it up again. All I did was flip the side stand in the up position and wiggle the wires.
I've heard from a buddy that BMW cables were engineered to be more "green" in terms of more biodegradable to facilitate lesser environmental waste. Anybody else heard this or is this just urban legend?
I've heard from a buddy that BMW cables were engineered to be more "green" in terms of more biodegradable to facilitate lesser environmental waste. Anybody else heard this or is this just urban legend?
Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 3:14 am
ekyang wrote:On a related note - recently I've been trying to diagnose why my bike is having trouble starting and while wiggling the wire looms directly behind the headlight it let me fire it up again. All I did was flip the side stand in the up position and wiggle the wires.
I've heard from a buddy that BMW cables were engineered to be more "green" in terms of more biodegradable to facilitate lesser environmental waste. Anybody else heard this or is this just urban legend?
You have a broken wire. Potentially in the cable loom that leads from the ignition switch.
I had just this issue recently and the broken wire was the red wire from the ignition switch!
Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:21 pm
How did you troubleshoot? Did you strip all the cable housings first?
Re: Diagram of Cable Ties?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:17 am
When my 2002 R1150R was a few years old, my dealer told me about the service bulletin and performed it at no charge even though the bike was out of warranty. I have not had any problems with the harness and to this day it looks to be in perfect condition.mwelker wrote:Is this about the Technical Service Bulletin about the instrument wiring harness being chafed or pinched? My dealer gave me a copy of the TSB one day when I was there for a new tire (I didn't have the bike with me). The service advisor said it was not covered under any warranty (my bike was out of factory warranty). The TSB provides an aftersales solution of installing an edge protector. Has anyone done this, or are you just cutting the cable ties and letting the wires hang loose, which is what it sounds like.