The Lieberry is wonderful BTW, but I didn't find how to get the ignition off of the bike.
Got the tank off and tackled the wire bundles.
Wire bundles 1, Quinn 0The bike will die while I turn the bars. I thought I had a wire bundle plug coming apart, but as it turns out the power wire going to the ignition is broken and separates, thereby killing the bike. Lots of fun by the way.
How do I remove the explicative ignition? Fail number two
My heated handgrips power is dead (repaired the rest of the circuit)
Here are the wiring diagrams I found, Black and White, Cryptic. The second one is at least on one page which makes it easier to trace.
http://smithduck.home.comcast.net/~smithduck/bmw/kwiring/K1100LT_1993_Wiring/K1100LT_93_Wiring_Diagrams.pdfhttp://smithduck.home.comcast.net/~smithduck/bmw/kwiring/K1100LT_1993_Wiring/k11LT_93Wiring_Main.jpgSo I find the wires leading to the "Plug Connection, Heated Handgrips", marvelous.
Brown wire traces to ground and has continuity, Gray/Black wire dives into main taped wire bundle presumably going towards a fuse block, check.
I trace it down on the schematic and discover that it is hooked up to a "Bulb Monitoring Device" and "Additional Instruments" which could explain why it registers continuity to ground, check.
Goes to a fuse, great, and by the schematic comes out G/Y and then turns into a dashed line that goes to nowhere...
Really?
I know Morse code and
_._ .._. that spells KF...
What the hell is KF?
The dashed line is not included in the Legend and I see that it is used for the battery positive and for a couple of grounding wires. But those wires at least go somewhere on the schematic... they complete.
Wire Bundles 2, Quinn 0All kidding aside I am learning more about the bike so it was not a waste of time, but I was able to repair nothing tonight.
I am very reluctant to pull the neatly bound bundle apart, but if that is the only way I will.
That wire had been 12V not more than 48 hours ago, now it is dead.
Does it get its current from the other accessories that it touches?
I tested all fuses and checked for power key on and off (broken wire accounted for).
Any hints or better schematics?