Jan 2019 Aprilia wiring harness adventure

Well, the day finally arrived when Stu threw his hands up in despair and decided the original two wiring harnesses had to go into the dustbin.   After years of repairs, the harnesses were finally disintegrating in areas he couldn’t reach...a sad day indeed since we have owned this bike since 2002, and each year, and each long distance trip, has offered him the opportunity to get more familiar with the electrical system ;)

Luckily, he had two harnesses stored away, one new, one barely used.  In December he went through each of them and fixed or inspected every single connection....sigh.

Last week he started taking all the body work off, today he removed the fairing and instruments.   By the end of the day, he should have access to the harnesses and be able to remove them.

Here are photos of the bike now, although he is still removing tidbits.