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[GBDamo]

Just putting the tractor back together after a deep clean and fix some areas of corrosion and have a couple of niggles.

1, Could someone post a picture of how the ambient temperature sensor mounts. It should be under the beak on the left but for the life of me I can't remember how it attaches.

2, Also, and slightly more embarrassing, I have a spear connector swinging around behind the headlight unit. I can account for the display cluster, headlight, indicators, spots, sidelight and auxilliary power spur but there is one plug that I cannot find a home for. If it helps any it's the only plug on the front loom with a wire retaining clip.

Have managed to trap a nerve in my shoulder so can't spend too much time at thre angle required to sort these the hard way.

Thank in advance

Damion

Edit: - 2011 R1200GS ADV

 

[fatbaldbob]

No 2. Perhaps the the connection for a sat nav there is a spare there for that reason.

 

[GBDamo]

No 2. Perhaps the the connection for a sat nav there is a spare there for that reason.

Thanks for the reply but the plug in question is not that one, that's what I've called the "auxiliary power supply" above.

 

[tanneman]

Next time this may be of use. That spare connector may either be for the Ambient temp probe or for the horn. Have you got ESA, then check the connector is not for the ESA. There is a small connector at the front which is not used, but I can't remember if it had a retaining clip.

The Ambient temp probe goes on the left hand side of the bike, under the radiator/oil cooler. That is the left side as you sit on the bike.

 

[GBDamo]

Brilliant, I am going to lose days of my life on that link, thanks.

 

[GBDamo]

Still can't find what this connectors for, hopefully someone can tell from the photo.

 

[tanneman]

That one is tied back to the black frame on the right hand side so that the connector is just above the horn. There is nothing that connects to it.

Seen from the right.

 

[fatbaldbob]

I've just had a look at mine and I too have the same connector which appears to be redundant, it's not connected to anything and taped to the loom out of the way. So I wouldn't worry about it, it's probably for something on the US model.

 

[cammy5477]

Me too
Connected to nothing.....I wonder what it's ment to be for?

 

[GBDamo]

Cheers guys.

Does beg the question though...wtf is it for?

 

[Roymondo]

Electric cooling fan, as fitted to 1200RT models for some markets?

 

[Gix]

I though it was a spare connector so you could use it to wire up a sat nav socket rather than using the one at the rear of the bike?

 

[Roymondo]

Nah - the SatNag connector is a smaller thing, usually to be found taped underneath the oil cooler. You can see pictures of the other half of the connector here:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?117400-How-to-make-a-Canbus-GPS-cable-for-a-1200GS

 

[Gix]

Nah - the SatNag connector is a smaller thing, usually to be found taped underneath the oil cooler. You can see pictures of the other half of the connector here:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?117400-How-to-make-a-Canbus-GPS-cable-for-a-1200GS

Thanks for clearing that one up, in that case I have no idea and will bow gracefully out of the thread

 

[GBDamo]

That one is tied back to the black frame on the right hand side so that the connector is just above the horn. There is nothing that connects to it.

Seen from the right.

Thanks for the picture and especially if you took your bike apart to get it, which is most likely as the chances of you having a random picture of that part of your bike is unlikely.

Have a pint on me...

Damion

 

[tanneman]

Thanks and yes I did, about 3 years ago .

 

[Pukmeister]

I think it's the connector for the charcoal emissions canister fitted to US bikes, but I could be wrong.

 

[Roymondo]

Not the canister itself - that has no electrical connections. The system does have an electrical connection to the control valve, but that's over on the left hand side and towards the back of the tank. I don't think the connector in the photos would reach that far (although its connector looks like the one pictured)

 

[Haggler]

Looks like could be cnnector for item 6 in pic, it would be in that area (fuel tank breather valve) http://www.ascycles.com/Illustrated...Charcoal Filter/FUEL VENTILAT&bindCat=16_0787 and like previously mentioned is prob US market only

 

[GBDamo]

Is this basically a carbon adsorbsion/absorbtion(??) unit that scrubs fule vapour as the fuel in the tank expands and when the level drops the tank breaths through the carbon reclaiming the the fuel?

If so the BMW committee for extreme uber complication have earned their corn with that one.

Wonder what it does to the MPG figures...