that Old Tangerine Dream (problem bike these days... :( )

[ducpainter]

what size is that screw, do you know?

I am screwed. I can't drive my car to the hardware store.  Shit.

What size screw?  Maybe I have a screw from one of my computers I could use.

Any size screw, most likely with an accompanying nut, that will fit through the hole.

[Speeddog]

Or even a sheet metal screw, or wood screw that will bite into the plastic.

[stopintime]

In your own video the wire with the eye connector is attached to the screw that holds the filter to a rod/something    (August 6. 2017)

[MsTek]

ARGH!!!!!!!

https://youtu.be/Cg-1tC32-Z0

[stopintime]

How cool do you feel now? 

That's a job only a very few people would try to do.

[MsTek]

Super cool~

And to think that shop wanted to charge me $1500.  And stole my battery.

But now... a new question:

[stopintime]

Super cool~

And to think that shop wanted to charge me $1500.  And stole my battery.

But now... a new question:

https://youtu.be/DC6dxFCWsqs

[stopintime]

I recommend taking off the beer tray.

- two nuts and fold the rear light forward
- four nuts under the tray
- six connectors (two for each turn signal and two for the plate light)

- a large nut for each turn signal

- sometimes aftermarket light have smaller bullet connectors than stock. If so, solder  on larger connectors


Now I see they're LED. It's probably going to be a problem - fast flashing rate. You can ignore it or get normal bulb lights instead. Getting them to work normally will require SOLDERING  in resistors.

[MsTek]

I am keeping the beer tray on- harder for the police to see that I don't have a current sticker which I cannot afford until I get a job.

I guess I'll just duct tape the light back up.  I could solder it- I have the stuff.  But I need a diagram or example. I have to see in order to do it.  That's why things were throwing me off so bad- things weren't the same with the replacement part.

Thanks!

[stopintime]

I didn't mean to ditch the tray - just remove it to get easier access and to to see what's under it = understanding the wiring.

[MsTek]

Ah.  Got you.

I think I'll just tape it for now and bask in the fact that the bike actually works again. There is also an issue that the shifting feels really rough/hard to do, and I want to adjust the brake pressure a little bit. But I also might not be used to my "big bike" anymore since I haven't ridden it in two years and spend 4 months in Thailand riding a little 250 CBR.

[stopintime]

I would also probably do that  For a while, anyway. As a way to prepare - take a look at your video - it's actually showing the wires quite well.

Before taping it up: top off the turn signal with a small amount of blinker fluid.

Two years will make the clutch 'different'. It might drag a bit - making shifting hard to do and neutral hard to find. Could be the plates and/or the clutch fluid. Not serious.

What do mean by adjusting the brake pressure?

[MsTek]

They are super "grabby" right now.  Again, I might just be used to the soft rental motorcycle brakes.

I'm way more worried about how hard it is to shift.

blinker fluid?

[MsTek]

They are super "grabby" right now.  Again, I might just be used to the soft rental motorcycle brakes.

I'm way more worried about how hard it is to shift.

blinker fluid?  There is no such thing as fluid in the blinker.  C'mon. :p

[stopintime]

Had to try the blinker fluid now that your guard was down 

On the S2R800 brakes there are more moving parts than normal. Brake pads, brake pistons AND the calipers themselves. Rusty/dry pads, dry/sticking pistons and dry caliper bracket parts (they move sideways). Some of this might be better in a day or two, but CAN require TLC.

When you pull the clutch lever all the way - is the bike still pulling forward if it's in gear? Or standing still on it's own without any need for braking to hold it back?