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[1abastarsmda]

Heat deflectors don't matter at all.  It comes out from under the seat and you tuck it back under the seat.  Once you hook to the battery, wire tie the cable somewhere up there under the seat so you only have so much cable to pull out and to push back in.  Once you've done that, if you short changed yourself with the cable at all, you can still pull on it firmly and pull some more through the wire tie.   So what I am saying is to initially go with the exposed cable to the short side and if you need more, you can pull some more through.  That's what I did anyway and it worked.

[REGGAB]

It's gonna be harder w/o the heat deflectors.      spyder

Good point Spyd......which is why I'm likin' the battery tender pigtail.  It's there already, and it's blended with the rest of the harnessing.

[REGGAB]

Chit.........time to go.  D00d's here.   

[1abastarsmda]

If you use the battery tender plug, it's going to be a lot more difficult every time you get off the bike to unplug it.  With mine, I just reach between my legs to quickly unplug it before I get off my bike.  If you get off your bike to the left side, which I think most people tend to do, you have to make your way around to the right side of the bike to unplug it, and vice versa when you are getting on the bike.  That sounds like some additional wire needed also.  I still think a quick hook up direct to the + and - on the battery is the real easy route to go and very convenient afterward.

[REGGAB]

If you use the battery tender plug, it's going to be a lot more difficult every time you get off the bike to unplug it.  With mine, I just reach between my legs to quickly unplug it before I get off my bike.  If you get off your bike to the left side, which I think most people tend to do, you have to make your way around to the right side of the bike to unplug it, and vice versa when you are getting on the bike.  That sounds like some additional wire needed also.  I still think a quick hook up direct to the + and - on the battery is the real easy route to go and very convenient afterward.

I thin I could make it work.  Depending on where I am, and the situation, I'll get off on the right.  Long legs help.   

[1abastarsmda]

I don't think I could get off the bike to the right side if I had to.

[spydglide]

I don't think I could get off the bike to the right side if I had to.

Could be a 'skill' to learn.    har!  spyder

[REGGAB]

I don't think I could get off the bike to the right side if I had to.

Truth be told, I normally get on on the left, since the force helps me get the bike off the jiffy stand...........and I get off on the right.  Don't know why.  Just do, most of the time.  Probably because Renea is standing on the left, and I don't want to bump into her.    One of them things I guess.

[REGGAB]

Could be a 'skill' to learn.    har!  spyder

Yessir.

[1abastarsmda]

No...I refuse to go down to the garage and try this.  

[REGGAB]

No...I refuse to go down to the garage and try this.  

Aw............Come on, my friend.  It'll be good for ya to learn something new.   

[1abastarsmda]

I'm not going down these steps one more time tonight...unless it involves food or alcohol.

[1abastarsmda]

Now see what you did...you got me thinking about food.  I'm gonna go eat something now.

[Sean M Cary]

Good point Spyd......which is why I'm likin' the battery tender pigtail.  It's there already, and it's blended with the rest of the harnessing.

I have a tender on the right, and my clothing hookup on the left.  Found out the other day, you cannot put a battery charger on the switched power from the tree...  Works for me since I back my bike into the garage and power is on the right hand side.

Also done to avoid confusion, I left the plug there for clothes, and ran a new drop directly off the batt, no fuse to the right.  Using the SAE rubber plugs for now, and am not thrilled with them.  When I get my glove liners, I am going the BMW socket route.

[Hoist!]

Gerbing actually called me back, a week later. They're offering a $100 credit for my unused older version of the G3's. They list for $169, but we paid $135. They charge $169 for the new ones. So my net add's another hundred bucks or so. Not the fairest offer, but can't get new gloves for a hundred bucks, so I'll go along. I ordered the jacket liner from them too so I have recourse with them. Very different dealing with them vs. if you bought from one of their dealers. So buyer beware. If ya want discounts and buy elsewhere, you'll be treated by the differently than if you pay list and order directly from them.

Hoist!