It was A LOT harder than doing my 05 SEEG or 03 Fatboy. When you slide the TBW control out of the handlebar, you have to "feed" the remaining cable that is inside the fairing out with the TBW.. There is about 10-12" of additional wire inside the fairing. The problem is that even in doing that, the TBW control unplugged itself from the wiring inside the handlebar and it's a HELL of a job to get the wire fed back thru the bar with the plug on the end of the wire. The plug connector that couples the TBW unit to the wiring harness inside the handlebar does not even lock properly (like it is meant to pull apart). I put electrical tape around that connection when done.
When I got the wires from the throttle side over to the clutch grip side, there was about 10" wire left outside the bar. I did not cut that off and stuffed the excess wire inside the middle of the bar (where the TBW goes thru) so if the TBW control had to be pulled out again, I probably will have enough wire to pull the Heat Demon out along with it.
On the 05, I did not have to take the radio out. On this 09, taking the radio out made the job much easier. Problem is, I stripped one of the allen screw nutserts out in the side of the radio. Right now I have 3 screws fully tightened and the stripped screw is about 1/2 way in and won't come back out. I did not pull the radio back out. Figured would have to come back out someday.
Does anyone know the part # of the Harmon Kardon radio nutsert? On my 05, the nutsert was an easily replaced rubber nutsert. The allen screws look the same. To replace the nutsert on the HK, it looks like the cover would have to come off.
Did I say I wouldn't wish this job on my worst enemy??
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