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I prophylactically replaced the stock gel battery on my '04 R1150R because I had heard that when they fail you get no prior warning, and I didn't want to be out on the road when this happened. I researched this, asked a friend who's a BMW enthusiast locally here in Pittsburgh, and the consensus and ...

Thanks for chiming in, sweatmark. I hope I don't have any more wire harness / zip tie related failures, but at least it's nice to know I did get the right wire. Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

Thanks again, Iowabeakster. I spent time last evening working on isolating the wire causing the brake servo and constant-on rear brake light issue, and it appears (from futzing with various candidate wires with the ignition turned on and also with the bike running) to have been a blueish-gray wire, ...

Starting just fine now, but apparently in the process of futzing with (and freeing by snipping the offending zip ties) the front wire harnesses to diagnose the starter wire which was parted (which we fixed), now the rear brake light stays lit, the servo won't run on applying brake lever or pedal. Fr...

Yes. Thanks again. Very helpful. Above and beyond. Glad my bike is working again and I can go riding tomorrow night and this weekend!

Iowabeakster, many thanks. My buddy and I (actually, he did most the work, I just held the shop light) fixed the severed wire over lunch today. First he isolated the wire in question by pressuring the wire bundle/sheath leading to the starter switch (the left branch in your diagram) and we saw that ...

I'm having very similar sounding issues. '04 R1150R. Less than 6K miles. Has been running flawlessly since I bought it last winter. The bike appears to be in pristine condition. I'm the 3d owner. Over this past weekend, on Saturday, bike started fine in my garage from cold, but after running around ...

Many thanks for the replies! With the part number and description in hand, I Googled and found an old post on this site (!) http://www.r1150r.net/board/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6163&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a that also cautioned to get the accompanying O-Ring (so the cap stays on). Beemer...

I'm missing this cap on the right side of my '04 R1150R. Besides asking my dealer, any suggestions on a good source? I found this steel/alum. aftermarket cap for $47 http://www.ascycles.com/images/products/0/0290.jpg, but I'm hoping for just the black plastic stock cap. Thanks. [My first post here -...