Happy New Years Eve.
I had to get something different on the vision before the end of the new year.
I spent about an hour putting the radiator back on (that thing just needs to be put in just so, or it doesn't want to fit!). But I was able to get it on, and all the appropriate routing for the hoses, overflow lines, and fan electrical.
After that, out came the wiring diagram and the routing diagrams. Carefully making sure I was putting the correct connectors on the proper ends, I carefully plugged everything back in. I ran into a couple of oddities, the odd connector at the back of where the tank sits that I couldn't figure out where it goes (it goes to the fuel sender), and the blue/red line that appears in the fairing harness and doesn't seem to go to anything, it just comes out of the harness! Most importantly, I wrapped some of the bundles that the plastic was getting frayed with new cable-harness (plastic spiral binding). I verified everything was in order, and at 4:20 pm, put the battery in. I switched the key and things came on. The oil pressure light came on, when I flipped the high-beam switch, the high-beam indicator came on. The turn signals flashed (well, once, I only had the back ones on.) And the brake light came on when I applied the brakes (both front and back!)
Only one hitch. The neutral light stayed off. No matter what I did. I verified the bulb was good with an ohm-meter. It could be the actual switch, I'm not sure. By that time it was getting too dark to really tell colors in the garage any more. So, I left the battery box and TCI hanging from the frame and called it a day (the battery was removed).
But it was good to see lights turn on at the end of 2006.
Happy New Year everyone.
Brian (my cats tell me it's time for some scotch)