Where is the other end of this wire I wonder

[EdC]

My new to me 2011 R1200RT came with a 14 year old nav system in a mount above the speedo etc. I decided it should come out, so I unmounted the mount and detached the wire from the nav unit and discovered the wire plunges deep into the bowels of the machine. But not to the battery directly, so there must be a place somewhere in the wiring harness where it is wired in.

So....how much am I going to have to remove, probably, to get to this? Short term I can wrap the wire to prevent shorts and tie it off to keep it from dangling, but long term I want to take the wire out of the system entirely. Any thoughts?

[Doctor T]

You will find the connecting plug at the bottom of the headstock

[EdC]

Now Googling "headstock" tx

[Doctor T]

Look straight down from the top yoke(triple tree), and the plug is about 6/7 inches down. It may be taped up or held in place with a cable tie

[EdC]

Look straight down from the top yoke(triple tree), and the plug is about 6/7 inches down. It may be taped up or held in place with a cable tie

Last time I was looking at this I thought I did that and could not see where the wire hooks into the harness. I will take another peek sometime. Tx,
ejc

[Glenn]

Take a look at this

[EdC]

Great video, I've seen some other vids by this guy.

Unfortunately, this raises more questions than it answers. The video shows "rider right" connector, where the wire that I'm tracking down is "rider left" and does not connect into wiring high up on the bike but dives down into a netherworld screened by body panels. Time to see if I can post a picture...

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If this worked, the first picture shows the coil of now unused wire zip tied off and the second picture taken from close to that coil looking down.The second shows the thinnest gray wire close to the left edge exiting frame of photo at bottom back to the coil shown in photo 1. The perspective is 90 degrees away from the perspective of photo 1. The first photo is inline, the second appears as an attachment, not sure why.

I suspect I will need to remove body panels to gain access to where this wire, which used to power a 15 year old GPS unit mounted above the dash, ties into the electrical system.

Thanks for the video, that explained a lot of stuff I ran into researching this question.

--ejc