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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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I went to help a buddy put his bike back together today after he changed the handlebars. The question I have is what is the small harness in the picture. We could not find a male harness that it would connect to. It is a 2011 RG.

Does it connect to something or not?

I have an 07 SG and didn't have to worry about this "malarki"!

Also, the ABS light is blinking, any ideas...did not have to change any cables.

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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:08 PM
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Don't know about the big one, but I have that black and white one inside the headlight assy on my RKC and it doesn't connect to anything.
ABS light blinks until you go over 3 or 5 mph. If you changed the brake lines, you might have to go back to dealer to have them reset the ABS solenoids, but the ABS light usually stays on continuously when there is something wrong.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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Dont know about the harness, but the ABS light blinks like that until you start moving, like 3mph or more something like that.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:12 PM
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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I think the ABS light stays on or blinks till you get up to 5 mph or higher. Something like that. Check the book and the WD's and they should show you where those go. I would think they are for something.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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What is the TBW problem?
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 51Moe
I went to help a buddy put his bike back together today after he changed the handlebars. The question I have is what is the small harness in the picture. We could not find a male harness that it would connect to. It is a 2011 RG.

Does it connect to something or not?

I have an 07 SG and didn't have to worry about this "malarki"!

Also, the ABS light is blinking, any ideas...did not have to change any cables.

Thanks Moe

The two wire plug is for heated grips.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 09:02 PM
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There may not be a TBW problem by these answers. This small harness comes thru the bars with the TBW harness, I assumed it was part of the TBW. All these wires are taped together and split off into 2 harnesses. The large set is the TBW Correct? What is the small set?
 
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See above . . .

heated grips.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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Thanks Steve, seems like there is no problem.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
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