more on Beta Bikes

["Gary Bechtold" <tyrohustler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom - My beta bike doesn't have a Cat Code Plug, but it did have the RID
wiring in place.  I think there are a lot of variations on the beta bikes,
but it's really not that hard to find the connector if it's there - my
suggestion would be to find a cooperative owner of a later RS who wouldn't
mind pulling the right inner fairing panel off so the connector location
can be seen - then look for it on your beta bike.  It will either be
tie-wrapped or taped to the harness. This whole experiment can be done in
fifteen minutes.

Gary Bechtold
tyrohustler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:49:17 -0500
> From: "Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RID
>
> I THINK, the wiring was changed in late '94/ early '95.   If the bike has
a
> Cat Code Plug under the seat, it likely has the RID wiring as well.   If
> not, probably not worth digging into it.   Expert precision information
> sorely needed here.  Sorry, I don't have it.  Where is Bob Lentini when we
> really need him?
>
> - -TB
>
> > Gary,
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:14:17 -0400 "Gary Bechtold"
> > <tyrohustler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > <<<  I tore it apart first to add the RID (not available from the
factory
> > then)  >>>
> >
> > I bought a 1995 R1100RSL in late 2000.  As I prepared to ride it home
> > from the dealership at nightfall, I activated the ignition and
discovered
> > that there was no RID, a fact I had overlooked before purchase.  The
next
> > week I ordered the RID and fairing panel and installed it myself.  The
> > RID unit plugged into existing wiring.
> >
> > If RID was not available from the factory when you acquired your Beta
> > bike, was the wiring loom in place from the factory?
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:49:27 -0400
> > From: "John Van Deren" <r11rider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: '94 R11RSs
> >
> > Robert and Gary,
> >
> > I, too, purchased a beta '94 (Mar '93, # 80) RS in turquoise...no RID.
> > Evidently the wiring harness was only partly there.  The rear section
was
> > not included, and, I understand, the RID cannot be retrofitted to those
> > bikes.  Please let me know if I'm wrong.
> >
> > John Van Deren
> > Montpelier, VT

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