Feeling the need to have a radar detector - added a hard wire for that, then decided to add a 12v outlet since half the bike was apart anyway - the tank had to be lifted to run the wires with the main harness that runs from back to front.
Tied both into the rear light power and grounded them separately to the frame, using a 2amp inline fuse for the radar detector. Proudly I can charge my ipod and run the detector at the same time! Wow, there's not much free space for running the wires...
Here's the pics of how it turned out. This 12v outlet is designed for a boat so is closed to the weather. There's so much cowling I figured this would work ok - it sticks out quite a bit below, but this spot had enough clearance behind.
Here's how the radar detector sits.
* Last updated by: bgordon on 4/16/2009 @ 9:06 AM *