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Originally Posted by Magnon
Even with CANBUS a wire is a wire and still need to conduct electricity from one end to the other.
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Ok, I hear you. I´m sort of uncomfy with this CANBUS stuff, but I might end up learning details if I get onto a more modern bike. Well, conducting electricity, that may well be. But I was asked by Missus to look at one of her friend´s top modern BMW today, which was not starting. Well, the battery was dead and whilst BMW has a nice 12V cigarette lighter plug, one can´t use a regular charger but it needs to be a BMW approved charger to not damage the CANBUS by sending current to the battery through the friggin´ wire..... Since she did not want to shell out some funds for that charger, I did what I needed to do - give it a push start in 3rd and took the thing for a spin  ...
Whilst I still sometimes have the idea to get me a 1200 GS Adventure for my 50th birthday next spring, there are more and more reasons not to and to go for an LC8 990 Adventure. Or the new Triumph Explorer which I did ride for an hour last week - what a hot thing!
Cheers
Chris
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