Problem with lights

[Debs]

YAY I got baby back.. 

[Richard]

  all sorted?

[Alfor]

Interesting thread and pleased you have your baby back debs.

Got to admit that side stand does not look very industrial and I always worry about leaving the bike on it. The fact that no one has reported / discussed a side stand failure they must be robust and I should stop worrying 

[Debs]

all sorted?

Yes Richard.. All done.. BK said the Rear Subframe I had bought off ebay looked almost new, even though it was from a A8F 2008 model.. Just now need to spend all weekend re connecting all my extras on better earth points..

Interesting thread and pleased you have your baby back debs.

Got to admit that side stand does not look very industrial and I always worry about leaving the bike on it. The fact that no one has reported / discussed a side stand failure they must be robust and I should stop worrying 

Yes you do need to stop worrying.. 

[trousersnake01]

Why don't you run a substantial earth loom around the bike you can add you bits to

[Debs]

Why don't you run a substantial earth loom around the bike you can add you bits to

Thats what I'm going to do Bob.. 

[Boomer]

I've always created a central "star" earth point on all my vehicles.
This neatly avoids the risk of creating an earth loop that can cause all kinds of strange behaviour.
On the 1400 I added a fusebox so I created a nice big earth point right next to it that has a 30Amp capable wire that connects it to the Battery -ve terminal.
All accessories connect to the fusebox for their =ve and the "star" earth for their negative.