Ignition Switch terminals

[MIAirhead]

I had my head bearing repaired by Grand Rapids BMW, well to make a long story short, do not take a bike to them.
It seems the tattoo 'tech' most of removed the fairing ( he screwed everything he did up) I had to take it back the day after picking it up because I noticed the damper was install upside down. I was riding the next weekend and the fairing started to wobble. I took it back, and another tech "fixed it". This work was done in the fall. 3 trips back and all I got was a long wait each time, the service manager acted like they already had my money and I should go away.

Well last month, it started to wobble again, and this time it was not going back to them. I found when I removed the fairing, there was a 16 mm long 8 x1 bolt laying in the bracket (other bolt was gone). This bolt was stripped, and so was the thread in the frame. I managed to fixed them with a heli-coil (yep a I know, but it worked).

When I was making a map of the wiring on the ignition switch I only noted 4 wires, and now I see there are 5 terminals. Is one open? or did I miss one? If you ever worked on a bike 4 months after having you back fused, you will understand why I may of missed something.

[lmo1131]

start here

http://www.stephenbottcher.net/BMW/w...lor_wiring.pdf

I'm not personally familiar with this bike, but the diagram shows only four (4) terminals...

what wire colors are you dealing with?

[MIAirhead]

This '84 100RT is a little different.

Bike had factory heated grips, and it has two fuses above the gauges that were hard wired no connectors (there are now). When I got the bike there were NO fused in the headlight. I guess the added fuses replaced the in the headlight fuses.

I see the four wires on the diagram, but why a empty terminal? It a issue for me to bend and work on the wires. I think I got everything connected, as I labeled every wire I removed, and I don't remember seeing 5 wires on ignition switch.

Still some things are not working right. I look in headlight tomorrow, and see if something is off a terminal in the head. I guess I am ready for a newer bike.
Maybe a R1200CL would be the replacement for this Airhead.