First thing I would suggest then is to return the wiring to a state where everything worked.

Next, the battery MUST be in 100% tip-top condition. I am sure Jo would have check this already, but (no disrespect to Apex) you must assume NOTHING!

Modifications should always be performed one at a time, and their performance (better or worse) then recorded. That way you can often narrow down a fault to a particular step you performed.

I can't imagine why the side-stand switch would be removed "for aesthetics". Not that it's necessarily going to be the cause of your misfire, but it is advisable to keep it as a safety feature. I'm sure many of us (myself included) have at some time ridden off with the stand down, only to come a cropper (or very nearly) on the first left-hander! The switch and associated wiring (I.M.O.) is hardly intrusive.

I think this thread could become very reminiscent of "nsrmonkey's" previous thread; read it here.

Andy.
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