American engineering. [Mini-Rant]

Let's say you were designing a motorcycle. You're looking for things (electronics, for example) to hide, in order to make the bike aesthetically pleasing. Among the places you have to hide things are: under the seat which is removed with one screw, behind two side covers both of which remove with a single allen bolt, and under the fairing, access to which requires at minimum removal of the headlight (which will need to be re-aimed upon re-installation) and can potentially involve removal of running lights and a number of hard to access locking nuts (through a 7" diameter hole and nowhere near enough room to maneuver or operate a ratchet wrench).  Some of the items you must conceal include: the ECM for the fuel-injector, electronic cruise control module, and a fuse box. Of these three items, which makes the most sense to place in an easy to access spot (under the seat, behind a side cover, etc), and which makes the least sense to place inside the fairing? (Hint: they're the same item.)

Now, take a wild guess what is involved in changing a fuse on my motorcycle. Now how easily accessible do you suppose are the FI ECM and the cruise control module, neither of which are easily serviceable by the average consumer?

 

So you're saying I should have bought that Suzuki I was considering?

something in a soft tail is more like it. 

Two blown fuses.  One bike.

I've got the Clymer manual, but it sort of blows because it's for MYs 1985-1999, so there's a lot of "your model may vary" in there.

If it makes any difference, I've never turned it on and I'm not even certain it works. If I had any confidence I could remove it without messing up the electronics, I'd sell it on ebay tomorrow.

I believe, in fact, they do not.

my vote is no.