Hi all I'm aware that this is a common issue and there are already a few threads on it. I had the warning flashing up on the display, with the red ignition LED lights flashing (around the circular display), combined with intermittent loss of power. This has all come about since I did a long run in a Cumbria/Dumfries and Galloway monsoon. I cleaned the ABS sensors and ABS rings, front and rear although I was under the impression (wrongly) that it was probably the rear that was at fault. The fault remained though. I've just traced the cables from both sensors. Rear seems fine, externally at least. The front however was something quite special. It's obviously been damaged in the past and the previous owner has made an attempt at repairing it. This worked for the first 18 months I owned the bike but it was rarely used in very heavy rain. The repaired cable does have heat shrink over the repairs but this is between the original sections of cable sheath, with no protection over the top. Clearly water was going to get in. My plan is to cut out the section, re-solder it and see if everything works properly again. If it does and that's definitely the only fault, I'll order up a new ABS cable.
I had multiple issues with wire breaks around the oil cooler/headstock, started around 30k miles. After four different wires fractured on different occasions I replaced them all. The fractures were always in the loop of the loom between where it is fixed to the bottom yolk and fixed to the frame, that loop is subject to steering movement hence, wires are constantly being bent when steering. I cut all the wires out and replaced with super flexible wires used on CNC machines, making sure that all the soldered joints were behind the fixed points and not subject to any bending. All joints were covered in heat shrink and wrapped in self amalgamating tape, which is also flexible. Never had any issues after that. As you suggest, it is a common issue, especially on the 13/14 Skyhook bikes and, as I found out, once one wire goes, the others won't be too far behind.
