Don't you just love Bimmers? My old R1100S went up in a cloud of smoke at a Sunday biker meet about 10 years ago. The wiring loom was stretched like a banjo string across the screen frame, so it eventually cut right through shorting out loads of stuff in the process. Lovely bike but big trouble, I got shot of it at 17k miles and bought a Honda. I always said, it's a good thing BMWs are nice to ride because if they weren't no bugger would ever buy one.
Interesting you say the new fuel sender doesn't need calibrating, a few people have said that to me, yet I read an official service bulletin a while back saying it does. Also, I took mine in for the fuel pump recall in November (which was another story) and the service guy mentioned the fuel gauge wasn't working - like I didn't know, duh!
I said I'd buy one and fit it myself if I ever felt the need for a working gauge, and he said I'd have to take it in to have it "set-up". I suppose it'll be suck it, and see what happens.
Yes, i heard about the zapping it with one of those electric lighters. May read up on it and give it a go. You're lucky yours is still working, what mileage has your bike done? Mine went off at about 7.5k miles - it's a very low miler because it wasn't used for ages following a hefty heart attack in 2012, it's only got about 9k miles on it at present. I only use for day rides now, the long bike tours are a thing of the past, sadly. I used to love the long trips, we did a few including one in Cananda in 2010 with my son, we hired two bikes out of Vancouver and rode out to Alberta to the icefileds and back. Done a few Europe tours as well.
Some here: http://www.dewisant-photography.net/y_ogb_travelsite_frontpage.htm
