Have been trying to sort electrical gremlins on my newly purchased 'postie' Could not understand why i had no power to right rear indicator and no headlight.mmmm,
after chasing my tail for a few hours( all the obvious things were checked). I noticed a whole load of black tape wrapped around the wiring loom up near the headstock.
Thought it might be a good place to start, well f&^% me,,,,,, a PO had cut through half the wiring and removed about 4 inches before wrapping it all back up.
Rejoined the wires and problem solved,all indicators and hi/lo beam,We're on our way yippeee!

Spent the rest of the day wondering why someone would do that. Just when I thought I'd seen it all.