So it was a beautiful weekend to ride.  I went up to Fredericksburg to visit friends and family and got to ride.  Well after our ride my buddy noticed that my integrated tail wasn't working for left turns but was for right, and that my front brake switch is faulty.  So no biggie I make sure its the switch and order another.  Now for the turn signal, i look at the wiring and notice how the PO had rigged it rather poorly with the quick spicers and the stock plugs.  I remove the electrical tape to inspect the wires and guess what, the wires for the tail were chewed by a mouse and then twisted back together and wrapped with tape.  the hot wire for the brake light was litterally connected with one strand of copper wire, the brake and ground were chewed but not nearly as bad.  So i get to wait for parts and fix it the right way.  So here goes another week of riding, thanks a lot vermin.

gah, that sucks.

find a way to keep the wires HOT, that should stop 'em 

here is what i have now to replace the integrated tail :
Before


After

looks sharp man,

and looks safer. 

i feel your pain Nate, the little bastards just got into the engine well of my 2007 Tacoma, chewed up the supply line from windshield washer res. to the hood nozzels, also chewed thru the wires going from the master cylinder sender unit to the main wiring harness- i'm keepin
poison inside the engine well when i park (also keeping a tray of poison on top of the starter cover on my GS just in case)-

Yeah overall i like the way it turned out.  The blinkers were a bit of a pain to mount and i might end up getting another set cause i mangled one snugging it on, i snugged to much and snapped half the threaded post off  . 

As a bonus when i had the tail all ripped to hell i found the tank prop that i thought i had lost