Cigarette lighter socket oddity?

[Freddyfruitbat]

My Glee arrived with a lighter socket fitted courtesy of the previous owner; I have never had occasion to need it until the other day, when I discovered it didn't work.  Investigation showed that at the bottom of the socket is a red plastic inner, which reduces the internal diameter by about half, and prevents the plug going fully in and making electrical contact.  WTF?  Never seen this before - can anyone shed any light on it?  Wondering if the inner is some sort of adapter for some other plug, and whether I can prise it out? Seems very rigidly fixed in place though and unlikely to move easily.   Odd.

[Fat Rat]

It looks like a bayonet fitting 

[matchless]

It looks like a din plug adaptor, it should pull out.

[grumps]

I wonder if that's a BMW type socket. As Matchless says

[Fat Rat]

Or it could be a locking set up

http://www.parts-express.com/marine-grade-locking-cigarette-lighter-plug-12-vdc--265-272

[matchless]

This is what I think it is.

[Fat Rat]

That looks right to me.

[Freddyfruitbat]

You lot are great, thanks very much!   Spot on; the red gizmo is identical to the pic in matchless' post, and knowing that and being comfortable with giving it a bit more welly, I was just able to extract it.

The bad news, however, is that the ciggy socket still isn't working; neither it nor the adjacent USB socket are receiving any power (even with the engine running).   

Oh well, there's a project for another day!

[Fat Rat]

It shouldn't take too much to trace the wires and find the fuse 

[Freddyfruitbat]

Well, yeah, hopefully!  Haven't had the bike very long though and so far my attempts at DIY maintenance have been, shall we say, not very productive.   Seemed to spend most of a Saturday trying (and failing) to remove the fairing/side panels, in order to get under the tank!  All a far cry from the last bike I owned (and maintained 100% myself) 30 years ago... anyway, I've since found some very helpful 'stripdown' videos on YouTube so hopefully my next attempt will go a little better

[Hugh Mungus]

Matchless is indeed correct at identifying the object. The plug in particular is a useless item as they tend to be a sloppy fit in the socket, they then short out the socket and the fuse blows.
So hopefully all you need to do is find and replace the fuse.

[Angustoyou]

And don't be too gentle getting the panels off. They are tough and flexible, a godsend given the crappy design.  The manual shows the connectors, but I couldn't really see how they attached until I wrestled the buggers off.