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You checking it with a digital volt/ohm meter or analog 40? My guess is digital as they are the easiest to fool (no pun intended Flyinfool) with a residual reading. I'd check main fuse on the output side for the headlight first just to make sure Murph didnt figure out a way to pop in a funky fuse on ya. Perhaps the ground you are reading thru the connector is not valid enough to carry the load of the lights. I would just take a test wire and frame ground it and then touch the ground terminal side of the connector and see if the light comes on.. If you do this and the lights still dont come on, take a peek at the white RLU light on your dash and see if it changes (comes on when you test the ground). Another possibility would be a bad relay whose contacts are burned to the point that they are only able to carry residual 12vdc. You could test 12vdc at the relay input with a light and what cha get, maybe jumper the relay and see if that does it. Last but definitely not least,, I'd jumper the RLU out and see what happens.. I'd do this last though cause I am one lazy lop eared varmint and that RLU is hardest to get at of all the above plus it just makes no sense to me that the RLU would be sourcing the blinkers as it would be to easy for a failed blinker to confuse the RLU any more than it is already confused LOL.. Any of that make sense? Probably not but it was fun to write something and may give you a smile while your waiting for the Electro guru's to chime in All the best in getting her shining brightly again! Puc

Or this one,,, sheesh am I getting geezerly or what here.. WELL PUT Corporal Newkirk,, WELL PUT!!

Typed that last post BEFORE seeing this Vaz ,, YOU are SPOT ON HERE BROTHER!!

Also for many years I would lay the bike down and point the master upwardly so the banjo joint at the master was no longer the high point in the system,, then I got old and could no longer upright the bike easily so I started bleeding from the banjo itself which works just as good.. Couple little teany weany specks of air at that banjo and bingo,, no clutch as that is the high point of the system,,, IMHO of course..

I was thinking 20 minutes to get the back wheel off the scoot including unpacking time so I am able to lift that great big heavy sticker covered mudsucker of a varmint up on er center stand with the flat back tire making doing so x10 harder to do then with a fully inflated shoe All but a couple different times when encountering a flat while CTFW cross country, I have found that just having done that (removing the rear wheel) is enough to almost guarentee a ride into town for a new tire and that most shops will gladly do a quick bead breaker for you for free if ya by the tire from them and spoon em on yourself in their parking lot.. I did bump into a shop out in Moab once that this rule didnt apply.. All he had for tires were 404's and he wanted 220 bucks a pop for em even though I told him the 404 that I had on my bike only cost me 80 bucks,, to bad so sad was his approach.. He also loaned NO tools and wanted a bill for a swap job, wheel in hand.. I/we passed and headed cross country to the nearest town with a Yam Shop (Richfield,, or Richland or something like that,,,, west bound over the mountain passes and sleeping in Trail Hikers Trail Head @28 degrees was fun ) where they too only had the 404's but were only 120 bucks there and they did let my do my own spoonin in their parking lot cause I didnt wanna pay em the 50 bucks they wanted to mount the confounded thing:missingtooth:

Seee,, see why I got Maggie my bucket list R1 when I did? I simply asked myself the question of if the mid 60's was gonna hurt so much, I wonder what crossing into the 70's was gonna be like and BINGO,, instant R1 time!!

TAHHH DAHHHHH!!!! :dancefool: Now it's on to mounting a clay pigeon tosser onto the back of Clyde (my brand new 82 truck) just in case my plans/hopes for taking my 14 year old Grandson and his dad and my future son in law (all from Comifornia as @Condor would say it ) out for a lop eared Michigan State Land loving varmint Puc style bachelor party.. ,, wonder if those varmints have ever shot clay pigeons from the hind end of a moving Utility truck missed me,,, :duck: missed me again:rasberry:,,, better practice hitting the singles before trying those doubles ya bunch of gotta practice practice practice if your gonna hit anything with the 50 Cal mounted on Grandpa's Sherman tank when he finds it varmints!!

I hear that Dunk,, kinda crazy.. Maybe there was a mistake and the 147 labor was suppose to be for pulling the wheel off the bike and then mount and balance and reinstall.. Speaking of that,, it wasn't to long ago that I read on a Polaris Indian site where one of the members got charged 1250 bucks for a new rear tire with install on a Chief.. No idea of how true it was but just reading that made me look like this: That would make a typical CTFW 2 monther for an old has been biker run close to 4 grand just for rear tires and make the western grasshopper kind of a rare insect cause a lot of bikers I know would have to be living on em if that were the case

That and you cant carry him and his shop in your back pocket when your out CTFW across the Bad Lands of South Dakota or up into the mountains of Utah where Murph seemingly hides tire poppers on the roadways and trails like the Easter Bunny hides Easter eggs ..

Here in Michigan it's a crime to privately sell/trade/give away a handgun without going thru the background registration process (very easy to do thru any FFL Gun shop/Pawn Shop and/or a local Sheriffs Office). In the case of a handgun an individual can buy/sell/trade person to person if the buyer has a purchase permit = this gives you the owner the legal right to transfer the shooter to his hand. Long guns do not fall into this category though and there is actually no process for doing so,, back ground checking on long guns only happens when buying new (from a dealer) or shipping thru a mail service,, in that case, it has to be shipped FFL to FFL and a background is done at that time. Thus leaving scads of unregistered, unaccounted for long guns tucked away in houses all over Michigan giving credence to the suggestion that only 12% of all Michigan homes are setting there with the inhabitants unable to protect themselves if that day should ever come = leaving it up to the bad guys - foreign or domestic - to figure out whether the Michigan home they are about to assault happens to be one of those 12%

Heyyyy,, look who showed up,, waddup @VanRiver Riv!! Glad to hear your still hard at it!! Keeping busy here myself as of late,, in the middle of marrying off my 2nd born daughter = TONS OF FUN!! Not as much fun as your having though I bet,, working and all that stuff,,, sucks being retired ,,, ok,, I'll stop,, love me inspite of my ways will ya brother? Gotta get some sleep here so I can get up and finish putting this Arbor together so I can pick up people at the air port so I can on and on and on till the wedding over.. Then I can go back to being me... If you and @videoarizona do hook up,, have an ice cream cone on me will ya,, just tell Vaz to pay for it and I will reimburse him,,, maybe

1st things first CP,, alllll my opinion in this matter is centered around my MK1 (83/84) experiences,, I have VERY little MK2 (86 up) experience BUT - I did play with a parts bike for a bit and, even though there are some differences in back sides = I dont believe its enough to make a difference in being able to run a car tire,, maybe though.. The tire that Bill (Jakester) and I are discussing in the video below is the closest I found to being able to squeeze onto a 1st Gen but even it would not work. There just is not enough room both frame wise and swing arm wise to accomadate a CT on one. The little splash plate is not the issue,, its the actual frame work design itself.. The contour of a 140/90x16 motorcycle tire fits it perfectly.. Could it be redesigned/altered to work,, DEFINITELY!! One of the main reasons that I never did pursue doing so though is the difficulty of "spooning" on/off a CT after all the work.. You sort of touch on my line of thinking in your comment about having to much add on stuff on the bike = I have always ran my bikes with minimal bling/add ons cause I liked the advantage of being able to pull a back tire in less then 20 minutes. This also applies to spooning on/off a tire = my line of thought was always the concern of having a flat on a roadside in 105 degree desert outback and not being able to get a tire off the wheel,,, and then,, end up a shop somewhere and have to pay the big bucks to have someone do my work for me only to find out they wouldnt touch the thing cause it was a CT on bike wheel. I just gave up on the project.. I have ran inexpensive Shinko's/Full Bore's/Kenda's and the like for years and, even though I do have to swap out tires on the road when chasing coast to coast the ease of spooning em on and off is luxurious IMHO. Here toward the end of my touring days I did get talked into trying a high end ($300 tire retail) dual compound E4 that so far is proving worthy if talking mileage. My worst mileage cheap tire was the 404 (burned off two of them in less than 8k miles on one trip BEFORE getting to the west coast!!) and all the others fell under 6k BUT remember = desert riding 2 up and packin is hard on tires. This E4 has well over 9k on it now and it still looks brand new.. Problem with the E4 is it is almost as hard to spoon on as a CT,, it DEFINITELY will take a tire machine to get off = its that solid and heavy.. We are pretty much done with touring on two wheels because of health but if we were not and we were still CTFW all over North America I would never run a tire I could not get on and off on the side of the road,, I just would not do it (I know,, I am WAYYYYY to old school for my own good). By the way,, I ran Avons for a spell,, never had that happen with em but did on Metz's.. I also have a really close friend who had the same thing happen on Metz's and almost cost some severe injury in their case (Squid and Lonna).. Thru my experience and theirs (and others) = no more Metz's for this guy = to many other tires to choose from.. I do know for a fact that in my case the tire it happened on was monitored daily for air pressures (nasty habit of mine) and wear and it just decided to come unglued out in the California heat = garbage tire period,, IMHO of course..

Oh yeahhhhh,, I'm a regular legend,,, in my own mind ..

Being a Dad is fun. One of the greatest parts of being one IMHO has been the process of putting together and/or making Christmas and Birthday gifts for my 4 children (and Tip too). I cant even begin to calculate the hours and hours of pure joy I have had in doing so. Seems so long ago,, those precious little eyes awakening on Christmas morning to find a tricycle/bicycle/Pocahanos Tent/hand made Doll Houses/bunk beds/dog pens (they each wanted/got their own Beagle pups for Christmas one year and the hounds have to have a Pen to live in)/Aquariums and yes,, even Mini-Bikes/go-carts and motorcycles,,,, where did the time go,,,,, obviously = putting stuff together:big-grin-emoticon:.. What a GREAT honor/privilage/joy to be a Dad.. Now that they are grown and longgg gone, with lives of their own,, one would think that part of life would be over,,, think again!! One of our daughters is getting married this June. She is such a lovely women and I/we could not be happier for her.. I now find myself back at the old drawing board of putting together an Arbor for her special day,, WHAT AN HONOR! The next couple weeks are going to be worm burners around here (already started),, people flyin in from all over the country (she is a spirited young lady, always the adventurer, very social and endless friends from Med School and Doctoring) and all that so I thought I best get started on this thing.. Kinda glad I did cause I have already had to make several design changes so I can dismantle this thing, place it back in its shipping box that fits nicely between the seats of our little Ioniq "motorhome" car (comes within 2 inches of touching the dash with the bottom of the box against the hatchback and still allows us sleeping quarters ) so after the party we can hand deliver it to her and her new husband at their home in Sacramento so they can have the actual Arbor they stood under at their Marriage Ceremony = soooo much fun!! Got the side walls up and running = life is great but LIVING IT IS WHERE THE REAL FUN BEGINS! Puc

I once explained to a friend about taking the front wheel off to raise the back of his scoot to work on its hiney and he somehow missed the point of securing the centerstand with a strap BEFORE proceeding with the project. As a result, the stand folded during the job and he ended up cracking a case half before the bike landed on its side.. If your following this thread and decide to use this method = PLEASE do as these two guru's suggest and get that strap on there pronto.. Good idea you two!! I can definitely see where this would be doable, even on the side of a highway where Murph had descriminately placed those tire poppin nails to bring the CTFW to a momentary hault!!

Ahhh yes,, once again my lop eared varmint tired old eyes tricked me = must be clouded over with 2 stroke smoke .. Looking forward to maybe seeing some shots and maybe even another AWESOME video starring the H1 when you get a round tuit in the build! Speaking of dreaming of the days when the wonderful sniff of 2 stroke smoke filled the air,, here are a few shots of my days past. These are a few of the scoots that escaped our inventory sell off and followed us to our new home years ago. The later model Suzy 100cc that starts the pictorial was a favorite of mine. Cool little scoots with lots of charector for sure.. Anyway,, you can probably tell by these few shots that indeed,, you are not alone in your love for big or small wing dingers.. Enjoy brother and thanks again for bringing this thread to life!

Ohhh yeahhh,,, remember em well Grubs = WOWZY WOW WOW WOW x1000 :sign Rock On::sign Rock On: :178::178::178::178:!!! GRUBSIE, you lop eared bike fanatic, 2 wheels + 2 stroke lovin varmint = WOWZY WOW WOW WOW :guitarist 2:.. That little Suzy looks AWESOME and sounds GREAT!! ???Does it have a working injection system? I only ask cause I did notice the site window on the right side appears to be full but noticed no customary little stream of smoke in the exhaust.. I could still smell the LOVELY odor of 2 stroke smoke though while watching your AWESOME video so I know its getting some lube from somewhere .. WOWZY is that PURDY brother!! Now I GOTTA go pic huntin in prep for story telling Grubs.. I smelled the smoke and feel the need,,, the need for 2 stroke speed :ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886:ice_congrats-vi6886 GRUBS and for :stirthepot::witch_brew: with an AWESOME story of that AWESOME find brother!!!!:guitarist 2: And EXCELLENT job on getting er back on her feet where she belongs = :thumbsup: Gotta go get our daily 2 mile walk in BUT = I will return cause these aint over :big-grin-emoticon: WOWZY WOW WOW WOW, that is AWESOME Grubs!

See,, thats one of the advantages to :Im not listening to:Im not listening to so much like I do,, sooner or later,, everyone will agree with something I say

I guess that Harley rider decided to take the age old thought that if ya wanna ride a Harley ya gotta "Pony Up" literally

How you do dat tire swap without removing the bags Cha? Can you get the tire out from under it by laying it on its side or something? RIGHT THERE WITH YA BROTHER ON RUNNING EM SIDE BY SIDE!!! Be really fun to chase em from Sturgis, around the Bad Lands loop and back to Sturgis neck n neck,, wind in our faces, tents flappin in the wind and HD's in our mirrors Of course, a quick roll on thru the gears to actually see if a 1st Gen really is a mite faster would be in order too but that would secondary to CTFW across the backside of the Bad Lands IMHO

Oh yeah,, and where da heck is Riv??? Hope he is on some great big amazing adventure of his own and not stranded on AZZI out of gas and low on water... Hey Riv,, send us up a smoke signal or two will ya!!!

WOWZY WOW WOW WOW ,,, AWESOME PICS OF MORE AWESOME VAZ ADVENTURES = BEAUTIFUL!! and a GEEEELEEEE MONSTER to boot ,, I have GOT to get back out there ,, them exotic critters just seem to be booming for ya Vaz,, maybe some of your good fortune in locating snakes, lizards and road runners will rub off on me if I we do!! :sign05::sign05::sign05: THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Carl: :rasberry::rasberry::rasberry::rasberry::rasberry: and being a Heinz 57 like I am,, there is a good chance that I do have a touch of Dutch blood mixed in there somewhere

I wonder if you having against the muffler was/is causing a grounding issue so the reg couldn't shunt like it is suppose to? The mufflers are rubber mounted and sealed at the headers with gasketing so they may not produce the best ground IMHO. It doesnt seem that the muffs would get hot enough to cause internal issues of the reg if thats what your thinking = IMHO of course. I would not fear using it as long as it checks out on its readings = do a quick voltage check across the battery with a volt meter to see if its acting normal (reg drops off at idle and jumps to 14.5ish volts when you tap the throttle). ANother thought would be = how much "extra" amp draw are pulling from the new high output stator Cha? That being that extra draw on the stator/electrical system will normally put out xtra heat from the regulator,, that is why higher output electronic devices may have more cooling fins as a heat sink. It's possible that you are just experiencing something normal..

,,, ,,, interviewing those folks about the life and times of my friend and brother @etcswjoe would make a GREAT "Puc Investigates and Reports" video blog to post back here for alllll our lop eared VR varmints to enjoy