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Now I see why you have to ride like that. you use your boot for a brakepad.......Kind of like Fred and Barney

Yup I was bad. But it had to be done. The lawn has not been cut for 2 months. I have to move the bike out of the shed to get the lawn mower out. In order to get the bike back into the shed it has to go up a 3" curb. Well I know there ain't no way in "H E double hockey sticks" that I can push it up that curb. This means that I have to start the bike to drive it up the curb. Well the bike has been sitting since last October, still has a full tank of last years gas, and not even good gas. Set the choke, turned on the key and had lots of clicking that then quit rather abruptly, not the taper off that I am used to. so I turned off the key, turned the key back on and more clicking that slowed to a stop like normal. I guess all of the gas must have evaporated out of the carbs. Cycled the key once more for good measure. this time hit the start button and it was instantly purring like a content kitten. So I let it warm up for a bit, and to give the oil some time to circulate everywhere. Then I climbed on, I got old and fat over the winter with being a couch potato for 10 months nursing this heart crap, it was a bit tricky getting my big foot over the top. Then I pulled in the clutch, raised the stand, dropped it into first gear and started to slowly pull forward, Then it happened. We have all done it. The rear wheel slipped on the grass and kicked out to the right side. It kicked out so fast that the bike was no longer pointed at the door to the shed, and I was going to fast to stop. Next thing I knew I shot past the side of the shed, across the lawn, and out into the road. It took me 32 miles to get that thing pointed at the shed door and to get it to stop from that initial burst of speed. And now I have this stupid grin on my puss that just wont seem to go away.:big-grin-emoticon::big-grin-emoticon:

The venture line backrest is not intended for use with a passenger, because of the Knee/inner thigh issues. When I was looking for a rest I was about to pull the trigger on a HD rest and bracket and then fab up a bracket to mount it. but then my Ventureline one became available. To my knowledge, there has never been any person on the back seat of my Venture, so the Ventureline was fine

There should be infinite ohms from the stator wires to ground, if your continuity tester is going off then you have a coil shorted to ground. It is not terribly uncommon to have a stator and a RR go out very close to each other. A bad stator can take out a RR and a bad RR can take out a stator, not always but it is possible.

This would tell me the battery is bad. A fresh charged battery will not drop to 10V with the bike running even if the charging system is completely dead. I'm betting that if you fully charge the battery and take it in for a load test it will fail. You seem to be the lucky owner of a fairly new bad battery. It is also possible that in addition to a bad battery you have some other electrical gremlin hiding in there. But all of the electrical tests require a good battery, so start there with a good charge and a load test. Charge the battery with the big charger and then put it on the trickle overnight to top it off. then take it in for the load test.

Thats me, I'm Guilty of making the tool. I do still have a few left from the last run, and there may not be another run, they are not easy to make. Send me a PM if interested.

If you did all of the test and still have low voltage it is most likely a bad RR. Here is another test Very similar to the one you used but slightly different. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?81297-Testing-for-a-Battery-not-Charging

You have enough miles on to have the plugs show an indication of mixture. It is actually better to be reading clean new plugs with low miles on them. Hot temps reduce available horse power because the air is less dense, this usually mans that you will pull the throttle open a little farther to get the same acceleration that you are used to, and less dense air means that the engine will run a little richer.

Glad to hear she is OK. I also was really worried when I read the title. I think a racing crash is a lot less dangerous that a road crash. (I must admit I have tried neither and have no plans to test my theory) At least the track makes an effort to be sure there are no trees rocks or other hard things to run into while doing a butt slide, not to mention having all of the right gear on. While it would be cool to wear the scarred helmet, helmets are designed for a single impact, the energy absorbing layer may already be crushed and will not be able to protect in the next crash. The scratches will create a weak spot in the outer shell that also might not be enough left to protect in the next crash. Since she is racing, there will be a next crash. Some of the helmet makers you can send in a helmet and they will inspect it to see if it is still safe to use. But I would keep the damaged helmet to hang on the garage wall as a memento.

The TCI diodes that fail are not failing electrically, it is a mechanical failure due to corrosion from getting wet. The ones in the CMU are well conformal coated to keep them dry and I have never seen or heard of a CMU with signs that water had gotten in it to start a problem. There is also no track record of the diodes in the CMU failing for any reason. I would/did leave them alone.

I wanna see that.....

That is 33 MPG, while not great mileage it is not that terrible or unheard of either. I have gotten down to 80 miles on 4.5 gallons which is about 18 MPG. My full size 4X4 pickup does better than that. That was 100% due to riding 80 MPH into a 40MPH headwind pulling a trailer with temps in the 90s. Next tank I slowed down, made the turn to cross wind and was back to normal 38 MPG. There was nothing wrong with the bike, just the way I was riding it. Point is it could be the way you were riding and/or weather conditions contributing to the low mileage. As far as the smell, what do your plugs look like? Do they say you are running way rich?

Poison Ivy is bad stuff. I found out the hard way that I am allergic to it. So I get an allergy rash and hives on top of the poison ivy rash. Then I found out I was allergic to the meds that they gave me........ It was not fun. I learned my lesson and never got into it again. I can spot poison ivy from a long ways off.

But then you will need to find 3 track trails........

Face book is what you get if you are walking down the sidewalk while reading a book and come to an uneven sidewalk crack......

When old Puck gets to CTFWing, he tends to get lost, even if it is in his own back yard.

When you hit Wisconsin, if you get close enough give me a shout, we'll see if we can get you wrapped around some of the good Ice cream from the dairy state.

I went to the heart doc today for my first checkup since the ablation. He said I ain't dead yet. He said that it looks petty good and has started to reduce the meds. It will be a very long procedure to get off of all of them, as in potential years. Of course the most expensive one will be the very last one to get off of, go figure. So for the next year it will be a lot of hurry up and wait. I am not off of any of them yet, but I will see if the reduced dosage will let me back on the bike. He did say that I can and should now start to increase my physical activities. That will help cuz I am sick of being a couch potato.

Info on exactly what you bought?

Plasma cutter, faster and quieter.

I hope you studied better than I did so that at least you can pass the test.

Hmmmmmmm..... Another mark in book........

Nice trip, sounds like it was a blast. To bad it never happened. :photographing:You know the rules, If there ain't no pics it never happened. I don't think that the imagination thing the you and Puc have going will fly around here....... To resize pics http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?92599-Resizing-Pictures To post pics http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?92609-How-to-add-a-picture-to-a-post

You need this kit for installing the smaoke. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10622

Yup, it sure is bent. Can you tell where exactly the bend is? It looks like it is bent in the tubing bend that is by the side bracket. But it is hard to tell in the pics.