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TMI!!!!

For intermittent electrical problems I often wire up some LEDs to various points in the suspected circuit. Depending on what the circuit is supposed to be doing, some LEDs will always be on some will always be off. Group all of the on's together and group all of the offs together, this way it is real easy for the eye to pick up even a flicker. With the LEDs it is easy to see in real time exactly where the problem is.

Bike is fine, I am broken. A friend came over and helped me put the bike to bed for the winter nap. He is a Hardly rider, he had to take the bike for a spin to warm it up good and get the treated gas into the carbs. We may have a future convert from a Hardly. There are sometimes I like to pick on someone other than myself.

I think some of the confusion may have come from your first post in this thread where you said that you will take the site down Monday night and then it went down Sunday morning with no warning. I'm not saying you should not have, just pointing out where the confusion came from. You gotta do what you gotta do when you feel you gotta do it. I was one that was checking back every 15 minutes due to the 15 minutes or forever comment.

During the times that the site is down for upgrades, if you really need a fix like I do. I really went thru a lot of withdrawals yesterday, specially since I can not ride or do much of anything else right now. You can log into chat while the site is down. Just bookmark this link; http://host718.123flashchat.com/venturerider/123flashchat.php?init_group=venturerider By using this link you can get into the VRO chat room even while the site is down for upgrades. I guess I found out yesterday that this does not work if I am the only one that knows about it.....

I guess I have to finish up some more of these. At this moment in time I do not know when I will be able to get to them. I have some health issues that need to get fixed before I can even think of touching the milling machine.

Sounds like a lot more good news than bad news. I would jump thru a lot of hoops for a deal like that. Good luck on getting everything together and making it happen. Who says the new Venture will not have a cassette?

Is it really any more dangerous than any other bike? Some would argue that all bikers are Darwin candidates. In some respects it may be safer. It certainly does not look comfortable to be standing for a long ride.

I love airplanes, but that lil puppy is from before my time.

I just know that Yama Mama is hoping that the upgrade will bring her whips back to chat. I will deal with whatever changes there are, I may whine for a while, but I'll get used to it. But black and orange????????

My screws were already stripped out by PO. I used a hack saw blade and cut off the mounting ears. I was able to get the blade in there from the top. The mounting ears are only in the way for the relocation anyhow.

Well at least Ice cream is not off the menu. After meeting with the last Dr., the top half of my heart is not doing its thing. It is not dead like it would be in a heart attack, it just aint doing nuttin, just sittin there on top and going along for the ride. Well it is the top half that tells the bottom half when to beat. so now the bottom half is not sure just when it is supposed to beat so it kind of just does a random thing. Docs are hoping that the right drug will encourage the top half to start doing its thing again. Problem is there is a lot of drugs that might work, so it will be trial and error to find the right one and the right dosage. So for a while now the plan is to try something and every couple days back to the cardiologist to see if it helped. Hopefully they find the right one before one of the really BAD scenarios plays out. I am still in some disbelief because I never had any hint of chest pain or other heart related symptoms, in other words I feel fine, and I am still trying to wrap my head around this and some of the realistic scenarios. Before I was scared, now I am terrified......... Even I am having a hard time coming up with smart ass comments about this.......

Hang in there. My father went thru this a few years ago. They were ready to pull the plug. He did not recognize any family members. he is now able to drive and living a fairly normal life. There is just a 2 year span that he has no recollection of.

Well I got a big chunk of steel now sitting in the basement........ Now for some cutting and welding........ .......If I can ever get back down there.......

Does that mean that your MD is officially back for 2015?

I recommend dynamite. The proper application of an adequate amount of high explosives can make any problem go away.

Well just got back from the cardiologist. They are still looking for a heart....... But I do glow in the dark now. More fun. I get to see another doc in the morning after the cardiologist is done reviewing my tests. The only good thing they said was that I have no sign of blockages of any kind. They must have found out I have insurance......

Nice find. And a mini vacation to boot.

According to a local news story; That is one of the most often stolen vehicles. Simply because it is easy to do. It is usually recovered shortly after it runs out of gas and is abandoned by the teens that took it for a joy ride. Then they go steal another one till it runs out of gas. If the police spot them and give chase, they will run till they wreck. I hope it comes back in one piece in a couple of days. You may want to think of some extra security for the other one.......

Well this just gets to be more and more fun. Yesterday I went in for the pre op testing. I guess I shoulda studied better for those tests. It seems that they had a hard time finding a heart in this heartless old fart. So for now the Friday surgery to put Humpty back together is canceled and tomorrow I get to go and visit with a cardiologist to see if he can find any sign of a heart in me........ Yes it is getting scary now......

Humpty Dumpty climbed a big hill. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the great DRs and all the great nurses, Will try to put Humpty together again....... Yup, I fall down go BOOM. Again. Not on the bike, just me. Again. Friday is a trip to the OR to have DRs and nurses try to put me back together again. Now I will be home for a few weeks so I can be on here and in chat causing trouble while in a well medicated state.......

But with all of the talk of the famous 2nd gen whine that seems to come from the clutch basket, are you sure you want to even try it??

I had the exact same symptoms on my 1st gen. After a lot of searching I found 3 things that could have been the culprit. One was a bad kill switch. one was a corroded ground connection. and the other was a bad factor crimp of a wire, I found that one during a wiggle test when the power wire to the ignition came out of the contact in the connector shell. Since I fixed all of them at the same time I do not know which one was guilty. It can be a lot of things that can cause your symptoms. If it was fuel related it would not be a hard shut off and back on. Fuel problems would act like it was running out of gas, not a hard shut off. So I believe you have the dreaded intermittent electrical problem. If you can not find an issue by inspecting things then you might need to hook up some cheater LEDs to help you identify the part of the circuit that is causing your problem.

Don, my first thought was to say guzuntight. It seems that you have sneezed and splashed php and sql all over the place...... I know you did a poll a while back and the vast majority of us liked the site the way it is, myself included. But some change is inevitable. Just do what you have to do and we will all learn to deal with it. Besides we are like a plague, you can't get rid of us that easy..... We really do all appreciate what you sacrifice for us.

NOPE!!!! In this case you are exactly correct. But I would still make the new cord a 10 gauge. A 12 ga 100 foot cord at 14 amps will cause a 5.5 volt drop. a 10 ga 100 foot cord at 14 amps will cause a 3.5 volt drop. It is recommended to never lose more than 3% of your voltage due to wire length. You are well past that. As mentioned, keep a close eye on motor temp, and keep the chain sharp, and go easy.