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Well, it's been a while. Sold the bike, house, tractor, and just about everything else in 2014 and bought a 45-foot 4-slide motorhome. Traveled around for two years before my wife had enough so we bought a house and sold the bus. Looking to buy a bike again.

On a side note: VRLA batteries can actually survive freezing and still work after being thawed and charged. The freezing will certainly cause irreparable damage and greatly reduced life, but the battery will work. Freezing a VLA battery will result in destruction of the battery.

Push starting these puppies is no fun! Wife and I had to push start ours a couple of times while on a trip some years ago. "Faster Honey, faster!" She was not amused. Finally made to a dealer in Billings, MT, for a warranty replacement.

The battery in our bikes is small, only 18-20 Amp-Hours, so it doesn't take long to discharge it especially when the key is full on and the kill switch is off.

Sorry your bike was hit. IMHO, the police report is/was a good idea as some people are not nearly as honest and upright as they may first seem. Last Dec. a guy t-boned my wife & I. It was a very low speed accident between two pickup trucks. He ran a stop sign, in the rain, and hit the side of our truck. He & I exchanged info and I thought the incident was over when my wife informed me that she had called the police. I told the guy to wait for the Cops and while he seemed a bit upset he waited. Police report done and everyone went their merry way. We contacted the other guy's insurance to get our truck repaired. They said they would get back to us... Turns out the "at fault" driver didn't report the accident to his insurance and even dodged them refusing to take their calls, answer the door, emails, or even letters. Since we had a police report, his insurance took care of our repairs. That would not have happened if my wife had not called the police and insisted on a police report.

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Bubber made a teardrop trailer a few years ago. It wasn't a camper, and it looked much better than the one in the video. He didn't seem to have any trouble pulling it.

Thanks, that was a good video. Now about this "friend" thing you're trying to pawn off on us... We all know better, but I guess it's alright if it makes you feel better to have a make believe friend...:rotf::rotf:

The weather here today is gorgeous! 76F at the moment, a few light clouds, and an occasion breeze. Please keep the snow back east.

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I'm thinking that the Grand-Kids would love to ride in something like that!

No! I agree, your battery appears to be fully charged. I agree. 16-18 volts is too high. Sorry for the confusion... The voltage measurements you stated of approximately 16VDC at idle and 18VDC at 2000RPM are too high. This is a voltage regulator issue. The high voltage could also be caused by a high resistance connection, (bad connection), between the voltage regulator and frame ground. Open circuit voltage is battery voltage without load or charging current. An open circuit voltage of 12.94VDC is at the high end of normal if you have a VRLA, (Valve Regulated Lead-Acid, a.k.a sealed, AGM, Gel-Cell), battery. It can take a couple of hours for a motorcycle or car battery to drop to open circuit voltage after charging has been stopped. This means that after turning off the bike it may a couple of hours for the voltage of your battery to drop down to true open circuit voltage, especially with the high charge voltage you presently have. In short, don't worry about the open circuit voltage at this time. The stock voltage regulator keeps the stator winding at 100% output current for the present engine speed (RPM). The Mosfet voltage regulator varies the stator winding output current according to the actual load, (number of lights on, etc.). This is great as the stator winding will run cooler and last longer. Why Yamaha didn't use this regulator to begin with is beyond me. I intend to put one of these Mosfet regulators on my bike as I have no desire to change the stator again.