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Also check continuity of the wires from the regulator connector to the battery especially the ground.

Mike, Where did you buy the mosfet R/R from? Thanks

So far the OEM one is the only one that worked, Rick sent me a new HO one like the one I had when I bought the HO Stator and it has worked for two days now and about 60 miles so will see if things are good now or not, it took the last one 500 miles to fail.

I would not feel comfortable riding on tires that had sat that long they may have developed flat spots too.

I think you are better off, you can't trust those even number Chiefs anyway

That's my next step.

We like to hit the little mom and pop wineries on our journeys.

Depends on how close I was to the neighbor, If he was not one of my best friends I would have told him to go home.

I figured a retired Radioman could make his own antennas

Says it is a Venture S and the color is intense black so I am assuming it's a midnight. The salesman is supposed to call me today for my answer.

The same thought had crossed my mind since I was first going by my onboard voltage meter, but at night the lights would go from dim to really bright so I checked it with a couple of different multimeters. Charge voltage 14 Volts at 1000 17 Volts at 2500 The New Regulator is putting out a steady 13.2

Received another R/R from Buckeye Saturday and put it on the bike hopefully this will take care of it. I don't think another business would have put up with all the back and forth we have done.

Thanks everyone for the advice, I think I will keep shopping around, like several have said if I have some doubt I should not buy even if it is a good deal. I had replaced my stator and R/R two years ago with the high output ones from Buckeye and about 3 months ago I had a R/R go bad so I bought another one from Buckeye and it was bad out of the box (undercharging), so he sent me a new one and it lasted about 500 miles before it started overcharging so he sent me another one and it has been on the bike for a day now will see how it works out.

Leo you are welcome to come up and visit us.

Cool, What's next?

I am thinking about a new bike and really disappointed in the choices out there across the board.

Came in from the garage the other day really frustrated at my bike (charging issues) and my wife told me to just go buy a new one. I have looked at several other bikes including Harley Ultras, Victory both the Cross Country and the Vision, Indian Chief, Voyager, ST1300, Concourse and Gold Wing but none of those seem to fit me and my wife as well as the Venture. The issues I have is since a new Venture would be exactly like my 99 I would be paying mostly for a 5 year warranty an ipod and a different color and of course everything working properly. I have found a leftover new 2012 for 14900, not sure if that is a good price or not but I just can't seem to bring myself to pull the trigger. I have not totally discounted Wings but have not found one with a seat yet that would comfortably fit both he the wife and me. Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

All those affected are in our thoughts and prayers.

Neat looking place. Do you still have snow up that way?

We rode abut 300 miles Saturday and I am looking forward to getting up your way since the weather has started turning nice. I like riding year round but flat roads can get boring sometimes.

That's going to be one wicked looking bike.

I need to know what day y'all want to meet up so I can get that day off.

No clowns or old jails yet?

I tried some new stuff last time to fix a crack in one of my lowers called Plastic Weld it's a putty made by JB Weld and has held up real well so far.

My local dealer matches all web prices and they stock them so I usually pick them up there. Ask yours if they match the worse they can say is no.