Gonna be a great day in Texas.....again! What's the saying, "I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as Fast as I could." My brother has been here (Houston & San Antonio) for over 30 years and didn't tell me to move here. Oh well, I'm here now.

See y'all at VH.

Live Long and Prosper.

Be Careful.
Ride Safe.

MAY BEE BRO DIDNT FOR GET TO TELL YOU BEN GOT 40 ACER,S BY PARIS BE MOVING HERE NOW I GOT BACK UP 3 BRO IN CLUB

MM, did you get Vinnie's electrical problem fixed?

No, but I think I've got it traced to the ignition or ignition wires.

Karl Leo told me how to do that. Take the left fairing off to find the ignition harness & jump the brown and white wires. Should start. Fuse box has power. Battery tested good on as load tester.

Problem is, it's staring to rain. I gotta get a 5mm allen socket and extension to take off the ignition. Then cross my fingers that it won't be raining. Then, find a spot to work on it in the yard.

Whatcha doin' today? Feel like tearing down a Voyager?

When you rig the 5 mm extension, lightly attach bolt to socket with masking tape when you go to reinsert the bolt so that the bolt doesn't fall out of socket en route. Not too much tape or you'll leave socket taped to bolt after reinstall. (Ask me how I know).

Ignition bolts are now out. I already dropped one but was able to find it, just not the washer.

I've got Vinnie under the awning. Still misting outside. Thanks for the tip. I was wondering how to put them back in. now I know.

MM, sorry I didn't get your reply until now. I left for a ride about 9:00am. Somewhere out in the Hill Country it occurred to me that I should have called you to see if you needed help.

I had a long conversation with Carl Leo. What a great guy. I bet we were on the phone for 2 hours trying different options. Jimbo also showed up and helped. I also got a hold of John H., Duane A., Fritz W., the Ol' Hippi & Bill O. Thanks to all of you.

By some miracle I got power back. The battery was so low it wouldn't start the bike, only 'click' the celenoid. But all the dash lights came on. Tomorrow I'll try to start it after being on the charger all night. I did have the shop put a load test on the battery yesterday and it was OK at 10.5 amps on load. Don't know if it would do that now.

We tried everything and nothing worked. A gremlin must have gotten scared because power came back for no apparent reason other than pulling just about every harness and connector apart. I'll put the fairing back together tomorrow afternoon after putting dielectric grease on all the connections. I now know more about the bike than I care to. I also have new tools!! A 10" socket extension and 5mm socket type allen wrench plus an impact screwdriver were needed just get started. Of course I had to make two trips to the store because they weren't needed at the same time.

I'll let y'all know what happens tomorrow! Have a good night and God Bless.

Hopefully it was a bad connection or a connector that wasn't fully plugged in. However, it still could be a broken wire making an intermittent connection. After you get the ignition switch harness reconected, I sugest wiggling it while the key is in the "on" position. If the dash lights blink, you have a broken wire.

When replacing the fairing, I've found it easier to remove the fairing vents first and then pop them back in afterwards. It's realy difficult to get the vents aligned with the ducts while also aligning the fairing mounts.

Wow! - that's good Dave.

That suggestion was made by Karl. Once it's running, wiggle every d** wire you can find. Right now I'm cooking brekfast, almost afraid to try to start Vinnie. I hope the battery is strong enough to do the job AND that I have power.

I'll keep in mind the vent issue. Thanks.