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    Attention,, got a new friend in California with trike question - can we help?

    in Honda Goldwing Tech Talk

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    Don't know much about trikes or the how the wings operate but if Sam was unable to get it done below is a place outside of Sacramento that does trike conversions and service, (including California Side Cars) and maybe they can provide some additional tech advice for him.

    Great bunch of guys.

     

    Freedom Rides. 643 Lincoln Blvd., Lincoln, CA 95664 | Tel: 916-434-2980 | E-Mail: mario@freedomrides.biz

     

    Nice Job Y'All

    So, aren't we trying to discourage texting and driving?

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    Just had a friend killed Saturday in Summerville,Al. He was on his way to a charity ride, and was turning in to the parking lot where everyone was meeting up for this ride.

    Those attending this charity ride were all in the parking lot when she hit him and many of them watched it unfold as they heard the sounds of metal crunching and tires screeching.

     

    I see the attached article states she will NOT be charged, yet she hit him from the rear???? ( That just don't make sense to me)

     

     

    http://whnt.com/2016/03/22/motorcyclist-dies-after-being-hit-by-car-on-way-to-charity-ride/

     

    That's B.S. Did they check her phone for texting???

    Sad Day, sorry for your loss Eck.

    It sputtered and then stopped.............

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    As Eck stated it sounds like it may be battery related but also try turning the key back and forth a little to see if you can get contact.

    Turn the key to the run/start position then back slightly and see if the speedo or any of the info lights come on.

    If they do and stay on you should be able to start the bike once they activate.

    This would indicate the ignition switch contacts may be dirty or going bad.

    New power port added to inner fairing

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    So let's dig a little deeper here as long as I got you varmints on the wire.. :big-grin-emoticon:

    I have heard that Mom Yam decided to put a bunch of electrics down yonder in the "leggins" or "lowers" (no idea if that is what they are called know adays - talking about the shrouds that sit in front of your legs).. If this is so, would it be possible to move those devices under the fairing and be able to remove the lowers for more air flow? You guys ever bump into a need for that?

    I always remove the lower fairings on my first gens cause I like to be able to sprawl out and I have found the air flow to be rather nice when riding in high heat area's...

     

    Removing the lower fairings on a 2nd gen doesn't accomplish much except to open a lot of the electronics and other critical stuff to the elements.

    The fuse panels and other electrical contacts and connections are behind the lowers.

     

    I left the lowers of the 83 because I also like the wind blowing up my pant legs as well except when the bees are busy.

    New power port added to inner fairing

    in Watering Hole

    Posted · Edited by Zzyzx

    Now THAT'S what I'm talking about - NICE JOB Z!!! :thumbsup: Right there with ya on the ol "got er all apart,, may as well add..." routine! So Z,, just out of curiousity, about how big of job is it to split the fairing on a second gen - time wise.. Something that could be done at road side? Seeing a fair amount of devices under the outer fairing in your pics makes me wonder if replacing errant relays and stuff might be easier on the 2nd gen than on the 1st..

     

    Oh, by the way,,, this :photographing: takin business keeps up like this and the VR :photographing::cop: department is gonna have to start laying off employees :big-grin-emoticon:

    Gonna have to find a REAL job like chasing the wheel all across North America on a beat up old Venture :missingtooth:

     

     

    Can have the front portion of the fairing off in about 10 minutes or so which includes the windshield but, if there are passing lights on it these have to come loose as well unless you have the relocation mount installed.

    This requires a ball allen so you would have to have one available.

     

    Okay, I looked up the relays in the service manual since I had no idea what these were for, (should have done that yesterday) and there are 2 under the fairing. One is for the flasher relay (#27) by the factory power port and the other is for the hazard (#5) next to the port I added.

    New power port added to inner fairing

    in Watering Hole

    Posted

    Nice!

     

    Where did you plug in? The Aux port on other side?

     

    Connect this one to the factory wires for the aux port on the left side via a cut/solder/heat shrink method.

    Also while everything was easily accessible I cleaned and dielectric greased all the other connections before putting the fairing back on.

    New power port added to inner fairing

    in Watering Hole

    Posted · Edited by Zzyzx

    Since I was already doing some work on the 99 repairing the stripped out passing light bolt holes and already had the outer fairing off thought I would add an additional power port to the right side inner fairing.

    Picked up a USB dual power port and did the install last night.

    Connect this one to the factory wires for the aux port on the left side.

    May have to up the fuse amperage a bit but not going to do so if the stock fuse blows then will check for any grounding and if all good will up it 5 amps.

     

    "Here are the Pictures Puc" :)

     

    Power Port-1.JPGPower Port-2.JPGPower Port-3.JPGPower Port-4.JPGPower Port-5.JPG

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