Flyinfool

Tomorrow, Wednesday is my big day. Going in for some slicing and dicing on my heart to see if they can get it to act normal. (It would be the first normal part of me...) I have already stopped taking the heart meds in preparation for this and my heart is back to doing all kinds of weird stuff. We all know how hard it is to fix an intermittent electrical problem when it is working. I have been nervous as all get out for the last month and a half knowing that this day was coming. I have come to realize that sleep is way over rated, but I now have a very good understanding of every single blemish in my bedroom ceiling, Guess now I'll have to fix it one of these days. The fun will start at 8:40am and I should be out of surgery around 6:00pm, Of course more or less time depending on what they find once they are in there playing around with stuff. If all goes per plan A, I will be spending the night and then I should be coming home some time Thursday. If I am actually home Thursday I will get on here to let you all know that you are not rid of me just yet. The doc says there is a 70% chance that the procedure will work. If it works I could be back on the bike in a couple of weeks, If it does not work I may have to put my bike up for sale because with the meds I take I can not ride. (Even though I have snuck out a couple of times for a quicky around the block or 3:whistling:)

Doh, I always forget to look at that clue..... I know a lot more about 1st gen wiring than 2nd gen.

A little afraid? I was just plane scared to click on this post, and then there was a video. The mere existence of a video with Puc and Twerk in the title was flat out terrifying.

Those are the AUX circuit. and are powered from the fuse directly below them just follow the wire it is about 3 inches long. One screw is positive from that Fuse and the other is negative/ground. That is where Yamaha intended that you connect all electrical accessories, on that nice cute little 5 amp circuit. If you are replacing the fuse panel anyhow, forget about those and make 2 new terminal blocks. I screwed my 2 new terminal blocks to the top of the air cleaner, just leave enough slack in the wires to allow servicing the air cleaner. these 2 new terminal blocs are set up with one as switched power and the other set up as battery power. the power to each block is run through a 20A fuse for the switched power and a 40 A MAXI fuse for the battery power. This gives a nice clean way to install new toys down the road. I don't think you are real far away from me, let me know if you need help, I like playing with wires.

Which bike are you looking to do this to?

Dew point hit 75 today, that makes for miserable no mater what the temp.

Puc Puc Puc! What are we gonna do with you? You cant tell your ear from your rear........ I hope you can still tell her ear from her rear.......... Yup you are one silly boy, Please don't ever change........

Washing your eyes wont help with a mental visual, you have to pour the gasoline in your ear and swish it around the inside of your head thoroughly to attempt to wash the image out of your brain. Then peer in the hole with a match for illumination to be sure you got it all.

Next thing you know @cowpuc will be trying to make and post a video of me twerking...... Try and get that image out of your head.......

OK I gotta ask. Since there is a white section in those lights are you going to wire in backup lights? Or wire in amber turn signal lights? OR?

Yup. Meant CMS, brain fart..... Went back and fixed post.

First thing is how are you riding it. You need more torque to haul the extra weight. These engines don't make good torque until higher up in the RPMs. The trike should be no worse than pulling a trailer, With the trailer I never even think about 5th gear until I am over 65mph to keep the engine in the power band. It is not uncommon for me to set the cruise at 60MPH in 4th gear and go till it is time for gas. That is not abusing the engine, it likes it. On a big hill don't be afraid to down shift. Simple test you can try. While going up that hill, without moving the throttle at all do a quick down shift, if the bike speeds up then you were in to low of a gear for the situation and were actually lugging the engine. There are many situations where you will get better gas mileage and better performance both at the same time by being in a lower gear.

Maybe there is no "getting" left..........

Just for giggles check the oil for coolant. I'm not sure what "difficulty" would get that much coolant everywhere. I would give it a real good hosing off to get trapped coolant out of all the nooks and crannies. Battery reading 12.0V is low, Should be 12.6V try charging it up and take it in for a free load test.

The number that I have always heard bantered about was 40lbs max including the tray. Any more than that and the front wheel starts to feel light.

It is too bad this meet is in summer so that you can not ride here. Yes you can ride in winter, but we can ride in summer. It is far easier to dress for cold than it is to dress for hot.

That means that you likely have 5 year old brake fluid in there, way over due for a fluid change. It is not mileage that degrades the brake fluid, it is age. Sitting is worse for the fluid than racking up miles.

Getting older can be better than the alternative. Your getting to feel almost as old as I do now. You better get that train slowed down and headed in the other direction.

Wow, this is an old thread. Some have connected that wire direct and never had an issue BUT there are also a lot of people the have fried a CMS by connecting that wire direct to 12V. The CMS is expecting to see about 6 volts on that wire. A CMS will cost a lot more than that $0.25 resistor.

Maybe she did and we will have to hope and wait and see. If not I'll bet TOTR will have some...... now how to get hold of her........

If you go to the settings in the top right corner there is an option "Request desktop site" select that and it will chang to the desktop version with all of the formatting controls.

FART!!!!

Bubber, I have faith in your ability to get into trouble with or without the bike.

Is there a way to make that link in the first post easier to find? The chat tab in the menu bar is hidden behind the search window so that I can not get to it. So I went to the forums page and scrolled down to the bottom in the chat stats to click on the enter chat link but that one don't work. I had to manually type in that URL link and that finally worked. This is all on a Galaxy S5 Android phone. I did find a way to change the font, size, and color while using the phone. Slightly painful but it did work. Now I am working on the ability to upload a pic in chat from the phone.

My guess is that with the high pressure of a FI system, it is almost a guaranteed leak to have a petcock.