Flyinfool

Be very very carefulllll! RC can become very addicting.

These bikes do not really have a "choke". A choke restricts airflow to make the fuel mixture richer. When you close the "choke" on our bikes it has no effect on airflow, It adds more fuel to richen the mixture. So if it runs better with the choke on, then you were probably lean. I agree with Dan, you may have dirt or partly blocked fuel passages, start with a good dose of seafoam. Cold air being denser will have the effect of leaning the engine. You may have just been on the verge of lean when it was warm, now that it is cold you are over the edge.

I leave tomorrow to help thin the heard. Will be starting in Michigan. It is not just the hunters, The rut is still going on and deer are running all over at all times of day. The bucks seem to have a one track mind, and the does do not always agree.........

The WHY is for not if but when the ignition switch fails while on the road. You just want that bypass switch very well hidden so that it is not to easy for someone to take the bike.

Are you planning to trouble shoot the fuel leak using alcohol? That would not be any good for the fuel system components. The fuel system was not designed to handle alcohol. Even the 10% that is in modern gas is not doing these old engines any good. You are best off doing the trouble shooting with fresh gas. Just be very careful about fumes and ignition sources and do this outside just in case. There was just a post very recently of someone that had a fuel leak while riding and the whole bike wet up in flames.

The way the scam works is that they pay thru PP with a stolen credit card. By the time the card company figures it out, and debits PP and PP then pulls the funds back from you. the scammers already have your merchandise and you are out the money and your merchandise. Or the scammers simply file a complaint saying that they never received the item or the item was not as advertised or that it was a counterfeit. PP usually sides with the buyer unless the seller has good proof of everything. The scumbags probably have a lot more ways to cheat you out of your hard earned money that I never even heard or thought of. That is why the payment with postal MO or cashiers check scam has dwindled down, Most people know that a modern scanner and printer can make a pretty convincing copy.

I have been having luck by adding a line near my contact info; "Scammers don't bother, I know all of your tricks" I very rarely get contacted by scammers anymore.

It is not that hard. I think you are trying to mix two unrelated jobs. One being the lights and the other being the ignition switch bypass. Just tackle them one at a time.

I still wish that F4 could be talked into making a shield for the 1st gens. Maybe they only do slow bikes.......

:sign yeah that: Except I have no snowmobiles.

You were not here to hold him on the straight and narrow. IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!

There are options. 1. Use a switched power source on the control side of the relay, this will have the lights on any time the ignition is on. 2. Add a switch to #1 so that you can have the passing lights on or off at will but they will still turn off with the ignition. 3. Wire the whole light circuit hot to the battery, this will allow lights whether the bike is running or not. BUT this allows you to forget and leave the lights on and a dead battery. All of my vehicles are wired using #2. with the control power coming from the headlight circuit so that the passing lights are only on if the headlight is on. There are still more options depending on what you want.

14ga sheet metal?? A tank.

Fuses should not get hot. Make sure the the connections are all good. Check not just the fuse to the fuse contacts, but also the wires to the fuse contacts. Bad connections can get hot, fuses should not.

My winterizing consists of taking the key out of the ignition and connecting the float charger, in October I start runing my winter blend of gas so that it is ready to sleep at any time......... Easy to undo.

Check ignition switch, I know that is a problem area on a RSV.

Sure..........

I was 38 the first time. Went into a Ponderosa Steak House for lunch with some coworkers. Clerk asks to see my drivers license. They do not serve alcohol so I asked why? She replies with a straight face, "so I can see if you are old enough for the senior discount"!!! Boy did I get a ration from my coworkers for that.

If your battery is going flat in a week, there is something that is not turning off with the key. You need to be sure that the bike is working right before you replace the battery.

Ahh, a man after my own heart....... I hate chrome too.

A M&E (Meet & Eat) can be anything from pick a time and restaurant to meet at for a couple of hours and then everyone goes their own way after, to something that you might want to host and cook and have people over, or anything in between. I do a M&E in March just to get out of the house for those of us suffering from PMS. It is rare that anyone is able to ride a bike to it, but it is still fun to get together. I just make a reservation at a local restaurant that I know will not have a problem with us sitting around for a few hours BSing, some restaurants do not like that, they want you in and out quick. Usually around 1 or 2 in the afternoon on a Saturday, most restaurants will welcome the business of having warm bodies in the place and a full parking lot.

Glad to see it. Now you just need to get a 1st gen so you can use one.......

:sign yeah that: Instead of wiring the emergency switch, I just carry an extra relay. I have very many things hooked up on relays and since I always use the same relay, that one spare covers many circuits. The odds of 2 relays dieing on the same trip are very slim. But even if that did happen I could swap out a relay from a less critical circuit to keep going. ALL auto parts stores and even many gas station convenience stores carry the relay to restock the spares. In 40 years of using these relays I have only had one failure. That one failure was 15 years old with 250K miles of hard daily use.

Right now is also hunting season in many parts of the country. I for one will vanish for 2 weeks starting next week while I try to make the roads safer for all bikes buy shooting those pesky deer. Different states have hunting seasons at different times. I know that we have a lot of hunters on this site. I would expect things to pick up here once the hunting and holiday seasons are over, and PMS is firmly set in for most of us. Some of us have been there..........

I have not seen amber LED headlight bulbs, but then I never really looked either. I have seen amber HID headlight bulbs.