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I don't know. If the guy in the Camry did have a gun, like he said he did, that could likely make him more inclined to use it.

Not going out, just taking a short break to reload...................

Take your volt meter and measure the battery voltage at its terminals, then connect the red lead to the pos terminal on the starter and the black lead to the housing of the starter. Hit the start button and you should see just a bit less than the battery voltage you just measured at the starter. this will tell you if everything in the electrical path is working. If you see full battery voltage at the starter then the starter has an internal issue, If the voltage is a lot lower than battery voltage then there is either a bad connection somewhere or the solenoid is not making contact. Do these checks first and then we can begin to narrow down the actual problem. When you are checking the terminals, there is the positive at the battery, follow that wire to the solenoid terminal, then the other big wire from the solenoid to the terminal on the starter. On the negative side there is the battery terminal and where the other end of that wire is attached to the engine block. There is also the connection of where the starter is bolted to the engine can get corroded and block power. These are all free to check. No not just look at it and think it looks clean, you have to actually take it apart and check, it is not unheard of for all of the outside to look perfect and the corrosion is hiding in between the mating surfaces. Also look at where the wire is crimped into the terminal, that can corrode also.

The brown wire is the main power to everything that is on the "SIGNAL" fuse when the key is on. This is a lot of stuff. The pink wire goes from the horns to the horn switch and the switch provides the ground for the horns. If you only unplugged one of the horns you will still see 12V on both of the pink wires and both of the brown wires. When you press the horn button and the horn is blowing the pink wire should drop to near zero volts. If you unplug both horns, then there should be 12 v on the brown wire but nothing on the pink wire. If you press the horn button with both horns disconnected there should be no change to the nothing on the pink wire.

Well Mr Owl, I know I had a great time when we met while you were in my neck of the woods. You get back to chasing those nurses, you do know that that is the best medicine and that is why nurses wear track shoes. I sure do hope to break bread with you again somewhere.

Nice bike and welcome to the funny farm. The sluggishness might just be how you are driving it, these engines like to rev, they don't even start to make any horse power until 4,000 rpm and above. Do not be afraid of that red line, this is the same bottom end as the V-max that red lines at ~10K. When cruising I never use 5th gear below 60 MPH. I like to cruise at just under 4K, the bike likes it to. But everyone knows that red is the fastest color..................

That is just beautiful. I sure wish we had a view like that here. We are getting more rain this week.

If you go to the "Community" tab in the menu bar above this post, scroll down to "Member List" you can then sort the list by state and look at all of those in PA.

I used to give them back and say "He/She is broken, Smells bad, Fix it" then in about 15 minutes they were fun to play with again.

Also if you are not sure if an email is from Paypal, forward the email to spoof@paypal.com. Pay pal uses these to try to track down the crook and shut them down. they will also reply to you first to say that they received your forwarded email, and a little while later to tell you if it is legit or a scam. If it is a scam, then hit the SPAM button in your email so that that sender can never send you anything again. This will both delete it and make life harder for the crook, once enough people report it as spam it will get added to the spam list and no one will ever see it again.

How bad you broke?

With fuses the voltage is the maximum voltage that you can use the fuse for. so your 125V fuse gould be used only for up to 125V, the 250 will just fine at 125 because that is well below the MAX rating of 250. Where you have to watch out is if you get a fuse at most auto shops / stores. they are usually rated at 32V, these should NOT be used in a 120V piece of equipment.

Careful, he might just have a truck load of with him..................

Around here 6 more weeks of winter means an early spring. So if the groundhog sees his shadow, getting 6 more weeks of winter is a good thing. But then since he is wrong 60% of the time it means that we have a lot of winter left to go.

In that pic it looks like the pigtails are part of a cap snapped onto a standard fuse. See if they can be pulled off.

Puc the 3,000lb winch can be used for gently lowering the bike down the ramp also. Prevents the issue of the brakes not holding on the slippery metal ramp. I sure am jealous, I would love to head out on a trip like that. Not to mention all the fun you had building / rebuilding the truck for the trip.

OK lets back up a bit. IF I understood correctly, you have; Cracked the speed bleeder and the caliper did not release. Cracked the banjo at the caliper and the caliper did release. Did you try cracking the banjo at the master to see if the caliper would release? For testing purposes take the speed bleeder out and put a standard bleeder back in. Now if you crack the bleeder will the caliper release? A speed bleeder is a check valve, that check valve has a spring. That spring will allow there to be a small amount of pressure left in the caliper and may not fully release it. Once you go thru these steps you will have at least isolated it down to the caliper, the line or the master. Once you know which component has the issue, it is a lot easier to find the real problem with that component. The tiny hole we all are talking about in the master is so small that it is barely visible to the naked eye. It is only around .010 inch Dia.

Woo Hooo! Always love a good party. Will have to rattle @cowpuc cage and see if we can pry him away from Sam for a couple of hours.

Yes do a lot of checking on the back end of your trailer before even considering a bike lift. A co worker just bought a new RV trailer and mounted a rack for 2 mountain bikes for the kids. His warranty for the frame was voided because 2 kids bicycles and the rack (less than 100 lbs) exceeded the 50 lb maximum weight capacity of the trailer and broke both frame rails about a foot in front of the bumper. Even though the dealer assured him it was ok and the dealer installed the bike rack. Not to mention that 1200 lbs (bike + lift) hung off the back end is going to remove a lot of tongue weight.

Sometimes technology beats the heck out of brute force. Did you try unloading with the winch just for practice while you have help handy? Did you go for a spin around the neighborhood and over some good bumps with the bike tied down back there just to verify all is good for a trip?

You know Puc, just because you are the head of the . That does not put you above the law. :worthless: This violation is gonna cost you a good size pile of hot dogs....... It is never to soon to start spoiling the grand kids.

I mounted my relay under the seat on the right hand side of the bike. They relays are small, they can be stuffed almost anywhere. I added 3 terminal blocks on top of the air cleaner. One is a ground block that grounds direct to the battery negative, One is wired hot to the battery with a 40A MAXI fuse. the third is wired hot to the battery thru a 40A MAXI fuse and a relay so that it is only hot when the ignition is on. This gives me a nice convenient place to hook up lights and accessories to, and never have to worry about stressing the 30 year old OEM wiring or switches on the bike. All of my grounds for add ons are hard wired up to that ground block and never to the 30 year old frame that wants to rust all connections.

Mama you literally just missed him by about 10 seconds.............

Looks good. Sounds like you are having fun. I like the voltmeter except it is saying you have an issue. A fully charged battery should read ~12.6V and if the bike is running, it should read ~14V. 11.8 is a bit low. That could be from playing with the lights a lot and the battery is a bit run down, or a bad connection somewhere.

Houses without basements are very rare around here. I often forget that many other parts of the country basements are a rarity. Under the basement steps is the best place to be unless you have an actual storm shelter. If you have no choice but to be above ground, they say the bathtub is the next best place. Hopefully it is a cast iron one and not plastic.