s.tyler58

I think I can live with the white light for the summer by the way I did try the yellow wire instead of the yellow green wire but then I didn't have high or low beam for some reason which made no sense at all. The electrical diagram shows the yellow wire going to the high beam indicator. The yellow green does not but I had to switch everything back to the way it is in the picture and now I have high beam low beam and a white high beam indicator. Also put on the new radiator from Utah and it's not leaking! I also pulled apart my clutch side switches and clean them all up. I just might not get a blister on my turn signal thumb today! It's finally time to ride today before the rain takes the weekend away from us! Two and a half months with no job to go to (that's not to say I haven't been working constantly around here) I've had one weekend and this weekend to ride so it's going to rain this weekend. I still do not have a start date although I would imagine it would be by the latest the middle of next week. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

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Well that was interesting. I followed the RLU bypass instructions as written and pictured above by removing the rlu side of the connection so that I could leave the plug. In the photo above, the wire that is listed below the photo as green and white is actually green/red just like in the photo. And now my high beam indicator is actually the white warning light next to the high beam indicator light and the high beam indicator does not light up. I am however going to call this a win because I have both high and low beams available through my handlebar switch. I guess I would suggest that someone using that in the future and hopefully looking at this thread before they do it would leave the yellow green wire out of the equation and to connect the yellow to the blue red wires and it should work properly. I'm not going to go back and do it at this point because I just put it all back together before I tested it Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

You bet I will! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

You really think she knows my nickname? Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

That video made that look very simple but they never show you that that's a 350-pound man using all his way to get that sucker on Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I have never seen my little red light stay constantly lit. It just blinks. I have seen where others mentioned something about it staying on but have no idea what that would indicate or what the difference is between blinking and on if someone could explain that I'd appreciate it Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

I was fascinated to learn the WD-40 is not a lubricant but a solvent! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I have gone so far as to remove the handle bar to make the handlebar Reservoir perfectly level and filled to overflowing. I always put plastic bag under everything and wrap up the handle bar before I open that sucker... as far as the rear master cylinder I have filled that to overflowing from the little fill hole on the side while the bikes on the kickstand so that that is the highest point it could possibly be and neither of those has lost any fluid and that light on the CMU continues to stay lit. I don't know what else to do as I can't take the top off of my rear master without boogering the screws or pulling the gas tank for better access and maybe not booger the screws. I have drilled out my share of screws in master cylinders for this bikes lifetime. You probably won't remember but I also have a broken titanium bit inside the crushed exposed end of a bolt in a clutch master that may never get used again but it has been sitting on my toolmaker friend's desk since March 5th. Our good friend puc was kind enough to send me one from one of his bikes and it continues to work perfectly so I don't pressure my friend to fix the other one Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

I have to ask did you open up the dash to put the tape inside over the red light itself or did you just tape on the outside cover of it? Cuz that would be tacky, and we all know how you feel about function over form! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

No. I did have to replace the connector to the headlamp but everything test it out fine and sometimes it will actually work like it's supposed to but maybe once out of 10 times. The headlamp has less than 40 hours on it. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

"The RLU does not turn on the warning light or light the headlight icon on the dash. The RLUs only indicator is the white headlight light on the dash. The red flashing warning light and the dash icon are controlled by the CMU." I assumed the red warning light flashing occurs any time any of the other indicators on the CMU are showing their little icons. As I mentioned 90% of the time my low beam just does a very low glow and doesn't project any light but high beam works great. The headlamp indicator on the CMU goes on and off at random and the same with the white indicator. I can flip from high beam to low beam and the head lamp indicator on the CMU goes out but the white light stays on and the low beam just glows. Of course that's all very hard to prove while on the road but that's what happens when I'm riding it. I haven't had a night ride yet as the deer and turkeys have been quite active. I'm also going to have to pull the gas Gauge out of the tank and see what I can do to fix that and do something about the switch inside the right hand master cylinder that keeps saying I'm low on brake fluid when I'm not before I can hope to get rid of the flashing red warning light. Oh and there is no battery indicator deal that connects or sits on or near my battery so my battery light comes on and off which I don't understand. It's funny but most of the time my line of sight eliminates that red flashing light until I look down a little ways. It must sit in one of my blind spots or something cuz it's funny. I hate the red blinking light, especially when I'm passing folks and it looks like there may be some problem with my motorcycle. And I pass folks a lot! Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

If my son would talk to me I'd find out what boots he fell in love with that I had to send to Afghanistan for him. Course he lived in those suckers. They weren't very budget-conscious however but were I soft leather steel toe that far outshined the military issue boots. He hasn't spoken to me for 2 years but I keep trying. Prayers would be appreciated. Nothing else is going to intervene afraid Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

I have this info from bypass surgery on an 89. Does it matter if you do the bypass before or after the 8 pin connector? The reason I ask is because I can slide the RL you off of the hanger and pull it out through the headlight area to do the soldering and connections but would have to pull the right side of the fairing off to do it ahead of the connector and remove the connector. The primary reason that I'm going to bypass it is because I constantly get false headlight warning light and even though both high and low beams will work, when the white warning light comes on my low beam cuts to just barely on and I have to run high beam all the time. My understanding is with this bypass I could switch back and forth from high to low and get rid of the warning light unless there's actually an issue with the headlamp. Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

Yes I am getting really close. I think that's what's so frustrating. FedEx has my radiator on the way so that'll be taken care of. For some reason the drip on the kickstand has stopped. I didn't pull the cover yet to see but I'm thinking maybe because I put the stator Oiler upgrade in that perhaps it's leaking from there? Or I've got to do this oring behind the Clutch Slave which shouldn't be a big deal either should it? And if Cruiser dude just going to sell me the fairing parts without having to buy all the plastic and a couple turn signal covers, she might actually be worth putting some paint on! I washed it today, probably the first time in 20 years. She'll clean up nice when I get excited enough to scrub the rust off the downpipes on the front. I just want to sit behind the windscreen and go. Winter will give me plenty of time to take it apart and detail it up. Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and wisdom again. Maybe next year I could actually ride to some of these maintenance days and stuff! I can only eat two hot dogs though. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

In 75 when I was a Parts replacer at a gas station, oops, make that a service station, Standard Oil, a tune-up usually included points and plugs and cap and rotor. I couldn't have been called the mechanic at 17 years old because I didn't diagnose anything I just put new brakes on or change the oils or did whatever I was told to do. That's when I cut my finger half way through on the day that I learned that you shouldn't dry out wheel bearings with two fingers stuck in the center using the air hose! Yes I've always been a little bit stupid. You should have heard that sucker scream right before it blew up! Luckily all the bearings blew into my stomach and chest and not into my face. I was alone in the station at lunch time and had to wait 30 minutes for someone to get back and then drive myself to the hospital down the street almost passing out at the time Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Bailing wire and duct tape Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Makes perfect sense to me now. Thanks. Kind of like the reason I stay within 50 miles of home after I fix something on my stubborn old gal or like several mechanics have told me over the years that if you haven't serviced your transmission in your car buy a hundred thousand miles don't! You'll just loosen up crud and cause all kinds of problems Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Murph I know all about. Haven't you been following my posts? Now a rotor bug is something I've never heard of Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

Why wouldn't you just install the new one before you head out and not have to think about it while you're enjoying your trip? Just wondering why you would wait for a failure that you expect to happen? Maybe it's just me... Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

So sorry for your loss. What a cutie he was! Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk

the tallest building the tallest building in Papillion would only screw me up so I could never ride

Laugh if you must, or just shake slap your forehead like I did, but... Here's how stupid I can be... [video=youtube_share;C7a3n-c0QoU] Please feel free to share some dumb stuff you've done too! Glad that I have help on the way with that other radiator from utadventure! I'm out of ideas for how to make that tube stay stuck! JB Weld and JB quickweld don't work. This last week I pulled the radiator off and cleaned it super good thinking that I was going to be done reattaching this thing! Kindest regards and prayers for Yammer Dan's family! (Sure glad that the Holy Spirit is here to interpret and relay the longings of my heart over the inadequacies of my words!) S

Thanks everyone. I'm better now. A few weeks ago I did Dr. Jordan Peterson's personality profile. He's this guy and I wish I had understood his wisdom when I was younger! Anyway, measuring my "Volatility" on his scale, if I were in a room with 100 people, 11 would be more volatile than me. But hey, only 9 would be more compassionate, 6 would be more enthusiastic and 9 would be more open. Thanks to utadventure, I will have a replacement for the radiator soon with Orlin Enge in a holding pattern to send me one if needed. You guys are the best. She is so close to being the girl I've always known she could be but these minor little nagging things just drive me nuts sometimes! Not to mention my own clumsiness where I dropped the nut that holds the left handlebar on down into a space where I can't find it anywhere and have to pull the left side of the fairing off again to find it. (I never did find the 2 in spacer that dropped out of the fork last week so I'll get it while I'm in there too) I am proud of the mechanical skills that I've restimulated because of this old gal. My friends and family are surprised that I know how to do any of this because they just had never seen me do any of it before. I always give credit to you all for making me almost foolproof with your knowledge and shared wisdom. (I would love for some of your patience to rub off on me now. RIGHT NOW!) HA! It has been 14 months of challenges though. She's so close and the times we have been out together she makes me smile ear to ear! Right up until a new failure shows itself anyway. As I mentioned to Dave, I'm still not ready to ride farther than I'm willing to beg a friend to come pick us up with his trailer! Soon, very soon. Hey Puc, have you thought of "Heading to LA, via Omaha"? (Charlie Daniels) S

Thanks Dave! I PM'd you with my details.