Fun adventure today....
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 2:53 am
Left the house to ride with a friend and previous work mentor...
Rode up hwy 178 to Rosman NC however alternator came on about three miles before reaching Rosman, NC.
Bike was still running well and 27 year old electrics were a little suspect so suspected false positive.....
Was able to ride down Ceasar's Head (276) under full power however bike died at around vegetable stand.
Inspected voltage regulator wire and was pretty much melted and therefore broken. Battery totally dead.
Friend on FZ6R and I decided to leave bike to ride two up to his place 50 miles away. Needless to say since we are both 200+ was an interesting ride. Thought I would fall off since rear seat on his bike designed for 100# attractive woman. To be clear, I qualify for none of the three categories listed previously. Have new respect for pillion riders....
Went to Northern Tool and Hydraulic and bought Interstate battery to fit. Filled up acid in parking lot. (instructions say wait an hour before charging which was drive time back to bike)
Drove (not rode) to vegetable stand and found bike there (owners had decided to leave for the day). Fixed broken wire and bike fired up once. Not twice. After that tried bump starting twice but didn't work.
Finally disconnected headlight and bike cranked up right away (using kill switch trick where you hit starter in kill switch then shift to run).
Rode home and waved at police officer who decided not to make a turn around.....
Also missed thunderstorm and rode into garage at 5pm.
Overall not a bad day.
Rode up hwy 178 to Rosman NC however alternator came on about three miles before reaching Rosman, NC.
Bike was still running well and 27 year old electrics were a little suspect so suspected false positive.....
Was able to ride down Ceasar's Head (276) under full power however bike died at around vegetable stand.
Inspected voltage regulator wire and was pretty much melted and therefore broken. Battery totally dead.
Friend on FZ6R and I decided to leave bike to ride two up to his place 50 miles away. Needless to say since we are both 200+ was an interesting ride. Thought I would fall off since rear seat on his bike designed for 100# attractive woman. To be clear, I qualify for none of the three categories listed previously. Have new respect for pillion riders....
Went to Northern Tool and Hydraulic and bought Interstate battery to fit. Filled up acid in parking lot. (instructions say wait an hour before charging which was drive time back to bike)
Drove (not rode) to vegetable stand and found bike there (owners had decided to leave for the day). Fixed broken wire and bike fired up once. Not twice. After that tried bump starting twice but didn't work.
Finally disconnected headlight and bike cranked up right away (using kill switch trick where you hit starter in kill switch then shift to run).
Rode home and waved at police officer who decided not to make a turn around.....
Also missed thunderstorm and rode into garage at 5pm.
Overall not a bad day.
