Nope, spent 4 1/2 hours tonight putting everything back together...and no nuts and bolts were missing




I didn't pull back the insulation on the kill switch, but I did examine the heavy insulation that runs across the forks and the steering head and it was still whole.

I'm going with the far fetch option (long story ahead): back when I put the VFR bars on, I removed the boss that holds the kill switchgear in place (just drilled and yanked it out). When I got sick of the switchgear twisting with the throttle, I glued a piece of a screw in place where the old plastic boss was (and drilled a hole in the handlebar to accept it). Over time, the glue failed and the screw came out and was bouncing around inside the switch. I think the screw was occasionally making contact between the handlebar and one of the contacts on the starter button.

And if it's something else, then I'm parting the bike out over the winter.

 

If somebody was hoping to score some stuff off my bike.....

you're gonna have to wait until the exhaust rots off (and I now how to weld - kung fu style )

 

So is the problem solved?

 

I'm going with the 'far fetched idea'. 200+ miles today without a hiccup. If the weather holds (and it doesn't look promising) hoping for a 4-500 mile day tomorrow

 

heh heh heh Kung Fu welder eh ........ lol So ya think that little 'far fetched idea" is
the culprit eh ? Hope so hate to see ya chop her up over this .... but something tells
me ya won't ...............unlessssssss MOM calls !

 

I stopped by there today to sit on the bike. Love the Russel Day Long saddle. Hate the previous owner for hacking the bags (put led stop lights cut into the back then fiberglassed over them). And MOM is asking way too much for a 30k mile bike. The one in W.Mass is $1600 cheaper with only 12k miles

 

As the great quote said "Go west young man" ! ......I agree 100% That's a retard hack
job on those bags .....shame and yeah big miles

I see you been using the wonder goop ....... aka liquid tape ! fixes everything from
cracked wires to dinged vinyl seats and some other unmentionable ailments too.

So where's the 500 gunna take ya ........west ? maybe

 

That wasn't liquid tape, that was hand rolling the entire harness using a whole roll of electrical tape (bought 3 just in case) and re-using some of the hard rubber covers in certain areas

 

Bet that was fun ........so what's that in the little old tin beside the CRC cleaner ?

 

That was for the area where I had the voltage meter piercing the ground wire