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1. The coffee. So few pictures lol 2. That boo-boo is why my boots are over the calf. 3. You guys spent a lot more time on the ground than I'd have thought. 4. If you care to share, what was the total cost? Fantastic.

What, no Mills Brothers or Frankie Yankovic? One day, or week, I'll get into the trove at my Mother's house- 2 three-foot tall stacks of yellow and red 78rpm vinyl records that were my Grandmother's, I've never seen apart. God knows what's in there, but I have the turntable with USB output ready to find out.

Yes of course these two are not the same, I only posted the Chinese bridge for a bit of satire- Bridges to me are very suspect anymore, and anything of Chinese origin ever more so. We have 2 local bridges of concrete with steel straps, like long chains, holding them from end to end. At the age of 27 years, the steel had rusted enough to break and threaten the bridge. As it happens, the steel came from China. Surprise... I suppose with heavy shipping and a reasonable span they will build a suspension bridge without support in the water; we've lost many bridges here due to being struck by ships and barges. As always, it is what it is, and everyone gets to deal with it in whatever way they can.

There is an Army of support from pretty much everywhere, though largely invisible because they're not interested in PR. Florida sent a large National Guard component; one of the Tennessee State Representatives made himself a point of access for people to send essentials and incidentals, to be certain they were delivered to those to whom they were intended. Regular people are peripheral with moral and economic support; my Sister-in-Law and Neice are taking their scheduled vacation in Pigeon Forge with their camper; She works for Meals on Wheels in Michigan, and carried a pickup bedful of donated frozen foods along and is distributing them amongst the displaced near them. Remember too, this area is not a big city like New Orleans where thousands have nowhere to go; this is a *relatively* rural area, where there is a lot of nearby community to support immediate needs of water and shelter, even if without power. A very high percentage of the residents know how to live off the land, and electricity is a convenience not a necessity. We should all be as prepared as they are.

+1 on the kill switch. It's possible that a marginal relay resets with a very short cool-down, but I would not expect that to be consistent every time, or in how long it takes to cool. But rolling the throttle or hammering the throttle to the pin might hold the clue, that you have a weak kill switch, or possibly a pinched wire grounding to the handlebar. I think it's to be fingered in person, and an inspection with cleaning warranted.

I've aged out of crazy women. Thank God.

Near Stuart, due east of the top of the big lake. We had a lot of tornadoes, an unusual amount but none near enough to me to know. Pretty much a nothingburger here, some branches to clean up, and trim some trees that should have been done before now anyway.

Sittin', Waitin'.

I bought the last 2 copies of Guzziology Moto International had on the counter when I passed through in September 2018. Dave Richardson was already gone, and they were cleaning out the last jobs remaining in the shop.

Went to Yellowstone this summer, along with a bunch of cool stuff along the U.S. and Canadian Rockies. Crowded everywhere; even in 105* heat, the line to enter the four corners site was hours long and of course on a bike I surely didn't wait. I heard a Park Ranger use the term "Revenge Vacation", referring to people who were making up lost time after sequestering themselves during Covid.

Well said, overall. I followed hydrogen cell evolution in it's initial development; ultimately it hit the same wall as battery power- the scarcity of critical resources, in this case *water*. It seems plentiful until you calculate how much you need to supply a city full of cars, and in many cases in cities where water is already expensive and scarce at times. LA? Phoenix? Never going to happen. I am a big fan of electric vehicles, in operation, but I don't fool myself about their viability. Hydrocarbons and internal combustion are here to stay, says 3 Billion Chinese and Indian users. Until someone survives the attempt to revive Tesla's universal free power theory, we're stuck with what we have enough of. Those who hate the status quo are free to imagine themselves helping by riding a boutique chassis.

Rapid relay cycling is (afaik) a consequence of low voltage; the signal circuit activates, and when the delivery circuit connects the user drops the voltage below the hold-in requirement of the signal circuit. Rinse and repeat. The diagnostic I'd begin with is tracing the wiring diagram to find the point at which the signal and delivery circuits have a common voltage source. Docc and others have had trouble with the main 30A fuse and the underlying wiring (circuits that mine doesn't have). There are threads relevant to that, and in fact every thing every where. Patience will get you there, along with a little help from your friends. I'm doing hurricane prep in the rain, so I can't research.

That's what I get for calling FEMA durtee bastids.

One can tell when they're over the target by the cries of the offended, and the Ad Hominem argument that always follows. I'll not respond to any more silliness here. If you want a good drubbing, PM me.

The entire internet is at your fingertips. You might ask yourself 2 questions; Who gains by the conspiracy? Who gains by pointing to it?

I've seen more than a few hurricanes, this one was special...for a few reasons. First, it blew up very quickly. The storm surge was not only deep, but very fast as the sand piled up in the coastal towns attest. Then, it stayed very strong over land- much moreso than I've seen or should have been expected. I just drove down the path through Georgia, there was 200 miles of no power. I saw trees still laying on downed power lines a week after the storm- it will take 2 or 3 months to get that all cleaned up. I saw steel farm silos blown in- not just lids off but literally crushed. For a hundred miles, I saw speed limit signs on the square posts with holes on all 4 sides blown nearly horizontal. So flat the first one I thought a truck backed over. A radio tower had the top blown over. Hundred year old trees were uprooted everywhere. Many homes and cars crushed. Fortunately, FEMA wasn't there to interfere- communities had set up dumpster depots where people could dump trash. The lumber companies set up stations to bring wood and tree fall to be ground. I saw more log skidders and log trucks in towns and yards than I ever saw working the woods before. Fortunately, they don't have floodwater to contend with there. Here's the punchline- people in the Carolinas collected rain seeds. WTF would they seed a cat 4 hurricane for?

This, I know lol The seal sticks because it wasn't lubricated. This is why the instructions say to smear a little oil on them. Since quite some time ago, you may notice they started having a white powder on the ring, that's the manufacturer's hopeful solution to lazy or uninformed oil changers.

Yeah, the ol' electrical ghost in the machine. Mine's a '97, so the relays aren't in the same place, but I had the same troubles. New relays helped, but at the end of the day It took getting mad enough to truly service the entire relay/fuse panel properly. I disassembled it as far as possible- I don't mean that I removed every terminal from the block- but had a good look at everything and remade every connection I could find, to the battery and to the frame. What truly resolved the problem was giving every terminal a bath in CAIG DeOxit D5. I'll never be without it, amazing stuff. FWIW, I've been able to source the above referenced OMRON relays in any quantity from my local pick-n-pull junkyard; they're in pretty much every Jeep product. I pull the ones lightly used, whatever they may be- not engine fan, headlamps, fuel pump but rather fog lamps, horn, etc.

They didn't say specifically, they just said do everything the same as you would without it. So I used Comp Cams cam breaking lube, that's what I had. Part of the microblue process is micro-polishing, so the 'break-in' isn't really the same as with unpolished parts.

Your engine doesn't care. The compatibility issue died decades ago, as paraffin base oils turned into base for synthetics and synthetics changed and advanced. Only the higher number matters, unless you ride at temperatures below freezing. I run usually run Klotz 20w50 V-twin in my motorcycles because it tests at the top. But if it's not available, I use Shell Rotella T6 synthetic. '68 Dodge Charger with 502 stroker, '04 GMC Yukon with 8.1L, '74 Aermacchi H-D Sprint 350, '21 Enfield Himalayan... Everybody eats the same thing. That said, I do add some zddp to the 'Guzzis just because they have lifter issues with severe use.

I can't guide you on cams- lots of choices. My understanding is that the stock cam was designed for max power without compromising drivability by Crane Cams, and if that's true its probably going to be very hard to improve. My recommendation is that whatever you choose, send it ti Microblue for coating. I had them coat all the moving parts in my '85 LeMans and I was amazed at how slick it is. After 10k miles, the cam lobes show no signs of wearing through the coating, and they have radiused Ford Y-block lifters under 165# LS Chevrolet springs. http://microblueracing.com/index.html