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Okay, proof positive:

It has occurred to me that, when we asked @Randy about where his "friends" were for the BikeWash, he pretended to be deep into some sort of TechSession. mySport came home dirty . . .

Full disclosure, @Pressureangle is an ATGATT guy, but was just pulling out from breakfast, headed a mile back to The Lodge. I will vouch that he accepts that socks is gear and "all the socks all the time" is the way to roll . . .

@Tellico Andrew on point with @Randy's Coppa Italia in pursuit . . .

Looks like an amazing cat on an amazing weekend. Don't miss next year's South'n SpineRaid !

Looks like plenty of clearance for a paddock stand to engage the lower frame side plate nuts.

There is the matter of the point in time it must come off . . .

Neither did I notice as my eye is always arrested at the awful gap of the rear mudguard over the tire and I look away . . .

After twenty years, this is now etched in binary code (closest thing to stone there is ): Weekend After (US) Labor Day. Tellico Plains, Tennessee Get There. Bring Tools.

And, there was "modernity" . . .

There were Sports . . .

There were SpineFrames . . .

Goofman would know. He has been coming since SSR VII. This year, SpineRaiders from California, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Conspicuously absent: Kentucky . . . and Varsseveld . . .

@al_roethlisberger last visited June 3, 2023. I looked for him at the Twentieth South'n SpineRaid on NC/TN border, but he was nowhere to be found . . . For that matter, it has been quite a long time since there was a SpineRaider from Alabama.

@OtisV11, take time to carefully measure the rear wheel spacer. Many early V11 sport spacers were undersized and shorten wheel bearing life. The correct length is 113mm, although you can measure your wheel between bearing seating surfaces once your bearings are removed.

Good point. @Paul J. Russell last visited July 26, 2024. Like six weeks ago. Having only joined the week prior, July 19, using the provided email is likely best. As always, caveat emptor .

Fair warning, from a guy that learned this the hard way: SuperClean is also good at removing/softening adhesives like those pesky glue residues that remain when some info-sticker has been removed. Yet, also adhesive wheel weights and our precious SpineFrame eagle medallions . . . S-100 was so corrosive to fastener finishes on one of my bikes, I swore it off.

Best regards to all Twentieth South'n Spine Raiders ! What a great bunch of people, fabulous roads, terrific weather, and proper TechSessions (without anything too dramatic) !

Having tried to follow this thread is maddening. You fellows throw out so many names. Like you know these people, personally. When you transition between surnames and first name and team names, it is just impossible to follow. I am not saying that there is anything wrong, only that it is impossible to decipher from the outer edge without the dedicated immersion . . .

Not likely a Power Commander issue, but simple enough to bypass it and see if anything changes. Next: relays. Especially Relay#2 (from the front) on your 2002. What relay is in that position now? Consider high current relays [currently "Picker components" or "CIT"] in all five positions:

This was suggested before, but it really does act like one of the ring terminals, either on the positive or negative side, got dropped off the battery; as if the charging system has been 'unplugged."

And your battery voltage is the same KOEO/KOER? edit: The red/green is the charging wire through the circuit breaker (fuse) to the battery positive. Voltages on that wire should be the same as the battery if all if that circuit is intact. Next, what are the voltages on the reference wire? This is found in the two wire connector on the left side of the frame. It is the darker of the two wires. (My 1999-2001 wiring diagram shows it as Red/black, but mine is just black.)

Anyone crossing The Appalachian Divide should know that "feels like 90º" on The Plains (of Tellico) can "feel like" the upper 40ºs on The Cherohala after a little dampness/shower/fog/cloud ceiling with wind chill at speed. FWIW, I am using the U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) and other storm focused weather apps. Places like The Weather Channel™ are, IMO, entertainment focused and will show you a snowflake every chance they get. Snowflakes sell. Meteorology a dull box of cloudy uncertainty. Yet . . . The Cherohala cloud ceiling is real . . .

Latest rain forecasts for the region have dropped to "slight chance." Along with very pleasant dew points/humidity. Big, V-twin air-cooled motor weather!

Yessir, I am hoping that dedicated topic will lead to a resolution and may inform us why that charging wiring back to the battery gets so hot!