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Rangemaster made it home Saturday to Albuquerque just before the afternoon monsoon. Did another 100 miles after COS_VFR (many thanks) and I part ways in Limon Co. Great to have a riding partner thru some of the most desolate country I've ever seen. Great time, nice to see everybody and meet some new great people. Many thanks to Tony for a fun few days.

I arrived home about 10:30 last night. Got in one last day of riding with the gang around the world famous Dragon. Didn't get a lot of pics because there wasn't much stopping. Loaded up on Sunday and left Tennessee around 4:00. Rolling into South Dakota. MiniCarver haulin a trailer like a Boss. He won the fuel consumption award with a tank used in 167 miles. Inspecting MiniCarver's 35th Aniversary. Apparently the ToroCharger speeds up the aging process. And takes the soles off your boots . Had a request from KanadianKen to find Radar and give him a hug. I think I was set up. One last ride Friday morning before loading up. We caught rush hour traffic. We tiptoed for a couple of miles. Must have been 250 of them. We drove straight through on the return. 3:00 am and we're still all smiles. Less than an hour after arriving home and with only two hours of sleep, he was in the garage working. Thank you to Toni for the effort you put in to an awesome event and to the Carver's for making it possible for me to attend. It was an EPIC week! I've got some video but may be a bit before I can host it to share.

I don't have an answer to that but you have a limited number of members who are monitoring this thread so even though there may be very experienced and capable people here, you are missing out on many. I suggest you consider posting a specific thread about this. You will get far more replies than on this thread I am sure. May the Gods of Stators and rectifiers be with you.

Home !!! I can't thank everyone enough for the assistance. Huntinggunns & VcFR for the 500 mile trailer rescue run and locating the parts. Corner Carver clan, Sweeper, Q-Dawg, and others for the wrenching. Here's to old friends reacquainted and to the new friends made, with every one being the best of friends. Thank you again, Kevin PS - Thank you Tony for another SumSum success.

Took Lolo Pass back yesterday. Repaving has begun for the balance of summer. It needs it - the pavement further up toward the summit on the Idaho side is deteriorating (visible in the photo). The Montana side is still very nice. I thought they might not be working on a Sunday - they were. Delays ran about 30 mins. total. I'd wager it will take at least this summer and next to finish it.

Good time appears to have been had by all, looks like fun. Based on the photos, I am very impressed by the high % of VFR's on a VFRD ride!

Exactly - the topic is about the event, not technical questions. All members would be better served to keep the two separate.

For sure, I plan on searching the existing stator threads as well. I only mentioned it here because the immediacy of the recent events that occurred on SumSum to a couple of peeps. Cheers.

Yellowstone was great almost zero traffic up to the Old faithfull. You just have to get up early[emoji622]

Once again, Tony arranged an amazing meet. Huskysooner and I left NE Kansas at 0500 to meet Panamawing in Nebraska. We then headed west to our first destination. There is a street in western Nebraska that I share a name with and I've always wanted to visit it, but never had the opportunity. Heading north we crossed the Sand Hills of Nebraska.... a beautiful but desolate place with little sign of human presence. It was here that I first noticed I was having problems. I thought I had lost my speedometer drive nut as my display showed erratic speeds and mileage stopped rolling up. Unfortunately this was not the case, apparently the pulse generator or electronics that read it have low tolerance of low voltage. My stator was failing. At Alliance, NE my bike died when we pulled in to fill the tanks and would not start. A quick check of the battery showed it sitting at 9 volts. Huskysooner jumped on his dry clutch Ducati and rattled off to buy me a new battery. I disabled all non-critical electric circuits. A check with the a meter showed that the bike could (just barely) maintain 12 volts at 5,500 rpm. So off we went to Custer. Me with no lamps. At Custer, Huntingguns had returned from saving Cageless in Seattle from his burned stator. He had already started the process of getting a pair of stators on order. I was the lucky recipient of his foresight. Even with the head start, much of my meet was spent waiting for the FedEx truck to arrive. While I waited, I took a couple of small hikes around the area, taking in the history and scenery. Custer viewed from high above. I was also in the right place at the right time to help in the recovery of Shade's bike when he suffered a broken chain. A big thanks to Dragonfly and Q Dawg for providing the truck needed in this effort. It was like a quick response team jumped into action when the call came in. As soon as FedEx arrived I got to work repairing my bike while Mini Carver went to work on Cageless' motorbike. For those who showed interest in my mini ratchet set google <Wadsworth Super Deluxe Mini-ratchet set> As can be expected with any parking lot repair at a meet, there was a good size "cheering" section with all hands at the ready. Other than stubborn gaskets, all went well on both bikes. Not to be outdone, I burned my stator (right) to a slighly toastier state than Cageless. My bike had 55,xxx miles on it at this point. (New - 24 vac @ idle, 62 vac @ 5500 rpm) The evening festivities were entertaining and fun with Didit keeping everyone in stitches with Corner Carver's help on occasion. (They are not quite the team that Timmy and Carver are, but there was no shortage of things to laugh at.) My multi-meet roomate, GSwanson has moved from his sixth gen VFR to a BMW S1000 XR. He choked me up when he made a presentation of his Sargent saddle to me. I can tell you that it is a huge improvement over the stock seat as witnessed by the comfort I had on my 750+ mile ride home. I was greatly honored when CVVFR arranged to gift me a flag signed by the Canadians. It is a huge honor and a life treasure that I will display proudly. I can't even begin to explain how much this gesture meant to me. Thank you Canadian crew!!!!! At the advice of Axel_7 and Tammy, I was up before the sun the next day to take in the local sights on a foggy morning before the crowds could settle in. It was great advice as I had everything to myself. Following the ride Huskysooner, Panamawing and I joined forces again for the ride to our homes. Led by Panamawing, we took in a few more sights on our way out of Custer. We were able to witness the overnight/day shift change at the bison roadblock when the bison going off duty was relieved by his mate. As one wandered off the road another quickly stepped forward to maintain the post. SumSum 4 !!!!!!!

Dittos to Tony. I was not there but can only imagine half of the effort it took to put this shin-dig on. Despite not attending - we all benefit from the generosity of Tony and others on this forum. Thank you.

A gusty ride up from Warland to Helena with Jeff, Cora-lynn, Al & Craig. Nothing but beauty weather all the way. So good to hear a chime in that everyone (so far) is making it home safe. Hope I can access Tammy's FB photo album?

We are home! We had a great time! Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk

Gswanson home safe at 3:15. Outstanding event, best one so far!

And Tony, Thanks to you, without which none of this would have happened. You never dissappoint - fantastic job as always. Safe travels home.

It was an incredible event. Just a few highlights for now, with more to come once we're home. - Huge bow in respect to Fred & Lisa (huntinggunns & VcFR) for the rescue run. - To all the superior mechanically inclined Carvers, Qdawg VeeferCanuk and others, helping to perform 2 parking lot stator-ectomies, a chain relink & install plus several other tunes, tweaks and fittings. - OUTSTANDING hospitality from Don & Brenda the owners of the Rocket Motel (everyone needs to post 5******* on google & trip adviser for them) - The many helping hands to make the event such a smooth operation, best in 9 years. I'm sure a flood of pics will follow as everyone departed today.

Here's Jamie's recommemdation with his fork spring ranges [from 'tranformed wow' thread] "Here are the tables for a VFR800 Forks: 110-145lb 0.85kg/mm 145-175lb 0.90kg/mm 175-210lb 0.95kg/mm 210-245lb 1.00kg/mm 245-280lb 1.05kg/mm Shock 110-145lb 1050lb/in 145-175lb 1100lb/in 175-210lb 1150lb/in 210-245lb 1200lb/in 245-280lb 1250lb/in I would certainly suggest a set of 0.95kg/mm springs up front and a 1150lb/in (20.54kg/mm) spring out back. This would apploy to all street riders, the only time you would need to change is if you were an expert track rider on slicks. I hope this helps!" Jamie, thanks for reposting this table. I was reading through this thread to see if anyone had quoted these spring recommendations from the 'transformed wow' thread. You provide a solid starting point for spring rate.