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I got an e-mail from the forum. "Man, the cert expires and a tumbleweed rolls thru VFRDeadwood." "Dead things go down river, mother." I poked my head in.

I've stayed off of it for that reason. Any word on if there will be a download or way to keep the site active?

VFRland

Oh brother...there's a F-book page too?

Thank you. I'd hate to show up if it were cancelled or moved. 🎯

Wet. Oil. Wet oil. 🙂 (Mobil 1 4T, of course!)

Will there be a way to stay in touch about this rally if the site is G-O-N gone?

Thank you for doing this for us for so long. Is there any chance to get a download of all of it? I use it often to search fro solutions...or problems.

Additionally, most people "perform" differently on one side from the other. What I've seen is that people carry more lean to the left. My thought (unemcumbered by any facts!) is that most folks are right side dominant and their brains are protecting that side. I'm inferior at both sides. 🙂

Right. Mine get scalloped when I suck at braking properly and get worn flat at partial lean, so I get a high spot on each side of the flat spots, which really sucks when you need grip there!

Of few of mine from the past. For whatever reason, pics of this seem to be hard for cameras to capture.

There's a pretty big difference from leading and trailing edge, yes, but moreso that it isn't round left to right. That makes high and low spots that a rider can feel with the change in effort. And, the high spots, of course, provide less grip. Admittedly, many don't notice these things, which is why I was asking. (Genuinely curious, not poking the bear. 🙂 )

And you don't notice the crazy wear pattern? That would have driven me mad thousands of miles ago. 😇

Anthony Gobert...there's a sad story.

Is there any value is getting rid of as much 14 ga as possible and replace that with 12 ga? Any idea why one of the R/R wires is copper while the other two are silver? I do have a Rick's MOSFET R/R in the trunk where it has been for a long time as a spare, but with the measurements I've taken, the Stator and R/R appear okay.

Also worth looking in radiator cap before you drive it anywhere. 🙂

I know. I know. I know. 9+ years and just shy of 25k miles with a used (add 6k miles from '99) Electrosport R/R and VFRness w/extra ground strap and what looked okay 100 miles ago looked like this today. So, I pulled it apart as one side of the connector must have completely melted and gone flying on my ride. Cutting off and still corroded. Keep cutting 1"-2" at a time and checking. Quite a few inches in, I get this. I think I'm good there. I'll never understand why they used these skinny 14 ga wires! The other side to the R/R looks like 12 ga. but I'm not sure if my eyes are clear...one copper and two silver wires? What do you see? Guessing that I have to cut those back also, at least and inch, to ensure I'm "clean" before I do what I'm told, and solder them in. I went through all of my bits of wire and don't have any 12 ga pieces long enough. Bike showed 13.2 VDC off, 12.8 VDC at idle, and 14.8 VDC at RPM and was still running great. Good thing that I monitor voltage "live." Stator while bike was hot showed no two legs connected to each other or to ground, .3 ohms between any two choices, and ~52 VAC between any two legs at 4k RPM. It doesn't appear that the stator or R/R are damaged. Open to great ideas. I'm riding in the mountains tomorrow...apparently on the 400 now. That won't be uncomfortable at all... Thank you for your input! Hoping to get this sorted Monday.

Wow. I've never seen a filter like that on any bike/car that I've worked on. I go 10k intervals on the VFRs and they're barely dark.

Geez! Where do you ride, underground or through the clothes dryer vent?

After getting only duds, I stopped buying Yuasa batteries many years ago and went to MotoBatt.

Guzzi!

I'm green with envy. Always wanted one of those.

I think that it can work. There may also be a bit of pistons adjusting themselves on the O-rings when under pressure over time. If I tied the lever on my olf FJ1200 overnight, the lever was awesome for a day or three of riding...then things went back to normal.

It would be awesome if there were a cross reference on the forum with a few sources.