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The trouble is probably that the connector is integrated into the bike's OEM wiring harness, making it hard to find out exactly what connector is needed. Buy complete kit including that connector and wiring = "make problem go away". If I were to do it again, I'd try harder to find a place to...

I don't recall them being close to that back when I bought mine. Still ... 11 seasons on, and no charging issues. I wouldn't doubt that a knockoff can be obtained much cheaper. What's that worth if it strands you on the side of the road? And then you get to do it again. Bear in mind that the...

The place is still in business doing the same thing! https://roadstercycle.com/ Caution, if you want to put this in the OEM location, you'll have to spend some time trimming the fins down. (Doesn't impair function, though obviously it'll void warranty!) Any LiFePO battery with a battery-post...

Lots of people nowadays have no concept of operating a manual clutch. A manual transmission in a car is an antitheft device. If an autoclutch helps getting new riders riding ... that's good.

Air travel prohibited with your smartphone or laptop or any other high tech gizmocontraption on board in 3 .... 2 ... 1 ...

OK, so G is an output from the regulator/rectifier to indicate that the alternator is operating, i.e. if the engine is spinning and the alternator is alternating, then G turns on in order to turn the headlights on. Test: Have everything in the bike plugged in as it's supposed to be except the...

I'm not seeing where GY and BR are connected except via the fuse. BR is ignition-key-switched power before the fusebox and GY is logically the same but after the fuse. The excerpt doesn't show it but I'm thinking fuse 4 is the headlight fuse and GY is thus power to the headlights. So with this...

The tests that I described are with the relay unplugged.

Forget the test procedure. You don't have the "Kawasaki hand tester". Ground pin 11 throughout this procedure. Momentarily connect +12V to pin 2. You should hear the relay click. Momentarily connect +12V to pin 1. You should hear the relay click. Check resistance between pins 1 and 3 without...

Re battery weight and location... If the vehicle is traction-limited, more weight on the drive end will help. If the vehicle is wheelie-limited, more weight up front and down low will help. If the vehicle is horsepower-limited, less weight will help.

The highest-capacity Model S a decade ago had 75 kWh capacity, and the newest ones (this is a model for which Tesla has more-or-less abandoned further development several years ago) are around 100 kWh, and they're not state-of-the-art. Back then, (US numbers) 200 miles was more-or-less the...

I am convinced that the sole objective of all these press releases about hydrogen, solid-state batteries, "620 miles range and recharge in 5 minutes", all sorts of "articles" about some magical new advancement in internal combustion engines that renders EVs obsolete, etc are all some combination...

Long term racer dad, and racer himself, Grant Nesbitt has been killed as a result of a collision at Shannonville on Sunday 8 September. https://www.facebook.com/share/fvF9Sn4sMkAeFdzG/ Grant was a generous, good man. Race in peace.

Any of the normal 8-cell lithium starting batteries will do the job unless there's something dumb with the starter motor or the compression ratio that the rest of us don't know about. Easy check, swap in a smaller battery from some other bike (I know you have multiple) as a test and confirm that...

Pull the spark plugs. Keep track of which one belongs to which cylinder. Take photos and post them here (1) side-on so that we can see the condition of the electrodes and the gap, (2) end-on looking into the business end, (3) obliquely about 30 degrees up from photo 2 because I want to see what...

Thanks for coming out, everyone. Next week my bike is going to be in the van going to Deals Gap, and the week after, at Deals Gap, and then it's sure to be too dark. The nuisance vibration that I observed on last night's ride (which was the first real ride on this set of tires), has been...

There's a recipe for balanced, accurate, fact-based reporting. LOL

That guy has been a shill for Tesla for quite a while - "reporting" via his website while holding an ownership stake (conflict of interest). Losing your corporate shills ... says something.

Once you get involved in vehicle-specific systems, particularly electrical and electronic systems, it can get really hard to find independent mechanics who know what they are doing, too.

Which "SC3" and on what bike? SC3 means track-day compound, but that could be on a treaded DOT tire or slicks. From Pirelli: How to choose the right Diablo Supercorsa sc compound I am using SC1 slicks on my race bike at Grand Bend, and they hold up better than brand D, which I could not stop...