Howabusa

No, I need to get it soldered with a jumper run to the battery. For now I just carry dielectric grease and the tools to pull the fairing off.

Ended up riding a little over 200 miles, today. I started out on my local twisties route and then explored some new roads coming back from the Wooster area. The FJR now has 68,000 miles on it.

Anybody riding tomorrow, 8/27?

Trade you!

Don't tempt me! I used to live in Toledo. And I suck at electrical!

I might give the FJR and a list of shit that needs done to you in a couple months.

I have never soldered anything in my life. The only electrical work that do is crimp or plug. I suck!

You suck! Pauly

Okay. These ground spiders are known to actually melt. From what I can find there's 6 wires with one being a ground wire. This ground wire is grounding the other 5 circuits. Mine has not melted but there is some scorching inside the plug. I assume that is the ground wire. So that wire's connection is loose. When it quits working I taking the cap off and pull the grounding bar, add some grease and put it together. Fixed. I wonder if the storm that rode through in Kentucky washed the dielectric out. The forum guys say to solder all the wires together and add a wire to run to the negative battery post.

Okay, my spider ground issue has now reappeared twice. I have to pull the left side front fairing off and pull the cap off of the spider ground and grease it up with dielectric grease, that solves it temporarily. The corner of the plastic housing has a black spot, so I am assuming that it is somewhat burned. So, how do I fix this problem permanently?

Thanks for today, Ninjadoc. Awesome route. I had a smile on my face the whole day. You are a good rider, you just need to stop doubting yourself! Like I said, I would follow you anytime.

Jusr got home. 376 miles for the day. I followed Ninjadoc for 100 miles, nice route! Good day of riding. Ninjadoc is fast! First time that we ever rode together.

Ninjadoc and myself will be meeting at the Fuel Mart in New Concord at noon, if anyone wants to join us.

Anybody want to ride this coming Saturday, 8/12? I will be out riding, for sure. The wife is spending the day with 2 of her needy grown children.

I made it home around 2:30 pm. When I got up this morning it had rained over night. Rode in the rain for about an hour and a half. I stayed pretty dry, until I got splashed by cars driving through puddles. Oh well, a day of riding in some rain is better than working!

Nice bikes that I can't afford.

Tony, you sure go through a lot of bikes!

I have always wanted to go to Barber and see the motorcycle museum. I am thinking a 4 day trip ought to be enough time. May do this in the next couple of weeks.

For my route down to Kentucky, I just set South shore, KY as my destination on my Tom Tom rider and picked no highways and a winding route. It worked out real well.

No! I just figure that if I drive for a couple of years, I can then afford to really retire.

Actually, I am thinking about driving truck for a couple of years, once it is to cold to ride.

I am in Prestonburg, Kentucky. Not the first time that I have stayed in Prestonburg. The last time Issac's Papa and I stayed here on our way to a gap rally. Did around 420 miles. There are some nice roads down here. I picked up 7 right after I crossed the border and rode it down to 460 and took that to 550. Very little traffic, even on the highways. Nice day of riding!

Not camping, hotel. Leaving tomorrow morning.

Planning a 2 day trip down to Kentucky to ride some of those nice roads that IP and Tony rode on their way back from the Gap. Leaving Wednesday morning. Working on a route now.

I won't be riding for the next week...taking the wife to Daytona for her beach fix. I will see how much pressure is in it when we get back.