Whitehorse no show ride report

[RandyO]

everything started fine, left my house @ 7:30am and it looked like the sun would come out, rode to Gilmanton IW to meet with zimquidl at 8am. made it to Gilmaton, no problem, bikes running better than it ever has before, just had 60k service and new suspension done.

go to restart bike and head out to Whitehorse, no start, check engine displayed, a year or so ago, I had a problem with the main harness/kill switch connector, I lossened the faring, got my hands in there, unplugged the connection, reconnected it, whew, thats the problem, it started, we off to Whitehorse, we took Alton Mtn Rd to Alton Bay, pulling away from stop sign @ Rt 11, bike dies, play with connector again, no dice, go into Gillian Marine across road, bought can of electronic cleaner & tube of dielectric grease, played with connector more, still no dice,

called Rochester MotorSports where I have my work done, half hour later, they had a truck there to pick me up, sat at RMS 3½ hours while they diagnosed the problem, it was the kill switch circuit, but where the ground wire goes into the ECU, wiggle the connection, and it works, had to pull the connector apart and tweak the female side of the connection, everything working good again, no charge @ RMS for the tow or repair, pays to be a good customer fwiw, RMS has free breakfast for customers on Saturday mornings

now I'm gonna go out and ride, my new WP Suspension is AWESOME

[zimquidl]

Made it to Conway. Didn't remember any of your suggested backroads route, so I just took Rt. 16 up and winged it on the way back.

Free food, free books, free sidestand plate, free bike washes. LOTS of Beemers. Lots of newer bikes too. I must have had one of the oldest bikes there, a 1995 KLX650.

It was good, but having so many motorcyclists rummaging through the warehouse made it difficult to look at anything.

Rain, rain, rain.

[mbandit14]

Our gang of 5 went down to Whitehorse yesterday. A Sprint ST, a Bonneville, a brandy new Tiger, the mrs. FZ6 and the Tuono.We made it down a little late but avoided any deluges. Good crowd. A rockin ride home, the Kanc over Bear Notch, love that road, up 16 and home.

[Stromper]

Randy bad luck good luck

You never know what's been removed etc when work has been done

[RandyO]

Randy bad luck good luck

You never know what's been removed etc when work has been done

actually in this case, I got to see my bike when it was apart more than once, because of the unique problems, the mechanic kept me very informed

[TheIglu]

Who did you get th WP goodies from stateside?

[Stromper]

My point was that when your in a mechainc stuff things need to be removed or moved out of the way etc. They may have unplugged your ECU and did not reinsert it properly during assembly. Sounds like they DO take care of their customers though so 1/2 arm no foul

[RandyO]

did not reinsert it properly during assembly.

that what the mechanic thinks happened, doesn't take much to tweak a pin when your doing things in tight quarters, one of the things that was done for my 60k service was to check & dielectric grease my connectors

[RandyO]

Who did you get th WP goodies from stateside?

Factory Connection, their local to me in Barrington, NH