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SNL used to do a continuing skit where a fake Buckingham was always a guest on the skit's 'show' but they always ran out of time before he could talk. This time the real LB showed up, Watch Paul Simon. He knows.

I'm going to venture out on the Quota later this week and see some of the damage myself. I'll try to take some photos for the thread. Don't plan on going to deep into the affected area, just want to see things with my own eyes.

FWIW, I checked in with our friends in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, (location of the South'n SpineRaid) and all is well. Lots of rain from Helene, but no damage.

Rapid relay cycling is (afaik) a consequence of low voltage; the signal circuit activates, and when the delivery circuit connects the user drops the voltage below the hold-in requirement of the signal circuit. Rinse and repeat. The diagnostic I'd begin with is tracing the wiring diagram to find the point at which the signal and delivery circuits have a common voltage source. Docc and others have had trouble with the main 30A fuse and the underlying wiring (circuits that mine doesn't have). There are threads relevant to that, and in fact every thing every where. Patience will get you there, along with a little help from your friends. I'm doing hurricane prep in the rain, so I can't research.

That's what I get for calling FEMA durtee bastids.

Progress! What type/ make of battery is in the bike? Check your battery voltage with a voltmeter and post the voltage.

Prying up the fuse block will let you inspect these hidden spade connectors to Fuse #1 and #2. Make certain they are clean and tight. The Caig Deoxit® @Pressureangle referenced is highly desirable for every connection you open and reseat.

One can tell when they're over the target by the cries of the offended, and the Ad Hominem argument that always follows. I'll not respond to any more silliness here. If you want a good drubbing, PM me.

Another interesting question: WHO rain seeded a cat 4 hurricane that would track over the States? Talk amongst yourselves.👵

I've seen more than a few hurricanes, this one was special...for a few reasons. First, it blew up very quickly. The storm surge was not only deep, but very fast as the sand piled up in the coastal towns attest. Then, it stayed very strong over land- much moreso than I've seen or should have been expected. I just drove down the path through Georgia, there was 200 miles of no power. I saw trees still laying on downed power lines a week after the storm- it will take 2 or 3 months to get that all cleaned up. I saw steel farm silos blown in- not just lids off but literally crushed. For a hundred miles, I saw speed limit signs on the square posts with holes on all 4 sides blown nearly horizontal. So flat the first one I thought a truck backed over. A radio tower had the top blown over. Hundred year old trees were uprooted everywhere. Many homes and cars crushed. Fortunately, FEMA wasn't there to interfere- communities had set up dumpster depots where people could dump trash. The lumber companies set up stations to bring wood and tree fall to be ground. I saw more log skidders and log trucks in towns and yards than I ever saw working the woods before. Fortunately, they don't have floodwater to contend with there. Here's the punchline- people in the Carolinas collected rain seeds. WTF would they seed a cat 4 hurricane for?

Yeah, the ol' electrical ghost in the machine. Mine's a '97, so the relays aren't in the same place, but I had the same troubles. New relays helped, but at the end of the day It took getting mad enough to truly service the entire relay/fuse panel properly. I disassembled it as far as possible- I don't mean that I removed every terminal from the block- but had a good look at everything and remade every connection I could find, to the battery and to the frame. What truly resolved the problem was giving every terminal a bath in CAIG DeOxit D5. I'll never be without it, amazing stuff. FWIW, I've been able to source the above referenced OMRON relays in any quantity from my local pick-n-pull junkyard; they're in pretty much every Jeep product. I pull the ones lightly used, whatever they may be- not engine fan, headlamps, fuel pump but rather fog lamps, horn, etc.

You'd be apologising for the fact that his guitar is not really in tune by the end of the song, right? Otherwise, it's rather good.