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Also, note that the current "AMA Life Member Plus" card no longer has the roadside assistance phone number on the back. When I called to ask why, the rep said that they were considering changing their service provider. Regarding HD roadside assistance an anecdote: I lowsided a Pan Am in MN, broke my leg, and knew that HOG would haul it to the nearest HD dealer. I was close to Grand Forks, ND and knew that a dealer was there from travels years ago. Googled them to see it they were open (it was a Sunday)...and found out they were permanently closed. Knew the bike would now have to wind up in Fargo. Called for roadside assistance and it went something like this: "Need a tow from E. Grand Forks, MN" "No problem, we'll haul it to the dealer in Grand Forks, ND" "They're closed." "Well.....it is Sunday, after all...." "Nooo....out of business type closed!!!" "One moment......(off-line supervisor consultation).....we'll haul it to Fargo." This pretty much foretold the luck I had for the other steps getting the bike back to MO.

Glad that you avoided that switch $!

My switch reliably functioned when removed, powered, and plunger-fingered. I was surprised by how little the plunger needed to move before opening the circuit, though. Just about one step beyond "looking at it the wrong way" for it to change state.

As it did me during my recent switch endeavors...

Had the bike on the lift replacing the plugs and doing the valves, decided to investigate why the neutral light was deciding to illuminate when it damn well pleased in neutral. Ultimately, added a M8x12mmx1mm crush washer and with ~20 N-m of torque found the sweet spot statically. Picked 12mm since it seemed to correspond with the boss on the neutral switch doing the crushing.

Look pretty good to me....

...resulting in the 2000 mile "Usage" at the top.

Gold medal for obfuscating the mileage.

On the plus side, the number of women spreading their arms...and legs...in order to be in 4 states at once was...entertaining.

Four Corners can't hold a candle to Monument Valley!

No OTR truck drivers in this bunch.....

They were just mowed.

FIFY Details: Rally fee $35, includes Saturday evening meal and camping. A room at the lodge..... can be had with..errr....obtained via... Dave...620-249-9362...call/text work equally well. Bring something for the Saturday evening auction

Hope I don't have to help install the window A/C's this year....

Hi Andy...I'll take 'em. PMing you....

Enjoyed the "string" and memories brought back. As luck would have it, I'm wearing a T-shirt from "Frank's Place Bar/The World's Farthest North Biker Bar" acquired in Fairbanks in 1992. Rode an '88 Softail (fuel capacity: 4 gal.) from Tucson via a HOG rally in Reno up the Alcan...which also happened to be its 50th construction anniversary. The HD dealer at the time was located in IIRC a log cabin looking building...and was even back then fighting HD's corporate push to standardize dealer's "look". (A battle I see they lost googling the current Fairbanks dealer.) Anyway, the then owner had spent time in SE AZ...so we spent some time shooting the breeze...I recall sitting in a barber shop chair with some of the help wondering if we had seen the same whores given our animated conversation. He poo-pooed returning on the Alcan...and said a return via the Cassiar would be less...well...pedestrian. Challenge accepted. Still have my copy of The Milepost from back then. And still have the '88 HD. Oh...now with a 5 gal. tank.

Throttle cable/linkage interference caused my high idle problem....

I have the previous iteration of the Speedhut speedometer. Lamp/needle lighting are on switched power, the GPS is hard wired to the battery. I measured a 100mA with the ignition switch off. Luckily, I can easily disconnect the speedo from the battery..as long as I remember to do so!

First one was this (representative pic, didn't own a Polaroid back then....).

Was waxing the V11 the other day and discovered the guts of my RH front turn signal wanted to come out with the lens loose and not wanting to snap back in place. The signal's front had all my attention. Ordered a replacement. Buffing it out today, I noticed a screw on the back side of the turn signal. Tightened it up....all is well. Guess I need a time out before replacing the cam belts on the Ducati....

Message received.

Sounds like a plan...

https://www.designengineering.com/ I've used material from these guys to protect the radiator hose on my Pan Am from header proximity. Lots of good stuff for gearheads.

A modest realignment..sold the F6B, got the Pan Am. Thursday in Pawnee works for me.