SierraTango

Very glad you enjoyed Joe's music. As I mentioned I met him at Group IV. One time the owner of the studio and Joe were smoking cigars on a break and I joined the conversation. I told him I played and he nodded at his Gibson ES 175 and said play something. I did and his comment was "...sounds good keep working on it..." I later studied with Jimmy Bruno in Philly and he is a incredible Jazz player. He was very influenced by Joe Pass.

I guess it's rather obscure to most folks. I started as a 2nd Engineer at the Sound Factory in Hollywood in the late 70's. It is/was a pretty famous studio, Linda Ronstadt recorded 5 albums there and I was on sessions with Jackson Browne and Warren Zevon. I moved into post production film mixing after I came to the realization that records would kill me. I got on at Warner Bros. and did many projects there, then on to Fox. I moved from Fox to Group IV which did a lot of subcontract work for Fox and other studios. The Owner was good pals with Joe Pass and I got to meet him several times and chat with him. Truly one in a zillion on Jazz guitar-what a talent!

PM resent many thanks for a call.

I had a cup of coffee with her when I was a staff mixer at Group IV recording studios in Hollywood in the late 1980's. Nice lady. Here's me playing the same tune after a long ride at a friends house...

That would be really helpful. PM sent.

Good catch. Bob Benedetto is a Italian-American luthier that is a master. Benedetto in Italian is indeed "blessing" and it certainly has been one in my career. Since the instruments that Bob built himself are now very valuable, many of his guitars are in collectors possession and don't get played out in public. Mine gets played on every gig.😊 Now if I could just get my Le Mans started...I ordered 5 Picker relays from the link and I hope that cures my non-starting issue.

OK so I swapped #1 to #5 and #2 to #4 positions. Turned key to on have N light only, headlight on no highbeam no horn. But when I hit the starter button does not turn over. It does turn over when I swap back to original positions but not starting. Relays are Siemans brand. What is the next step? Thanks for the compliment on the Benedetto it's a excellent instrument!

I play Jazz guitar professionally (that is I make money doing it) and have been doing that for several decades. My main working guitar is a 1990 Benedetto Cremona as seen in my avatar. I've learned from experience on gigs certain tools and spares to take along just like motorcycle riding-duct tape being one. I'm planning to swap out the relays today and hopefully solve the starting issue. I did order one Picker relay off Amazon there weren't many left in stock. I figured if that's the issue and I need to replace all of them I can buy the other 4 from MG Cycle. Thank for the help!

Good advice that has happened to me before. I have a test tool with two leads, a bulb and AA battery. Obvious how it works I also use it to check guitar cords.

I'm not certain what brand they are, however I read through the thread started by Paul 6506 "Fuel Pump?" and found a lot of information there. Looks like I can swap some relays around to test #5 which is the one closest to the back of the bike. I also see that if that #5 relay is bad, good practice is to change all 5 to Pickers brand? I have no idea when they were changed last. All all the relays the same? It's going to be a day or so before I can do the test.

Further to the question; headlight comes on but no high beam from switch, turn signals work, no horn.

2002 Le Mans. Turn the key to on, kill switch off. No lights on dash other than neutral light. Pull in clutch the starter turns over but no start. Question1 I checked all the fuses all good. I don't hear the fuel pump coming on. Which relay from front of bike to back of bike should I be looking at? Which connector should I clean? Battery is good. Any help appreciated!

Perfect October weather here in the Sierras.

I apologize if I was unclear in my reply. I was suggesting that the OP take the closeup picture of the valve cover in post #1 to a experienced powder coating shop to see how close they could match it. I was not suggesting he take the picture of my bike to do so. I live in a smallish town and there are two excellent shops that do this type of work close by. I don't know why you found this funny? Please explain.