Topic: 26 Rides in 2026. Frank's New Years Resolution that we can all enjoy.

[BenelliSEI]

Terry….. still buried in Winter here and it is SO GOOD to see the K0 out and being used. It looks fantastic. Thanks for the incentive to get out to the shop and get the bikes ready for the coming season! Stay safe.

[PeWe]

Terry, have you checked if the HT wire is not completely seated?
I have had issues with Dynatek coils and HT wires that glided out of the connection. Auto style, push in only.

The softer wires are flimsy and have not much own support. I changed to harder type and strapped 1 and 4 to frame.  Those are longer and will glide out when spray water during cleaning or the wind/whipping while riding.
An opened 3-4cm piece of fuel hose around wire as extra isolation where it is strapped around frame.

I guess you have Dynatek graphite wires.
I bought those with my first Dyna ignition. One wire had intermittent  dysfunction from the very beginning. It tricked me to be carb issues until it got worse  and revealed itself.
Dyna grey graphite wires.

Changed to normal copper wires, 1, 4 strapped to frame. No issues after that.

The Dyna 2000, however must have anti disturbance wires, right?
Maybe resistor plugs and copper wires can work?
Stiffer cables that make them to sit better.

Here where #4 wire is strapped to frame, green arrow. Fuel hose with a black zip tie.
#1 is strapped in the same way on other side.
2-3 not strapped.

[jgger]

10 to go, once you hit your 26 I hope you plan to continue to post your rides. Keep them comming.

[BallAquatics]

Way-to-go Terry! It's nice to have the time to just jump on the bike when ever the urge strikes isn't it!

Warmest day of the year yesterday. Perfect day for ride #8. Went out to the shed to get the Yamaha running and enjoy the warm temperatures. She's been sitting since August of last year and being a hard starter naturally, I knew it would be a chore to get it going...



When I open the garage door, I find that my son-in-law has the garage packed to the top with stuff. It takes maybe 45 minutes to even get a path to get any of the bikes out. I bring them all out into the warm sunshine thinking it will be easier to get them going, and anyway there is no way to work on anything in the garage.

Long story short, nothing wants to run! I usually keep them on battery tenders, but since I haven't been around I thought better to leave well enough alone. I hook up the Yamaha to the tender, and use my jump pack to get the CBR going. I take it on this 40 mile loop just to stretch her legs, and it runs like a top.

When I get back, I give the Yamaha a try, no dice. Moving on to the NC700X, one of the bolts that hold the cover for the battery and air filter just wants to spin. After a short flurry of activity devoted to that, the bike starts right up with the aid of the jump pack. It's early afternoon so I ride it back to the house and have some lunch. It's about 50 miles round trip out to the shed and the bike runs great.

When I get back, I try the Yamaha again. This time with a taste of carb cleaner. She teases me with a couple of false starts and the battery goes flat.  It's takes the removal of quite a bit of body work to get to the battery on the Yamaha, so she goes back into the garage still on the tender. I'm hoping to get back out there on Sunday to finally get it going.



Blue and I take the long way home and the three bike total comes to 120+ miles for the day. Was hoping to see my favorite red cattle, but they are grazing close to the barn behind the farm house as we've had flood warning amounts of rain the last few days.



Lots of wide-open spaces. The sun felt great and naturally the rides were all fantastic!

[newday777]

Keep em coming guys to give us hope that still have 16" of snow on the ground and a fresh coating of ice overnight and salted roads will come to an end eventually up in the frozen north country.
Lots of frost heaves up here this winter so the road crews will have to repair and repave roads that didn't get it done last year.
It's maple syrup season now to take my mind off of the no riding PMS.
A couple of low 60s days forecasted Monday and Tuesday to help melt the snow and make mud season begin...

[Terry in Australia]

Yay, it’s fixed! Yesterday I took way too many tools across to the storage unit. I had a fully charged car battery and jumper leads, so the first thing I tried was jump starting it just in case the ignition wasn’t getting enough volts to give the coils enough voltage while the starter motor was hogging the power. Nope, it fired on #2 and 3, but not #1 and 4. I pulled the plugs and checked for spark, but got none.

I drained the gas tank and removed it, and checked the connections between the Dyna 2000’s black box and all appeared to be in order. I did a coil test with my cool little electrical multi function probe, and they both checked out. Fcuk. I moved the main wiring harness slightly, and saw that the signal wire to the coil had broken off! Woohoo! These wires are very fine gauge, and must have just vibrated off its connector, which was still attached to the coil.

I’d brought over some cool heat shrink terminals and my little DeWalt battery heat gun, so put on a new ring terminal and attached it to the coil. I checked for spark and got a nice spark, so put everything back together, noting that one fuel hose needs replacing because it’s crimped, and gave the throttle cable a lube. I turned the ignition on and hit the button, and… nothing. WTF? I don’t know why, but I turned the kill switch off and back on again, hit the button, and it fired right up. Weird.

Anyway the process took a bit longer than my tapping this into my iPhone, so I didn’t have time for a long ride, plus I wasn’t happy with that fuel line (I could have driven to the auto parts store but I like to use clear fuel line so I can see that fuel is going to the carbs) but I thought I would just go for a quick lap of the road outside the storage place. The throttle was still way too stiff, so I couldn’t just ease the throttle on smoothly, it really pissed me off, either almost stalling it, or over-revving it.

It was only until I was riding with no other vehicles around on the 1/4 mile back to the storage place that I could crank it on, and Fark! This thing is a weapon! I’d forgotten how quick it is, I reckon it’s as quick as the ZZR1100 and VMax! I’m in love again. I went home and ordered some more fuel line and a new throttle cable that should arrive this week, and I’m hoping that it’ll be more pleasant to ride at normal (legal) speeds. Anyway I’m glad it wasn’t a major problem. Once I get the throttle sorted, I’ll see what it’s like around town again, and if I’m happy with it, I’ll get it road legal and start doing some rides on it.

[lash]

FINALLY!! Ride no.1! Yesterday was so foggy I couldnt see my mailbox that is less than 200 ft. from the house. Today it was clear and +4c so the KLR got its first ride down to the dam. The rain last couple of days has washed the salt and sand off the roads but my gravel road is still pretty wet and muddy. Be a while before the CB’s come out.

[Terry in Australia]

Well done Lash! Those KLR’s are great bikes, I’ve been thinking about getting a 650 for a while now. It’s still nice and warm here this week so I hope to get some more rides in.

[lash]

Klr is not pretty, but it just keeps on going. Easy to work on and I can go where I would never think of taking my other bikes? Hope to get out again tomorrow, supposed to be +10 !