I wanted to give out a huge thank you to everyone who responded to my distress call a few days back. And a huge thank you to Matt, who helped mewalk through the roadside diagnostic maze of possibilities. While in route to a timed bonus (read big points) in Tulsa, OK the bike basically turned itself off.
Leaving me stranded by the side of the road. The past few days I had traveled through some extreme heat in the southwest and over some mountain passes
in CO. When the temp ran hot it had shut itself down several times before. Always was able to reset and restart. Through the higher elevations the temp
would fluctuate quite dramatically. Very much out of character for this bike. This time the bike would not reset and restart. On the advice of Matt I got to work
disassembling and checking various possibilities. Battery, Ignition switch. And finally locating the ground connection under the tank. As AAA arrived I felt I
could guide the local dealer to the problem and expedite its repair. Once at the dealer, they were able to strip and solder the wires and secure a temporary
ground. After returning to the scene of the breakdown, as per IBR rules, I headed to the checkpoint in Allen, TX. Approx 4 hours. I was in safely before
penalty time began.
I was lucky to have some excellent people behind the scenes to help me continue on .Thank you to all who took part in this epic adventure.
Phil
