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I made it home from the INOA rally in Ashville NC yesterday afternoon. Total mileage 3152.
First day -Kansas goes forever.
A bit of a problem.
Before I left I mounted a new rear tire and decided to check the rear wheel alignment.
I got the rear drive belt a little too tight and that caused a little extra tension on the primary belt. At about 350 miles it started to unravel. A 2 inch piece of wire from the belt whipped the crank position sensor and it became intermittent and the bike started to cut out.
After replacing the belt and readjusting the rear belt the bike would run fine for about 30 miles and then it would start to stumble. At a picnic area along the highway I pulled out my tablet PC and plugged it in to see if there were any problem codes. When I started the bike the PC crashed and wiped the ECU. I found I didn't have the files for loading the firmware in the flash card that was in my tablet so I was dead in the water until I could get internet access to download the files from my cloud storage.
A call to AMA got a rollback out there to take me to Great Bend KS and a hotel with internet access where I downloaded the files and re-burned the ECU processor making it back into a fuel injection unit. The next morning I made it about 30 miles and then it started to hick-up again. A new crank sensor from my bag of spares cured the problem.
The bike ran flawlessly for the remainder of the trip.
The arch in St Louis
Finally a few clouds to cool the mid 90's heat.
As we got closer the scenery became more lush.
We made it!- our home for the next 5 days.
Fun and games
At the Wheels through time museum
Lot's of cool stuff.
Cool bikes at the concurs
We left on Saturday morning. We had 3 days to get home so Hannah could get back to her job. We did a 550 mile day, a 600 mile day and finished with a 400 mile day.
The Norton used 4 liters of oil on the trip and the FJ used one liter. The fuel mileage on the Norton averaged out at 67 MPG. The FJ was around 45 mpg.
I lost the LH side cover from my bike somewhere along the highway on the first day of the return trip. With it went the clutch spring compressor and my new gearbox sprocket puller.
All in all it was a great trip. Jim
First day -Kansas goes forever.
A bit of a problem.
Before I left I mounted a new rear tire and decided to check the rear wheel alignment.
I got the rear drive belt a little too tight and that caused a little extra tension on the primary belt. At about 350 miles it started to unravel. A 2 inch piece of wire from the belt whipped the crank position sensor and it became intermittent and the bike started to cut out.
After replacing the belt and readjusting the rear belt the bike would run fine for about 30 miles and then it would start to stumble. At a picnic area along the highway I pulled out my tablet PC and plugged it in to see if there were any problem codes. When I started the bike the PC crashed and wiped the ECU. I found I didn't have the files for loading the firmware in the flash card that was in my tablet so I was dead in the water until I could get internet access to download the files from my cloud storage.
A call to AMA got a rollback out there to take me to Great Bend KS and a hotel with internet access where I downloaded the files and re-burned the ECU processor making it back into a fuel injection unit. The next morning I made it about 30 miles and then it started to hick-up again. A new crank sensor from my bag of spares cured the problem.
The bike ran flawlessly for the remainder of the trip.
The arch in St Louis
Finally a few clouds to cool the mid 90's heat.
As we got closer the scenery became more lush.
We made it!- our home for the next 5 days.
Fun and games
At the Wheels through time museum
Lot's of cool stuff.
Cool bikes at the concurs
We left on Saturday morning. We had 3 days to get home so Hannah could get back to her job. We did a 550 mile day, a 600 mile day and finished with a 400 mile day.
The Norton used 4 liters of oil on the trip and the FJ used one liter. The fuel mileage on the Norton averaged out at 67 MPG. The FJ was around 45 mpg.
I lost the LH side cover from my bike somewhere along the highway on the first day of the return trip. With it went the clutch spring compressor and my new gearbox sprocket puller.
All in all it was a great trip. Jim
