firefighterkp wrote:
I just wanted to let everyone know what a great time I had meeting everyone. It was fun trying to keep with Fred, I think he was just riding slow so those of us who wanted to keep up or try to keep up with him could. lol Thanks Fred. I had a blast riding the roads and the scenery was awesome. But I have to admit with my T breaking down on Sunday with the same problem as before I'm not sure if I will keep it. Ever since it broke down the first time I really don't have much trust in it. It's not your typical Honda co I nicknamed it Honda Davidson. Every time I go to start it I'm not sure it's going to start and to try and ride far from home is nerveracking. I love the bike but I need to get this problem fixed so I can trust it. My girlfriends nephew thinks it's not getting the signal from the engine to pump the fuel but I"m not sure what need replaced? Again Thanks to the guys for helping me get it running so I could get it home.
Ken,

I think everyone hopes you'll stick it out with your tourer it really is a great bike. Going with your girlfriends nephew's idea maybe there is an intermitently broken wire somewhere. The fuel pump relay gets its signal from one of the coils. The relay is really not a conventional relay at all, it is some sort of solid state black box. None of us are quite sure if it meters the time the pump runs based on RPM or if it just needs to be solid state to stay on even with the intermittent coil signal (my current guess). I thought about it last night; if I unplug the pump and put the volt meter to it the voltage should go up with RPM's in case 1 (using a digital multimeter if the voltage to the pump is pulsed it should show up as a lower voltage) or it will be 12 volts from the get-go in case 2. if it is case 2 we may be able to use any low pressure fuel pump like from a old civic or something. I've heard of guys doing this with old Magnas. Unfortunately our tourers are starting to get old and we may have to start getting creative. Fortunately they are old enough that they are still anvil simple and we should be able to come up with something.
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Tony 

Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't go five seconds earlier.