As long as I'm sharing pics of where my Super X has been, 738 took her first tow truck ride Saturday night. Yeah, I left that part out.
On the way down to the show on Saturday, I started getting the flickering charge light and the occasional backfire. When this happened on the Deadwood, it was a bad ground in the electrical bay. I ignored it and figured I'd get to it on Sunday.
Well, it got worse and worse. I parked her and went into the show. When I came out, she wouldn't start. With the help of another rider, we push started her and I didn't drop it (stupid, stupid, stupid--should have called the truck, what if I dropped it?).
Took off for home: 94 miles. She went from bad to worse. I kept her going as long as possible. Made it 38 miles before she coasted to a stop. Waited 90 minutes on the freeway for the tow truck.
Sunday morning I found the problem: a poorly installed Battery Tender lead was sticking out where the swing-cage could poke and rub on it. The positive battery screw had backed almost completely out of the battery post and was shorting against the battery box. It alternated between that and the cable making intermittent contact. The post was destroyed on an otherwise usable battery.
Bought a new battery. Opened up the electrical bay anyway. Made a nice supplemental chassis ground jumper. Wired a new SAE lead into the master ground and the main circuit breaker. That won't happen again.
Remarkably: the charging system was unharmed. She's back on the road again, less than 24 hours later.
