Gene Weygandt

You'd think, wouldn't you. But he says he'd tried all the obvious fixes as the ones you and others have mentioned as well as some more...

The young tech who worked on my bike said that in this instance the Yamaha phone desk had discounted the spider ground connection issue...

Small ...or maybe huge good news!!! My landlord, an HD guy offered not just his pick-up and trailer, but help loading as well!!! I can...

It shouldn't be rocket surgery....however, I may need Gus Grissom, Alan Shepard, and half the cast of "Chicago Med"

Man Gene, I was hoping for better news than that. Seems pretty simple, 12v hot or ground. It's not a rocket... No scientist needed...

Thanx. I have yet to check the radiator, but at the end of October it's harder to guarantee the weather here in northern IL. I have an...

Thanx. Well, I'm looking around for a way to trailer it to a "Yamaha only" dealership in the Chicago suburbs. Tho they can't even look...

I agree, but steam in the empty headspace of an incompletely filled cooling system can cause the temperature to register as hot...

No motorcycle tech would claim to have worked on any bike for 18 hours and returned it to a customer in that condition. There is no...

Yes and even if 18 hours was an exaggeration, I'm sure he put in some significant time and was genuinely unhappy that he couldn't fix...

Well you're kind, and the sympathy is appreciated. I'm not gonna lose my temper over it, but I'll bet I lose a few more bucks before...

Looking back on the original reason for Gene taking the bike to a "dealer" was for brake lights that were inop after a battery...

Which seems to me to make no sense whatsoever. I can almost undersatand disconnecting the front driving lights...almost, but not the...

Thanx for asking. The bike's back from the Yamaha "dealer," the brake lights still don't work, the flashing brake lights have been...

That's kind of you and if the new "old guy" can't figure it I may try and swing down by you . BTW, I wonder if YK my BMW pal Dave Cwi...