Riders Of Vision

Historic Gold Rush town of Colterville was the original stage route to Yosemite. At the corner of hwy 49 and 132
It is amazing rideng in any direction. I've been here many time since 1970 when I got my first bike.

I met Artbone there in 2012, Went again in 2018 with Ron McCoy. Rode parade laps both times. First time with Sheriffs car pacing us at 35 MPH was a waste other than seeing the track.Second time they paced us with VFR Hondas and was able to get up to 100 mph, way more fun.
I had completed an engine swap the night before we departed.

The area around Yosemite is full of wonderful backroads. Cottonwood road to Cherry Lake used to be one of my favorites until it got burned out by a devasting wildfire. 30 miles in and 30 miles out, no services or towns. I rode it four times in two weeks in 2012, burned in 2014.
Hwy 120 goes up an incredible grade to Groveland, about 40 miles from the Park gate. Two roads, the old grade and the new one are on opposite sides of major ravine with a good burger joint at the top and the the Mocassin fish Hatchery at the bottom. You can run laps if you so desire. I like the new grade for the smooth pavement and more predictable turns
Picture of my Ducati ss, rode the Vision here many times

If you've read through the previous posts and still haven't gotten an Ignitech TCI, I certainly can't help you.

Well, the site is back up and the season is 2 races old. Things have changed. Martin is leading the points. Acosta is the new wonder kid. He rode to a well deserved 3rd place after passing Marquez and Bagnaia. Vinales gifted him 3rd when the Aprilia had gear box problems and caused him to crash on the last lap.

ok, back to trying to get this to work.  I believe I have eliminated switch (clutch, side stand.   Does anyone have a known/working TCI ignitor?  Or, I believe I read of an after market option.  The fact that I don't see a single spart when I turn on the ignition seems to be a problem.  Of course, no spart when cranking it either.

thank you

hey, automatic registrations are turned off because there were hundreds a day from robots that I just don't have time to deal with.  cyberhacking has made running a site a full time job.

new users can register however by sending an email as instructed on the new user page.
it's pretty straightforward for someone who is interested I believe.

Sorry, never saw an offer but I would consider them if someone truly had interest.
thanks
-Ron

The resistance is in the circuit that energizes the solenoid. I've already removed the side stand switch.
I'm thinking that there is so much resistance involved in energizing the starter solenoid that it takes current from the TCI like trying to start with a low battery. It does crank over a little better, but the big improvement is that it starts as soon as it cranks over. The improvement is dramatic.

On one of my Visions I found corrosion in the heavy cable to the starter.  Maybe battery acid oozed/sprayed around at some time?
These bikes are a bit long in the tooth, so there are many things that could be aging / accumulating / happening.  THIS is the meat of the trip/process.  The older it becomes the more Zen.  Not yet the level of archeology, but still requiring some preventive maintenance/coddling/prayers/ and intellectual involvement.

Are you talking high resistance on the large wire coming from the battery to the solenoid? As long as the solenoid is energized the only way to lessen energy to the starter is with poor connections or cables from the battery to the solenoid and then from there to the starter. It sounds like you're saying the solenoid isn't being energized enough to pass electrical flow to the starter.
First place I would look for a problem would be the side stand switch.