Up early, start pulling the bike apart searching for a connector that has pulled apart. Nothing! Search further and by now all the fairings and gas tank are off the bike. Still nothing. Michael takes my back tire off as I have had a slow leak for a few days now and numerous plugs have not cured the problem. Needs a patch from the inside. Javier, the hotel owner, takes us in search of a multi-tester and a vulcanologist on a local election day Sunday. Multi-tester and repaired tire in hand we head back. Pull up my service manual on the computer and check the alternator and regulator with factory specs. They are screwed! What next? OK, Frankenstein the bike! Javier takes me back into town for a car battery to sit on the back seat to strap down and be wired inline with bike battery and a battery charger to charge it every night. Battery bought, installed it onto the bike with a plugin for quick removal and charging. Pulled all the fuses so that I can run the bare essentials of fuel injection and ignition. All lights off and no speedo or dash. All stores are now closed. Have to deal with the charger in the morning on our way out of town. Javier was wonderful! Couldn't help us enough. We are very appreciative of all of his help and his wife is an excellent cook! Puerto Escondido is a nice, small town and the people appeared very friendly.
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