glad you're ok, mostly.

check the voltage at those rpms.
check that your bulb is good, sounds like the filament let loose and attached to the other.

that sux burn-  the worst thing about my lowside was that someone saw it....hurt worse than my rash.  hope you skin over quick    stratman

It were da relay. Anyone have a set of Ed L forwards laying around that you could trace and fax me the tracing of the left side plate?

I actually just started at a trade school for diesel tech and the school also does machining. If I can get an outline I'd just have to pay for the raw materials and hand it over to the shop down the hall. Maybe not even pay if they have what I need laying around. If that doesnt work I have an old friend who went for machining last year and works in a shop now. He may be able to do it for me for cheap/free as well but i dont hang with him enough to feel comfortable asking favors unless all else fails.
My friends boyfriend is also a machinist and could definately get it done for me but he's always working crazy hours as he's been working on movie sets for the last year. Travels a lot. Works anywhere from 6-18 hour days depending.
Im anxious to get get it done asap one way or another but if it takes a while its no biggie.
The plate took the only significant damage and its ridable, just not very comfortable. The season will be done in a couple months anyway so realistically I'm in no hurry... But I'm in that "my bike is different than it used to/should be" hurry.
All I really need is the outline and I've contacted Ed so I should be good to go soon. Thanks though.

Oh i took it off and tried to straighten it. Not happening. Being the week end I havent got the shop press to play with though that may do it, but in failing that I heated it well and had my buddy run over it with his van which weights in at about 2 tons (apologies to  Ed L. The van is about 4k lbs, obviously not the 4 tons I said in the PM. That would just be a crazy big van) Didnt so much as budge the bend. Didnt even scratch the plate up. I may be able to straighten it with the press but Id have to disassemble the controls while in class and with no stand...basically I've got other, more educational, projects going on. I dont want to mix my personal projects with my education unless they're directly related and right now its rebuilding a VW rabbit top end vs. straightening an aluminum plate. I vote V-dub. The machining class can deal with my bent plate and to ensure I can continue riding every day I'd rather just pay to have a new one made as opposed to taking class time to d!ck with MY bike.

Expect a fax of a tracing of the left plate tomorrow. I'll do a snail mail also. Gotta get you back on the road