Barry the invite was sent to Norman for the Yahoo site and there is no invitation needed to join this site. Your friend just needs to come to this address http://www.V8BikeRiders.com and choose register and fill out the form to post. His problem sounds like it might be a bad ground. A few years ago I had to fix a bike in Denver with a similar problem and I got a wiring schematic and found the three grounds on the bike and checked them. I found that the powder coating had not been scraped off under a ground strap and had it fixed in 5 minutes. Good Luck, Mike//