des

At any speed on the KTM my eyeballs aren't to be trusted. The vibration-
induced blurred vision sees to that.

 

Will do, ta.

The giveaway was that it only cut out when in gear with the clutch out,
but did it when both moving at speed and when trying to pull away from a
standstill.

The engine braking almost threw me over the front the first time it cut
out at speed.

 

and you have the soft version.

Think how my arsehole feels after a 100 mile journey on the thing.

Actually, don't.

 

But you've got the smooth LC4, you big gurl's blouse.

--
Veggie Dave
http://www.iq18films.co.uk

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

That's the smooth one?

Blimey.

 

Yes, it is. There are portions of the rev range that are smoother than
others. I took mine on the London (read Epsom) to Brighton veteran run
which is about 200 miles round trip. Mind you it did vibrate off the tax
disc.

 

good man .....

 

I took the rubber off my foot pegs so my feet didn't fall off them.

Actually made it much easier to ride, too.

--
Veggie Dave
http://www.iq18films.co.uk

"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

Not everyone rides a two-wheeled road drill... And you're old...

 

Oh yes; the strange colourful alcohol......

 

It was a worse colour rge second time around ....

 

Loitering within tent then

 

It was rather in tents at times....

 

So, Which of you bunch of reprobates am I sharing a track with next
month? Bloody silly real names on the booking list.

Does anybody owe me a pint? I feel sure they do.

flook

 

*waves* Ogden is one too. not sure whether Pete Fischer signed up as
I've not looked recently.

I think its the other way round...I seem to remember dropping
something at your house. cant remember what it was though.

be nice to see you, seems ages.
--
Adie
(replace spam with nickname to reply)

UKRM FAQ: http://www.ukrm.info/faq/

YZF-R1 : FZ1N : RD350LC
(anyone would think I was partial to Yamahas)
keeper of the FAQ for my sins
MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16
BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

Is Pete the mad hill-climber?

Ah, yes. Good point well made.

flook

 

that's him

 

Oi!

TBF, the hillclimbing may have taken away the little bit of sense I had.

Anyway, I am indeed signed up for the Eeyore's group.


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My RF900 sidestand switch had hissy fits which took me ages to
associate with bumpy roads. It turned out that the sidestand return
springs had weakened and would allow the sidestand to drop /just far
enough/ to activate the cutout when hitting a bump at speed. It was
only a real issue on mid-bend bumps but it caused a few pucker moments
especially on the corrugated lanes round here, multiplied in
surface-dressing season.

It was more of an issue when riding in company and led to one very
quick outing at dusk, when a quickish lad on a TL1000 took issue with
the repeated killswitch backire-alikes kept punching him in the chest
and bathed his fairing in lurid flames. He really wanted to get past
me, but of course that just fuelled the adrenaline-powered throttle
twisting on my part. We ended up so far ahead of the rest that we had
to stop for a pint and let the rest catch up.

That led to a serious investigation with no resolution, as there was
only a single wire to the switch and disconnecting it cut the ignition
completely. A cable tie around the switch plunger similarly failed as
it would fall off when riding and allow the symptoms to resume. It
did, however, point the finger directly at the source of the problem,
as it disappeared when the tie was in place.

The eventual solution was everso simple - two pairs of pliers and bend
a dogleg in the straight legs of the springs. It was such a joy to
ride, afterwards, without the coming and going over bumps - right up
until the dropping out of second gear issue became a frequent
companion, which led to some mighty impressive wheelies when powering
out of a second gear corner and it would drop out, then almost
instantly drop back in, just allowing the revs to hit the red line in
between.

There's more puckers on the seat of that fucking bike than enough, I
tell you. That's why it's still under a tarp in the back garden 20
metres away from the replacement engine.