Took the 600E to work and back today: round trip of 80 miles, so ideal for flagging up any minor issues. On the way to work, at one point, it died on the overrun for a second. Hmm: carb might need tweaking? Or carbs, as it has two. About 20 minutes later, it did it again and this time there was a pop from the exhaust, so I knew it was ignition related. That'll be the sidestand switch or clutch cutout, then. A hundred to one. Poxy things. After that, it just ran cleanly. Anyway, on the way back from work, I was just peeling off the A21 onto the M25, overtaking a car on the bend, doing 75mph, and I lost all drive. Aaarrggh. It's interesting how quickly a 600cc single slows on a dead engine. What was irritating was that the car slowed as well, to let me past. I was right by his driver's window. I slowed down some more. So did he. I was still alongside him I made frantic hand gestures and he got the message. At 45mph he accelerated away, and I pulled onto the M25 hard shoulder. Bollocks. OK, start with the obvious. Let's have a look at the clutch interlock. OK, that wire runs here, behind the headlight, and hey! The headlight guard is just held on with poppers, so we'll remove it, have a rummage, and wiggle it, and unplug it, wiggle it, plug it in again and... Brmmmm..... I rock. I hate these poxy switches and cutouts with a deep and abiding loathing. They always go wrong in the end.
