Sometimes it just happens....

[ozzy72]

So after a couple of weekends fiddling, I finally got Kara the Kawasaki running again (don't mention ignition coils around me for the next month or two, I start foaming at the mouth like a rabid pitbull chewing a box of alka seltzer!) This morning she was booked in for her MOT, guess who decided to have a flat battery on me? So I pushed her across town to the garage (no jump facilities for 750cc sports bikes at home). They got her going and looked at me like I was the most dreadful muppet for turning up with a flat battery!
However this afternoon I had a call to say not only had she passed, but there were no faults of advisories, and I'd done a really good job on her... apart from pushing her to the garage 'cos her battery was flatter than Kylie's chest!
Mechanics, they never let you forget what a numpty you are do they?
So a new tax disk tomorrow, and some serious road raping at the weekend

[Fozzer]

Sensible riding, Mark.... ....

...and don't let us down, and give us a bad name.... ....!

Have fun, and take care. The Hertfordshire cops will be watching out you!... ...!

Paul... ...!

[expat]

So what was the ignition coil problem then.........................

Matt

[ozzy72]

Its a small black box with a mind of its own Matt Ruddy thing!

[Fozzer]

The thing which scares me, is the modern "Engine Management System" (Expensive Black Box!) fitted to the latest fuel injected Motorcycles, in place of the old, simple, Carburettor/Ignition set-up!
Any problems there, and its not a quick roadside fix!
It has advantages in fuel economy, power delivery, etc, but if something goes belly-up with one of the various sensors, in the middle of nowhere, then you are up the creek without a paddle...and an expensive fix!

Gone are the days of a few tools carried in the rucksack, to carry out a quick roadside repair!

I am forever glad of my (very expensive) Motorcycle Breakdown (£130 per Annum) service to get me and my Bike back home again!

Paul....I like being taken back home again... ...!

[ozzy72]

Green Flag are less than half of that Paul! I'm using them, about £45 a year and that includes breakdown recovery, home start, the lot!

[Tug002]

Glad to hear that you are back up and running ozzy72 . Here's to clear skys and miles of smiles for you this weekend .

Keep smiling
Tug

[ozzy72]

Cheers Tug, gonna test the helmet camera out this weekend, so you never know I might make a vid or two.... better dig out Bad To The Bone for the theme music

[Tug002]

That sounds great ozzy72, cant wait to see the video

Keep smiling
Tug

[Fozzer]

Green Flag are less than half of that Paul! I'm using them, about £45 a year and that includes breakdown recovery, home start, the lot!

I don't know what Green Flag covers for £45, Mark....

..but my (expensive) cover with the AA* gets me and my Bike straight back home, or my destination, if I wish, after a breakdown or fault, rather than a local Garage fix job.
It also covers any private (family) vehicle I am travelling in if the vehicle breaks down. It gets the car and all of us back home, or to our destination.

Its expensive, with maximum cover, but I have no fears of a breakdown, wherever I am.

Biking with no worries is a great feeling!... ..!

Paul.... ....!

*
(a) A.A. Alcoholics Anonymous.
(b) A.A. Automobile Association.

[Fozzer]

Cheers Tug, gonna test the helmet camera out this weekend, so you never know I might make a vid or two.... better dig out Bad To The Bone for the theme music

....or this theme?...>>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4MRmEPNUxY

More appropriate?... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[ozzy72]

I'm not a reggae fan Paul How about... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU&feature=kp ? Proper riding music

[Fozzer]

I'm not a reggae fan Paul How about... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V92OBNsQgxU&feature=kp ? Proper riding music

Nah....

"Bad Boys" suits you better....

Conflicts with the long arm of the Law...

..."....what you gonna do, when they come for you!".... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[ozzy72]

Err open the throttle with my right hand and lose Plod in the contest of speed?

[expat]

The thing which scares me, is the modern "Engine Management System" (Expensive Black Box!) fitted to the latest fuel injected Motorcycles, in place of the old, simple, Carburettor/Ignition set-up!
Any problems there, and its not a quick roadside fix!

Now there is an advantage of a Harley Davidson I weigh nearly as much as the Nimitz and can plough fields motorcycle over a modern crotch rocket, carbs, take them apart, clean them up and away you go.....

Matt