AyB
26-07-09, 06:03 PM
Hi Everyone, I'm new here so please be kind to a born again biker :)
I passed my bike test many years ago. In those days all it consisted of was a quick ride around the block looking for the examiner to jump out from between parked cars. When he raised his hand that was the signal to perform an emergency stop. Three questions from the highway code and that was that. Everybody I knew at that time passed first time. It was all so different to today's test.
I rode a scooter for about a year and then "Progressed" to a car. That was my only transport up until the early part of this year when I decided to return to two wheels.
I bought a 125 just to commute to work and back. That was fine but after only eight weeks I found a 125 a little boring and slow. :smt022 I guess the novelty factor had worn off rather quickly.
What started off as a means of getting from A to B has now developed into something else.
I have now got a SV 650s 07reg. I have had it for ten weeks now and am loving every minute I am riding it. :D
Not knowing a great deal about the mechanics of bikes leads me to a question. I was out yesterday with a friend on the bike taking a trip along the Norfolk coast. A hot sunny day for once and all was going good. We stopped a few times along the way and generally had a great day. The last stop before returning home was only about 10 minutes.
On the last leg of the journey I noticed the coolant temperature indicator kept increasing. It usually reads between 88 - 98 but bit by bit this time it was showing 115+ and rising!
I stopped to check the coolant level. It was fine. There were no leaks and the radiator was not clogged up with flies, bugs etc. We decided to let it cool down and hope for the best on the way back.
Fifteen minutes later we set of again. All was well once more and we travelled the forty miles home without any further problem. I hope that it was an air lock in the system by the temperature sensor that caused a faulty reading and not something more sinister.
I am keeping my fingers crossed :confused: all is well, unless anybody else knows different. :confused:
I passed my bike test many years ago. In those days all it consisted of was a quick ride around the block looking for the examiner to jump out from between parked cars. When he raised his hand that was the signal to perform an emergency stop. Three questions from the highway code and that was that. Everybody I knew at that time passed first time. It was all so different to today's test.
I rode a scooter for about a year and then "Progressed" to a car. That was my only transport up until the early part of this year when I decided to return to two wheels.
I bought a 125 just to commute to work and back. That was fine but after only eight weeks I found a 125 a little boring and slow. :smt022 I guess the novelty factor had worn off rather quickly.
What started off as a means of getting from A to B has now developed into something else.
I have now got a SV 650s 07reg. I have had it for ten weeks now and am loving every minute I am riding it. :D
Not knowing a great deal about the mechanics of bikes leads me to a question. I was out yesterday with a friend on the bike taking a trip along the Norfolk coast. A hot sunny day for once and all was going good. We stopped a few times along the way and generally had a great day. The last stop before returning home was only about 10 minutes.
On the last leg of the journey I noticed the coolant temperature indicator kept increasing. It usually reads between 88 - 98 but bit by bit this time it was showing 115+ and rising!
I stopped to check the coolant level. It was fine. There were no leaks and the radiator was not clogged up with flies, bugs etc. We decided to let it cool down and hope for the best on the way back.
Fifteen minutes later we set of again. All was well once more and we travelled the forty miles home without any further problem. I hope that it was an air lock in the system by the temperature sensor that caused a faulty reading and not something more sinister.
I am keeping my fingers crossed :confused: all is well, unless anybody else knows different. :confused: