Well that was fun (not!!)
 

Today was absolutely ****ing down and it just happened to be the day i had booked the bike in for a new front tyre and a new chain/sprocket set.

Anyways, I picked the bike up this afternoon and started to ride home and the old front cylinder issue cropped up again. :shock:

Now as you can imagine given the fact that the last time this happened I ended up in hospital, I was to put it not so mildy (****ting myself). I had a slippy new front tyre, I was on half power, having to keep the revs up to stop the bike from stalling and I kept getting flashbacks about being carted into an ambulance. :roll: (Northy, where's that stuff :wink: )

Anyway I made it home and stripped the fairing off and had a look at the front spark. It was soaking so I had a wee bit of a poke around with the drain hole and dried everything off and the bike started functioning OK.

Gonna go out for my first big run tomorrow in prep for the trip next week but that was a wee set back today after building my confidence over the last couple of weeks.

Just thought I would share !!!!

Have you got a fender extender on there?

OK, so a shakey ride home - but, you made it. Under very difficult circumstances by the sound of it - so use that as a boost to your confidence.

get fender extender thingy. i used to ride when it was really wet and have never had a problem.

well done to you for not cancelling and staying in knitting though mate.

weather is better today so get out there and have a wee bit fun.

did the wrist hold out ok

Yeah the wrist seems to be fine on the bike. Just gotta watch not to grip too hard but that's what I should be doing anyway.

Beginning to really look forward to the trip down south now. Just hope the weather is OK for the camping.

Get a Fender Extender.....they work.

Glad to hear you made it back in one piece and your wrist was ok.

Well done for sticking it out. No wonder you were having an "oh-no moment", anyone would in your situation. Fear of the known, it would seem, is worse than fear of the unknown. :?

It's wierd how some SV's are very sensitive to this and others are not. I've only had it happen twice in nearly 7 years. One of those was fording a burst drainage ditch, about 10" deep and 30' long so not surprising it cut out. And I've been out in plenty long lasting mega-downpours.

No fender extender, no silicone down the plughole, no little flappy bit under the rad either. Odd.

The stuff is on its way, honest! I'd run out of stamps though.

Incidentally, I was in Maplin today and picked up another 3 tubes... That's probably enough to do every SV in Scotland ;) So if anyone wants some, let me know.

Well done you :notworthy:

and here's me bricking it over a soft suspension!!!

As an aside - hows the wrist??? One of my mates bought me a powerball to help improve the strength in my left wrist(for the cluctch :roll: ) and it works really well.
Just thought it may help as they use it to rescuperate injuries

See http://www.powerball-gyros.com/powerballs.htm for info if interested
:kiss:

I never had a problem with it and have ridden in atrocious conditions in the past. Last year I rode all day up from England in the pouring rain through massive puddles of water etc, and it never skipped a beat. The first time it happened was in March when I had my off.

I have a theory that the crud around the drain point builds up over time until eventually the problem starts. That and possibly the plug cap not being positioned per the manual thus the seal is not tight.

I've given everything a thorough clean today and tried to unblock the drain hole so I hope that it won't happen at the first sight of rain the next time. :roll:

Cheers Northy. I'll slap it on as soon as I get it :P

Thanks for the tip. The physio at the hospital gave me some green putty stuff rated as 'firm' to squeeze. At the the last visit they upgraded me to blue 'xtra firm'. :shock: So my wrist is doing OK. Its the overall movement and the twisting(opening jars) movement that needs more work.

Grant I put a fender extender on soon after buying the curvy sv as I had read about this problem and to date (4 yrs later) I have not experienced the problem.

Who knows maybe it has nothing to do with it maybe its a coincedence but the fact remains I fitted it and it has not happened.

And thats 4 yrs of all sorts of weather except snow :shock: