Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[shiftin_gear98]

Had to come into London village today for work. I forgot just how much I hate commuter trains. (First one in 7 years).

[admin]

Originally Posted by shiftin_gear98

Had to come into London village today for work. I forgot just how much I hate commuter trains. (First one in 7 years).

I spent 17 years commuting into London from Essex. I hated using trains too. Consequently i used my bike all year round even in deepest winter, brings back find memories of frozen hands and trying to see through a wet visor in the dark with car lights refracting off the rain drops.

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[shiftin_gear98]

Admin, that's my normal journey to work. I much prefer it.

[maviczap]

Leaving our hotel there was an ambulance by the side of the road, but I couldn't see what kind of accident it was until we doubled back and saw that it involved a motorcycle. Hope the rider is ok, the road conditions were poor, nasty greasy and wet.

Stay safe folks

[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

...Also having VFR issues. All bikes have their quirk and seems the problem I am having is classic VFR. Bogging down and stalling on cold startup. I have to hold the revs up for about 30 seconds or it won't start. I don't think the neighbors are impressed. The fuel economy has plummeted too. Fuelly had the last tank at 36mpg. fuel light was flashing today at only 116 miles. Previously it's been at least 150 miles per tank and often nearer 180.
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Todays Fuelly stats say last tank was now down to 29mpg!!!
Hopefully down to the fettling and warming up in the garage to set valves. Not sure though as that's a hell of a drop from the usual 46mpg. It's also sounding different since the work I did on it. I've removed a scottoiler connector that was put in next to the MAP sensor with a very loose connector. Hopefully it's sounding like it should now and wasn't right before. Otherwise it's sounding wrong now and my "work" has broken it.

[admin]

Originally Posted by Adam Ef

Todays Fuelly stats say last tank was now down to 29mpg!!!
Hopefully down to the fettling and warming up in the garage to set valves. Not sure though as that's a hell of a drop from the usual 46mpg. It's also sounding different since the work I did on it. I've removed a scottoiler connector that was put in next to the MAP sensor with a very loose connector. Hopefully it's sounding like it should now and wasn't right before. Otherwise it's sounding wrong now and my "work" has broken it.

That is a low mpg. Mines similar to how yours was. Have you looked at the plugs, are they sooty (Not sweep)

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[Adam Ef]

Originally Posted by admin

Have you looked at the plugs, are they sooty (Not sweep)

That was this evenings job. Yes they were sooty, but not really bad. Still a greyish colour mostly too on the electrodes. I've cleaned them up and will run another tank or two keeping an eye on the MPG and pull the plugs and inspect again at some point to see if the carbon is coming back quickly. I've got a feeling they've never been out of the bike in 23,000 miles and the previous owners didn't do much maintenance. The air filter was pretty bad when I got it. So a lot of the build up could be from before I owned it. I'm hoping so anyway.

[admin]

They probably are the original plugs. I think the service schedule is to replace them every 32k miles.

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[Sir Trev]

Infection of the hair follicles. What an annoyance. Got fed up with odd lumps and bumps in an area on the side of my bonce - one of the few bits with any hair left - and went to see the quack. He's put me on antibiotics that I have to take four times a day at regular intervals. Eh? Every six hours?? That's going to mess up my sleep pattern a bit and make me even more grumpy. Apologies in advance all....

[admin]

I was going to say that I've never heard of the problem sir Trev but then i recall Fred Dibner had a similar problem caused by wearing filthy flat caps...
Time to disinfect your helmet?

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