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Originally Posted by kellyjo

Excellent, you'll be ready for the rideout then

God it's only january and shes started already....

Well someones gotta keep you boys on your toes....well, bikes actually!!

Im just excited cos i had a great ride today, really confident and surprisingly 'brisk' I cleaned the bike yesterday after getting it grubby and wanted to get back home today before the heavens opened and i had to wash it again, so i really 'went for it' - awesome!!!

Besides which, it'll just be good to have as many folks rideout as possible

My day was almost over before it began. I was a bit bored of where the camera on the bike was positioned. So I gaffa taped it to the pillion footpeg so it faced backwards. Put the key in the ignition, struggled to turn it because the barrels gone a bit stiff. Finally turned the key and there was a series of beeps from the alarm plus a very week fuel prime. I started to think the battery had gone flat but if it had I couldn't understand it because it was out last week.

Thumbed the starter, it turned over once then everything went off. No alarm, lights, dash, nothing. Not even the 2 parking lights would work. I thought it had blown the main fuse or there was a short somewhere.

Pulled out the Haynes manual and the first thing it said was to turn the bike off and take the negative terminal off the battery before poking around. Went to undo it and the bolt was tight, but wiggling around somehow. I asked my dad what had happened and he undid it, done it back up again and it seemed to grab better. It seems that the last time I put the battery in I managed to put the screw back in wrong.

Turned the key and started it and a sense of relief fell over me. The moral of the story is, the last 2 years I used it every day because it was my only form of transport. I leave it alone for a few weeks and it all starts falling to pieces.

Not quite on the road yet still doesn't want to start but its been sat for 3 months so going to change the plugs drain the carbs and put fresh fuel in and hopefully it'll be all good. Can't believe its been so long since i've been out but with moving house and work and xmas then all the snow i've not had chance. And YES i will be at the rideout once its up and running

Top man

we need as many people as possible to help control kelly-jo

I'm just scared of what she'll do if i don't go.

Having all the bodywork off had also given me a chance to sort out the mess that the last owner made of the wiring and other little bits and pieces

She will find you....

I know i'm thinking it was a bad idea putting my location down on the user map!!!!

LOL tell me that you didn't place the marker over your house...