Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Nice. Still waiting on the finance myself. Hoping to get it sorted today.

I have the thousand yard stare today....

Yesterday we found the right combo of roads. Flowing corners, short straights and most importantly, completely empty. One twenty odd mile section in particular was a peach.

Fast bikes are fast.

Jealous. It pissed with rain here, and I got soaked on the bicycle.

Ah, more sunny days on the way I hope. Any luck with the test date yet?

It was pretty bloody hot in the desert around the charming ville of Palmdale (we got diverted in because of a road closure.) One of our group was wearing all leather and looked like he was about to melt. Even my Canadian tuxedo was getting a little swampy. A little extra altitude and mph solved everything.

No news yet, it’s a shitshow overall. Wore denim with aramid lining recently and couldn’t believe how cool and breezy it felt after 8 months of chunky motorbike textiles trousers. Not sure I’d want leather trousers on a warm day unless I was questioning the speed limit.

Just got sent details of the reg and eta (to them) of next week. Just in time for our wedding anniversary haha!

Ha. Nice.

I’m transferring a private plate.

Just waiting for the finance forms to sign.

Bike all sorted. Should be with me by mid next week.

£220 delivery to me.

Nice, mine is being delivered to them mid next week. Hopefully to me not long after.

How long before these posts get quoted in another thread.....

I did get a Facebook advert for a golf club the other day...

Can anybody point me in the right direction with a problem on my MT125. I fitted a new battery, gel instead of acid, more amps, 7A instead 5.5A. Been out for a good run tonight about 50 mins around the north circ road and the alternator light stays on constantly.

Just checked the battery and it has charged on that ride up to 100% according to my tracker.

Have you got access to a multimeter?

You might have a problem with the alternator :)

If you check the voltage across the battery terminals when the bike is running it should be around 14v. If it's more like 12.8v then the alternator connections or the alternator itself would be a good place to start.

It turns out it's the engine warning light not the alternator light. As mentioned its had a new battery and I disconnected an alarm, added a trickle charger port and fitted a gps tracker. I'd better remove all the stuff I've fitted and test again.

I'll check the battery across the terminals am with the bike running and with it off.
Thanks

Here is a great electric fault finding PDF
http://www.oscarmayer.net/atc/manuals/articles/fault_find.pdf

The RSV will live again. New rearset spares turned up so hopefully can get these fitted this weekend, AP workshops (prev Aprilia Performance) are such good eggs and couldn't recommend enough.

Thanks guys. Checked my alternator as both lynx/airhead suggested but seems the charging current was good. Bought an ebay cheapy OBD reader and cable and found two errors. Cleared both but will look up the numbers.
I just need to do some tinkering, I snapped the peg off the brake pedal peg so I'm going to fix a new platform once I've cut the stub off and drill a couple holes.

Good news matey. Back on the horse.

Glad to hear you're back in the game! The RSV shall live for many speedy miles.

I did a thing.

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1050 tiger sport?

800, other half hated the high seating of the 1050. Quite enjoying it, but it is a lazy motor and doesn't have that punch the street triple had. Reckon will hold on to this till next spring then run away to Orange life! I know I'll miss that twin rush if I keep this.

Nice!

Didn’t want my Tracer 900?

Dreamed of it for a solid week with the tab for the ad open daily. Out of budget I'm afraid squire.

That blue though...that damned blue. Whats the 1250's colour?

That’s a shame.

I’ll probably end up selling it for less than £7k. Market seems super slow.

The Tigers are great bikes too...

The blue on the 900 is the best colour I’ve owned on a bike. 1250 is the ‘exclusive’ so it’s a black with gold bits. Not my first choice but it’s the only one it comes with. Also with a black drivetrain which is a plus.