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Alas, things can become a little floppy with age

I had the sort of reverse of this issue and it was the sender from the thermostat housing which was to blame - replaced it and the gauge works normally now.

As far as I'm aware they all do that to some degree. After time and experience you can make it less by sensing when to change but as Chris (Sirch) says, into 2nd as soon as you can and use the torque from there. I doubt you have a mechanical problem. Where are you out of interest?

I had 35,000 miles on mine and thought that those moaning about the ACCTs must be somehow deluded. Then pop. No warning, nothing. So manuals were fitted and IMHO not only do I get peace of mind, there is a little difference in the way the bike reacts. That was 8 years ago and I have checked adjustme...

tony.mon wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:01 pm I saw him live last year, incredibly funny, surreal and so quick.

Lucky man - I have tried in the past but he's always sold out.

Whatever Happened TTLL was and remains one of my all time favourites. Sad to hear of his passing.

I'm watching that. Brilliant series. As someone once said "what we learn from history is that we never learn from history"

You'll need a good breaker bar to remove the swing arm nut. I was quite worried when I did mine - sure that something would shear but it didn't and cracked off after a lot of pressure.

fabiostar wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:37 am WALK TOWARDS THE LIGHT

puts a smile on my face everytime i hit the button and it fires .. its a way of stepping outa life for a while into my own world..

+1

76 lb ft is the torque for the stem top nut.

Usually, if there is any play in the head bearings it means they are knackered. Tightening them up just hides the fact and makes the steering worse. I've never heard of correctly installed head bearings (ball or roller) needed adjustment after the initial bedding in adjustment. Well, you have now. ...

You don't need to remove the fairing. Its the castellated ring under the yoke that needs torqueing really though I've never worked out how to do that, so I just leave it with still a little play, then when tightening down the yoke top nut it seems to take up the play. I did replace mine with taper r...

The N260 is an amazing road - done it twice!

MacV2 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:22 am

bazzashadow wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2017 8:55 pm thanks for the replies
for my sins I am fitting autos and I will be getting a cap
I have now put my tin hat on

Why?

There is no good reason not to fit manuals

Does the knocking sound go away when you pull in the clutch lever?