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well today as it was windy but dry i got kitted up and went out on the Triumph, or rather i would have if it didnt have total electrical death other than indicators horn and brake light :confused , checked the fuses, all ok, still no life including dash lights and starter button.. wheeled it back t...

I spent the first few runs trying to optimise traction control. I had to turn it off to burnout, but then turn it back on again before staging. That shouldn't have been a difficult task but the bike didn't like it at all, and in one occasion I had to kill the engine and reset everything by turning t...

cheers chris :thumbup: . one thing i did notice was it felt like it was steering really slow :shh: i thought maybe after riding the trumpet it was just how it was but had a look around and i hadnt noticed that over the last say year bit at a time the locking ring on the rear shock had backed of, th...

I'd be up for arriving on the Thursday and leaving Monday.
How much extra per night would it be?

Duffy1964 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:20 pm Tony If you wanna go fast I still have my Ducati Multistrada [emoji6]


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It's ok, Duffy. I've worked out how to disable the traction control now.

We'll be riding into a strong headwind at Santa Pod on Sunday (just getting my excuses in early!).
But at least it looks dry.

Blade forks reduce the fork limits, and also the turning circle. It takes a bit of getting used to. I used to allow the bike to drop into the inside of a turn (at slower speeds) then pick it up again by adding throttle. Balance the two and it looks easy. However- Storms are known to stall (especiall...

MK_WF wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:14 pm
If you want to give it a try, check out my how-to: https://www.rd350lc.de/downloads/MK-Dok ... glisch.pdf

Wow. Great writeup and information, Martin, well done for making it public.

Happy birthday, Budd

But you get to keep the boots? Result!

Good luck with the next job.

tony.mon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:15 am

haynesjones66 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:40 am many tanks

The SP tank extends down into the rear subframe, so you'd have to repackage a lot of the storm electrics and battery at the very least.
You could cut and re-weld it, but then, you could do that with almost any tank.

haynesjones66 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:40 am many tanks

Which city are you from, Vera?

All automatic cct's work well, until they don't. With almost all other engine designs, failure just means it rattles until it's replaced.

That's not the case with Storm engine designs, which can introduce the piston to the valves.

sirch345 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:43 pm Perhaps a different make tyre would save you from a "broken heart"

Sorry I couldn't resist

Chris.

PS. "Brakes"

It was deliberate, Chris.
In the ad they spell "braking" as "breaking", so I was getting even.