Boxing day ride out - parbold

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Boxing day ride out - parbold

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A great short bimble this morning with my brother in law(kawasaki z1000sx) , graham taxi driver on his dark blue mettalic storm and me on my dark blue storm.

At the venue we met up with chrisc on his yellow storm and there was also another yellow storm, so 4 in total!!!

I had a real 'moment' on the ride to the venue - slowing down for a roundabout, and the engine cut out. Pulled clutch in , then let it out to try and bump it - used to in line fours!!!!
Hadnt bargained for the v twin compression !!!!
Locked out rear wheel and had a real slide!!! Nearly flipped me off but survived!!!

Then when i arrived home temp gauge was climbing towards red , but it looked fan hadnt kicked in, so there was some fluid collecting in belly pan, probably from reservoir overflow, but i'll check it out next week.

I still love it though, but still getting used to a v twin after years on a 4
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Yeh,great day Brian with a real mix of bikes to look at too.

And of course ChrisC,the only man with a knitted crash helmet...….. :lol:
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As ever was good to meet up with you fellas, almost needed the knitted helmet as was nearly taken out by mad octogenarian riding a rusty flat tanker with a dubious back tyre ... but hey what a good meeting....cheers ChrisC
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If the fan isn't kicking in check the fuse box under the seat, one of them is for the fan :thumbup:
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Cheers mcq

Gonna go right through it all tomorrow
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BrianC wrote: Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:11 pm Cheers mcq

Gonna go right through it all tomorrow
You having a problem Brian?.
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I think the panic is over!!!

When i got back from the boxing day run it seemed to be running a bit hot and there looked to be some coolant in the belly pan. I wasnt sure if the fan was kicking in either.

Ive got it on the bikelift today and checked the coolant level in the right hand rad and also the expansion bottle and both are fine. Also checked the operation of the fan by shorting it out and that is fine.

I have then taken the belly pan and fairing off and left it running so it got up to temp and when needle gets between 1/2 and 3/4 the fan cuts in as it should. No leakage anywhere so i think all is good - i suspect i may have overfilled the expansion bottle on the rebuild.

I'll run it up again tomorrow and recheck it

I also checked the age of the tyres that it came with - rear 98!!!! Ie 20 years old and the front is 10 ie 8 years old, better but its going to be changed!!!
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Brian, I know an old lady in Thailand that could knit you a nice pair of Pirelli's :D
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my Christmas run
ice .jpg
slippy but fun
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ChrisC wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:37 pm Brian, I know an old lady in Thailand that could knit you a nice pair of Pirelli's :D
Nice one Chris,they would probably have chicken strips too........ :D
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norry rc8 wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:55 pm my Christmas run ice .jpg slippy but fun
Blimey mate,looks like you should of got the 690 enduro model........ :lol:
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got husaberg 450 for when the going gets tuff :D
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TaxiDriver wrote: Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:10 am
norry rc8 wrote: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:55 pm my Christmas run ice .jpg slippy but fun
Blimey mate,looks like you should of got the 690 enduro model........ :lol:
what he hasn't mentioned is that he rode in from the left of photo, through the field and across the grass before he parked up there :lol:
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what he hasn't mentioned is that he rode in from the left of photo, through the field and across the grass before he parked up there .. :cool2 :cool2 quit an easy rote left of photo
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and behind trees
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Bloody hell Norman, when did you upgrade to a camera phone :lol:

This new technology is oboiously starting to filter through ... :thumbup: :lol:
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