A wee note of thanks ref "elecrical prob or not"

[mwross1964]

Just like to say a big thank you to all who gave advice on the problem I have had with the bike.I now know the problem was with the shop I purchased it from last September,they had been into the engine and had not put it back together correctly.Thus leading to the point at the moment,"replacement engine".

I have never known so many people willing to help when they don't even know me.So a real big thanks.
Hopefully soon my bike will be sorted and I,m back on the road when & if money allows,and I hope to get the chance to meet some of you.


Mark.

[bikerpiker]

That's very nice of you mate....like yourself, ive found the guys on here very helpfull ,....infact regarding my CCT replacement and modifying them, i couldnt have done it without the help i got on here.

Just a shame aboot the hassle you've had with yer bike ,hopefully it'll all be in the past soon and you actually get to use it before the summer ends .

[Beamish]

Yes mate this is indeed a great forum, they are a great bunch.......oh apart from that Mike......and that Timbo character they are just a pair of



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[sirch345]

That was very thoughtful of you to post that Mark

Glad too hear you are getting somewhere at long last. I hope you're soon back on the road

Cheers,

Chris.

PS. Stevie I hardly recognised you with your new avatar

[bikerpiker]

PS. Stevie I hardly recognised you with your new avatar

Aye ,....i just aboot shed a tear gettin shot of my 'storm avatar ,...i'll be fine in a day or two

[tony.mon]

Can you not fit a Storm fairing on the Bandit?

[bikerpiker]

Can you not fit a Storm fairing on the Bandit?

That's my winter project NOT

[tony.mon]

Shame.
Could have kept your old avatar....

[mwross1964]

Well you all know the hassle I have had with this 1998 (18k miles) bike.The garage just called to say they will drop it off tomorrow night. hurrah !!

The bad news is its costing more than double what they thought ...they gave me an estimate of around 4 hrs work (£150.ish),but they have now told me that with having a problem getting a sheared exhaust bolt out which took them 3hrs alone to drill out and re tap the hole !! 6hrs for the engine fit !! and extras for taking the carbs, airbox and fitting (supplied) manual tensioners & other small parts off from my old engine I'm looking at maybe 10hrs plus a MOT.

Why does never rain but it pours?

F**k sake man I must have spent around a grand on this f**kin bike just to find out what was wrong with it and then get it fixed :mad2 .Sometimes when your so far in with something like this its non sensible to stop,you know what I mean? .I just hope its wombles worth it!
not pleased at all.....

Mark.

[gilson]

Hi Mark,

I hope the rest goes well. I've sent you a little refund on that engine for the bolt. I really didn't think it would be that much trouble. So have an hour and a half back...

Let us know how it goes.
Martyn

[mwross1964]

Martyn,
You didn't have to do that & that was very, very kind of you.
But I will admit that every little penny helps at the moment.Much appreciated mate for the kind gesture.
Thanks.
Mark.

[tony.mon]

Having just changed my engine over, ten hours seems about right, sadly.

If they got the bolts out holding the engine into the frame they did better than I did!

Although mine took a whole weekend, I also had to strip a cylinder head off the old engine and add it to the replacement one, do the cam timing and shims, etc.

So I'd guess that if it was a simple swap over it could be done in ten hours start to finish.

Pay the money and then thrash the gonads off it, just to show it who's boss.

[mwross1964]

Ok you got it ,its had it comin....gonads thrashing time