today i almost set fire to my bike.
the other night on the way back from blackpool lights it misfired on me. hard.
so hard i thought id dropped a valve
then again a few times, just a little intermittent splutter.
today im riding along bimblingly minding my own business as you do, bike was purring like a kitten - until i came to some nice twisties and gave it some welly.
felt like a bag of crouton.
popping and fartin, jumpin and bangin FI light coming on and off, then coasted to a stop and wouldnt go.
popped the seat off and found the - terminal had come loose on the battery, tightened it up, all ok again so off we go.
1 hr later, running great until more fast twisties.... same again only worse. came to a stop again and wouldnt restart.
checked the obvious to no avail so rang rac to come get me, only to be told it was a minimum 2 hrs wait.
so i decided to pop the power commander off and found a broken wire, which looked to be part of the datatool3 alarm / immobiliser.
twisted the wire back together and it fires up again.
put the seat back on and it woudnt go again!
im running it with the firestorm battery atm and as its the bigger size one it's pulled the wires really tight and it seemed i'd pulled the wire apart again when i put the battery back in place.
so off we go again.... much fun was had/
until on the way hme i got halfway down the cat n fidle and gave it some welly and it went again.
unfortunately i was on my own this time and had no tools on me but managed to limp it back home, thinking maybe the wire has come undone again.
it hasnt
so i havent got a clue whats causing it yet.
the broken wire is the ground wire for the power commander not the alarm so im hoping it just needs a map reloading or summat.
i'll have a proper look at it tomorrow when i cba!
anyway - awesome day out chaps - enjoyed that thx. needed some fun after the week ive had
