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Today, I was mostly picking up baffles from A-16's stand at the MCN festival of motorcycling.
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Fitted a spare set of ECU/ignition modules I got from Mac V2 yesterday, and lo and behold, sparks again.
All good, but then I swapped back to the original ones, which I thought were damaged by a welder, and they worked ok, too.

It's having a game with me at the moment....

I found a broken wire on the rear tail light with integral indicators, I could re-solder a wire on the circuit board, but the little LED board inside which illuminates the number plate was in several bits and rattling around inside.
It's repairable, but only with a fair bit of faffing about.

So I've ordered a replacement one, dark smoke this time. From China, so let's see if anything arrives!
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tony.mon wrote:Fitted a spare set of ECU/ignition modules I got from Mac V2 yesterday, and lo and behold, sparks again.
All good, but then I swapped back to the original ones, which I thought were damaged by a welder, and they worked ok, too.

It's having a game with me at the moment....

I found a broken wire on the rear tail light with integral indicators, I could re-solder a wire on the circuit board, but the little LED board inside which illuminates the number plate was in several bits and rattling around inside.
It's repairable, but only with a fair bit of faffing about.

So I've ordered a replacement one, dark smoke this time. From China, so let's see if anything arrives!
you and your Chinese takeaways....... :wink:
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I picked up a Yamaha FZ6 Fazer on Thursday, not been on the road for 5 years on a 56 plate for £500 :thumbup:

Saturday and today I have been cleaning it up changed the air filter and fitted a new battery and stuck a gallon of fuel in it and it fired up no problem.

Decided to take it for an MOT and it passed with flying colours and only has 16,353 on the clock :thumbup:
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made up some new hangers for the higher than normal cans :lol: there not finished yet as still bloody decorating too.
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Bargain that Duffy :thumbup:.
Now get back to the streetfighter
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lloydie wrote:Bargain that Duffy :thumbup:.
Now get back to the streetfighter
I will be putting the blue one back to standard first :thumbup:
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Refitted the standard cans to the bird ,
Couldn't get the race cans to sit right so the standards are staying on till I get a 4-2-1 system
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SOLD IT !!!! not a moment of madness but a good deal. Can i stay on here without a Storm!!!. New bikes a Honda.
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What you've sold yours too ?
Come on what you got not btt?
Is it a gold wing ?
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lloydie wrote:What you've sold yours too ?
Come on what you got not btt?
Is it a gold wing ?
You butt, aim not that bad. Nope a honda and its a doozy. Plenty fast enough for me and the handlings ace and i haven't even fiddled yet.

Its a cool looking bike. Have another guess
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bigtwinthing wrote:SOLD IT !!!! not a moment of madness but a good deal. Can i stay on here without a Storm!!!. New bikes a Honda.
Surely not! and with the cut down down seat...

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A c90
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here we are. 200 miles tonight. Its only done 4000 miles.
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