Spent a few hours stripping and cleaning the 749 and finally got round to doing the clutch and oil change on the lil monster...productive day...
please do chizel - should have p. em'd this but a bit worried/looks as though you have soaked everything. Did you blow it dry or put back in a warm garage?
Driven to Cheltenham to leave my beloved mini with @cookster to be serviced and looked after Think it must be OAP day in town M&S is full of them
tried to keep away from the electrics as much as pos also sprayed all the electric areas with wd40 before i washed it... still got everywhere wet but blew the bulk off with compressor before putting her back in the workshop.. started up fine this afternoon..
Phew! tgft.. I think there must be a dozen or more threads just on this Forum that have "won't start after I washed it" in the title.
Today I put on subframe, clutch cover, rearsets, started swaping out all bolts for stainless and tried on some of the new clothes for size.. all good!
Im for ever stripping me bikes down and cleaning em. Never really have a prob... the 900 sometimes runs on 1 for a min after a good wash which ain't ideal but it doesn't seem to have harmed it over the years!
also ordered the heatsheild that goes under the seat unit as the old one was rotten... was looking at a used one on ebay, £45 plus shipping from france. rang moto rapido and £60 new delivered... always check people
don't mind risking a 'carb' bike but could be endless trouble/expensive on an injected and/or ECU equipped bike.
Took the dog for a walk this morning. Got chatting to a couple of old boys I see regularly, the varied and usually colourful conversation some how got to uncut bread??? Granary in particular is a weakness of mine. I dropped the dog off at home then got the car and sat in traffic for 20 mins just to buy an uncut granary loaf. Throughout today, I`ve now eaten 3/4 of it, spread thick with butter. I don`t need to worry about fitting in my leathers until next year. I. regret. nothing.
Went for a walk today, not far but a walk none the less Not quite brave enough for a day off the pain killers yet though. Andy
Caught the ferry from Dublin port to Holyhead. Very rough crossing, I’m expecting puddles of vomit when I leave this cabin!
Fitted the correct centre stand to my Mutley old on the right, new on the left... Will improve this situation... and hopefully give better ground clearance.
Got a thousand litres of heating oil delivered yesterday and this morning the boiler locked out. Spent the day draining water from the tank which had settled and been disturbed by the new oil. Gave the boiler a service for good measure and everything is up and running again. Spoke to a mate who’s a heating engineer and he said he’s drained almost twenty gallons of water out of an oil tank previously.
