Today was the test ride and she enjoyed it. Which was good news just need to find some small enough boots and some ear plugs for her.
Today was the test ride and she enjoyed it. Which was good news just need to find some small enough boots and some ear plugs for her.
So the Confy Pillion seat arrived from Dave and it’s all fitted. Hopefully it will be comfier and grippier. Just need to look into Engine check light that has appeared. Gonna take the fairing off and check everything I played with previously to see if anything has come undone but it still starts and runs. Hopefully that will fix….
Well I ripped of the side panels to check all my connections and only thing was the connector to the coil had the rubber folded over so re-seated it but other than that it all seemed fine. So disconnected the battery and so will see when I plug it back in. fingers crossed…otherwise my service next month could be expensive…
So bike is back together and the engine check light is still on. Gonna take it for a spin and see if it clears like can happen with my aprilia when it gets a service message. or is it a case of don’t use it and get it to a garage? Advice and opinions gratefully appreciated. Just want to ride it.
If it’s an amber engine light they can sometimes reset after (iirc) three cycles. Go for a careful ride or three and see.
Well the nice chap at Louigi Moto plugged it into their system and it’s the exhaust valve. Brought it home and stripped it down, first had to locate it and the motor, which took me a while. And then get the end cans off, which was fun as I had to disconnect theLH peg to get the bolt. exhaust valve definitely free and is open, and the motor does rotate it but sometime doesn’t nothing when I turn it on. So think the motor is gone as the cable seems to move. Going to lube it all all and see if that does anything. Was considering just removing cable but from what I read the fault will stay in dash. Might just get it deleted at its service next month
Welcome - and i note....first time ive seen an RSV4 factory with the same paint as mine (mines a pre aprc but i think they crossed over into the APRC model for a short time)
Yeah mine is an 09 Factory, I’ve had it since 2010 and I love it. She needs me to do a good strip down service on her. Luckily I treated myself to another Italian beauty to keep wheels in the road
I’ve disconnected the valve so it’s still in situ..would love the cans as yours sounded lovely but a bit of a stretch at mo….lol I was going to remove it all but I wasn’t sure if it would leave a hole and if I’d be able to use a blanking plate as nit sure what behind the spring and everything. Do you still have the motor fitted and connected? Or did you get it remapped or an eliminator to fool engine.
lol…I don’t doubt that…I just left mine in as I was wondering about a potential hole left when it’s removed…I didn’t want to start and then get to a point where she is unusable for a while as I need a to fabricate something
