Thank you everyone. Puts my mind at rest. it does spin up faster when warm as you have all suggested.. Also i suspect the issues i had on sunday were user error with me blipping the throttle on start up causing it some upset. since then, press the button, leave the throttle and it has started every time! Optimate cable now received and the battery maintainer all set up. so a week into ownership and im starting to get the hang of her... Thanks again all. look forward to meeting some of you sometime.. anyone local to Hampshire / New Forest?
A Mutley can cross continents.... everywhere is local. I'm up at Heathrow.... most of my jaunts are South East and South West. There is a great crowd that meet at various locations Loomies Moto Cafe, Alton Road, West Meon GU32 1JX the Chalet, Henfield Road, Cowfold, Horsham RH13 8DU Newlands Corner, Drove Road, Albury, Guildford GU4 8SE Ryka's Café, Old London Rd, Box Hill, Mickleham, Dorking RH5 6BY Whiteways Cafe, South Downs National Park, Bury Hill, Houghton, Arundel BN18 9FD Keep an eye on the http://ducatiforum.co.uk/forums/rideouts-events.29/ thread, but especially the http://ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/the-anyone-going-to-boxhill-today-thread.12540/page-418#post-906633 as this is where the Southern'ers put most of the meets (even if they are somewhere else).