Simon Davey

Welcome to the forum @MiguelThePug

Congratumalations @teo63, such an accolade wouldn't be out of place on one's CV.

I'd like to register for 2025, No. 292 please, and I hope to beat last year's score of zero......

It's going to need some heat. Also, lots of YouTube

Great report, good reading. Fingers crossed it's just the injectors.

Many thanks, that's some great information. I actually bought it all from Sunshine Solar, and the charger is a upgrade because I added an extra panel . A volt meter is a good idea, the charger only indicates the charge voltage.

Good morning bikers

@Bender How is that even humanly possible? Strewth, I'd need help walking

Brilliant! Congratulations.

Wow, I always thought a kill switch was mandatory. If you lift the seat off, can you hear a relay click when you press the starter button? Also, when you replaced the starter, did you definitely get the cables in the right place. Is there a switch on the side stand?

There won't be a price difference between now and January, tell them you'll have it now if they can give you a better price. If they say no, you can leave it until January.

The un-answerable question...... Maybe they'd take a small deposit to hold it until January? BUT, if you're happy to risk losing the purchase, is it really the bike you want? Have you tried it for fit, made sure your knees aren't too high, and that your not putting too much weight on your wrists etc. etc.?

Do you have airspace issues? I'm assuming you're following commercial flightpaths?

Excellent, something else I didn't know. Thanks for your help.

Brilliant, cheers.

The lights work from an inverter, so 230v by 240w gives me 0.96 amps. However, I don't know how to work out the current draw from the battery that the inverter uses. Either way, I found the destructions, it says to connect the inverter to the battery, so I can't use the load output

Well, I have a max of 240w of LED lighting, now and again that does happen. Max load of the charge controller is 30A, so I should be OK. The inverter will be supplying 240w which is just over 1amp, not sure what it draws from 12v to make that conversion, but I can't imagine it's anything like 30amp.

I thought it was for a small load, I'll try to find out how much current it can supply. The instructions have the inverter connected to the battery.

Good morning bikers

I never knew that, it didn't have that in the instructions (not that I read them). I'll look into that, especially as it can be timed, they often turn the lights off, but leave the inverter switched on. Thanks again.

Nice one, cheers @Bender

A flat battery will still light a bulb, and it will also light up the dashboard. Do you get all the lights on the dash? Hang on, is the "run" switch in the run position? (red switch at your right thumb)

It's an AGM leisure battery, no idea of the voltage at 50%. I'll have a look tomorrow. Thanks @Bender

Yes, you mentioned upgrading the battery, so thought you should check that it's charged and capable of starting the engine before moving on to further diagnosis. First basics would be to follow the cable/s from the starter motor, and check any fuses, especially if it was changed with the battery connected.

So I have this little solar setup at the top of our farm. It runs about 120 watts of light for about an hour per daytime, but also 15 minuets during the evening. I've added an extra panel because during the previous winter the demand couldn't be constantly met. The extra panel has made a huge difference, and only needs 90 minutes of a decent bright day to keep fully charged. The last four days have been far too dark and dim though, and it's dropped to 50%. So how low could I let the percentage drop to before I take it off for a mains powered charge? I've previously only let it get to 60%, but I actually have no idea why. What do you experts think, could I let it get even lower than 50 %? We like pictures, so here ya go...