fastbob

Sorry to hear you're quitting, why not just get a low performance bike like an er5 or a Royal Enfield . I ride a GSXR 1100 and an ER5 and I'm tending to be drawn towards the ER5 more and more as I get older . I'm reluctant to admit it but I get a bigger grin on the ER5.

Cheers, new clutch just arrived, needs a good soak in oil first , should be back on the road by Saturday. I'll try to be more gentle with this one. Its a good job I didn't try to ride up Bealach na Ba to Applecross the week before!

You seem to have covered everything but I would be gentle with the clutch to begin with. The reason I say this is that the recommended long term storage procedure ( on Suzuki bikes anyway ) is to over fill the engine with oil which is later removed so that the clutch remains submerged and does not dry out. It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to strip out the clutch and soak the friction plates in oil just like you should do with a new one anyway.

Time for a tea brake

Also , you don't necessarily have to open it up to fit a repair kit , you can pump the pistons out and fit new seals etc. Remember to clean the muck out of the groove that the seals go in and to grease the pins if it is a floating caliper. If the bleed nipple snaps off however, a good engineer could still get it out.

Here's a used one http://i.imgur.com/rbA8Ew0.png

What's the bike and what amp hours is the battery ? In fact what is the battery code ?

Full face , full stop.

Brilliant,I love the bit that says " The potential thief cannot be approached by your motorcycle " I guess that's because it won't start due to a flat battery. It's a £12 alarm , what do you expect ? I bought a Chinese knock off Ultrafire torch for £3.75, it gets very hot and a battery lasts about 45 minutes. You get what you pay for.

That's a little vague but I guess you just need to trace the wiring and make sure nothing is touching that shouldn't be or it could be the selector switch that needs a clean. Be wary though, switch gear can be very fiddly with tiny springs and ball bearings ready to shoot out and get lost. If you are going to take it apart use a camera to remind yourself how it goes back together.

The CG has been around for forty one years now so it would help if you were a little more specific. The easiest way to get the right battery is to just buy one from a good mail order firm such as Wemoto or M&P . Just select the right bike and you will get the right battery. Having said that, you could try Bike Bits in Coventry which despite what the internet says IS still very much still trading.

Faulty immobiliser perhaps ? I think you need to get the tank and plastics off and have a good look around for anything non standard or any wiring that has been re wrapped in electrical tape. Also inspect every electrical connector and clean all contacts with fine emery paper.Glad you got away with it , sounds scary.

Not yet , still got the GSXR 1100, just don't do the long trips on it so much nowadays.http://i.imgur.com/GWdaegP.jpg

Anyone got a suitable monoshock unit for a GSXR 1100 WP? I can travel to collect . Needs to be reasonably priced and have plenty of life left in it .

Thanks once again for all the suggestions. I had a great trip and my decision to go on my low performance comfortable bike proved to be the right one (ER5) . I almost did the whole trip without any motorways. I did nip onto the M8 to get around Glasgow and on the way back I got fed up with the traffic in Yorkshire so I cut across to the M1 and off again via Matlock. The rest of the trip was great. I went up through the Peak District, got lost and confused around Bolton and Blackburn, escaped back into the countryside again, up and across to Kirkby Lonsdale, over the M6 to Kendal, right through Lakeland to Keswick where I camped at Castlerig Farm campsite. Next day I took back roads up to Carlisle, found the start of the B7078 / B7076 , stopped at Gretna to photograph the Scotland sign then rode all the way to Glasgow on the deserted ex A74 which was absolutely amazing , 80 mph for seemingly ever without any cops , cameras or any other traffic . If I had a supercar this is where I would go to play with it . Once past Glasgow I took the loch Lomond road but immediately came to a halt while a car was extracted from a monster campervan. Had a nice chat with other bikers in the queue and because we were at the front we were let through and had the A82 to ourselves. Next , the Green Welly stop then torrential rain all the way through Glen Coe to Fort William. After that I took the Wester Ross Coastal Trail to Ullapool , camped at Ardmair for two days to rest a bit then up as far as Oldshoremore then did the whole thing pretty much in reverse all the way back to Coventry. Total distance 1620 miles in six days , not bad for an old ER5 rescued from the scrap heap.http://i.imgur.com/ApydLrk.jpg

Oh ok, think the idea of converting an Abba stand into a non removable bike clamp would make a good visible deterrent.

Not without leaving a smoke trail similar to that employed by the Red Arrows aerobatic display team only not in blue or red.

Well I guess it would work but it seems like a lot of hassle to put it all on and take it all off again every time you ride the bike. Great bike by the way. Hope someone doesn't have that can away as an act of spite at not getting the whole bike. I presume this is an extra security measure for using inside your locked garage.

Yesterday I decided to go to Borth near Aberystwyth in the hope of getting a great view of last nights meteor shower. I've been on that run ( from Coventry ) many times , it's basically A44 all the way. I wanted to try something different so I decided to get as far as the cafe at Crossgates then down to Builth Wells then find the remote mountain road from Beulah to Tregaron. Well I can now say wow! What a stunning road and what amazing scenery. BUT, what I hadn't anticipated was a nasty series of climbing hairpins that I now know to be called The Devils Staircase. Unfortunately my poor old ER5 that performed bravely on my 1600 mile trip to Scotland last week decided enough was enough and burned out the clutch. I managed to gently nurse it to Aberystwyth where I decided to keep going until I was back in Coventry. Well I made it mainly because the roads on a Saturday night were deserted so as long as I could keep moving at 60 mph by just staying under the clutches breaking free point I was able to drone all the way home. Anyway here's a pic of something that made me smile. Google maps describe this as " very remote place with phone box and letter box " pretty accurate I think http://i.imgur.com/9vMmZkj.jpg

Definitely, take it straight back ( if its rideable ) and show it to the tyre fitters before they try to wriggle out of responsibility. I bet they're closed on Sunday but I wouldn't wait till next weekend.

Wow, that looks like it's been very hot indeed, I wonder what effect this has had on the rubber cush drive ?

I'm thinking the same myself. I've had an offer from one company to assess the shock with no obligation to go any further if its not going to be worth it. Still going to cost me £20 postage. How about YSS shocks ? Any good ? I presume a b12 is a 1200 Bandit.

Right... so its not a new bike , sorry but when you mentioned a warranty claim I wrongly assumed it was brand new bike. My mistake.

So maybe the starter motor is back in the frame ?

Ahh... So it does turn over , sorry ignore starter motor theory.