Liveware Problem

..seller has suggested using OFX.com as we are unable to meet in person to make the sale or view the bike.

That there is enough info to tell you it's a scam.

(Very late) Happy Birthday @Bender!  hope  you had a good one

Happy Birthday @Stu! Hope you had a good one

Nice Bike @Stu, congrats! 

5 hours ago, potatobroxd said:

Has to be down in power.. but do you feel that at all riding this beauty?

Hard to say at the moment as I'm still running it in, but yes it doesn't have the top end power of a supersports. 

I'm hoping the extra grunt low/mid range will be satisfying enough for road riding

5 minutes ago, bonio said:

 

I'm on my second triple in a row. I've loved the engines in both: torquey enough for real world usefulness and revvy enough to satisfy my inner hooligan.

Can't deny triples are great, how are you finding your beast now you've had it a bit longer?

13 hours ago, Gerontious said:

I followed the guidance in the owners manual. It wasn’t exactly complicated or particularly onerous.

He is saying that the guidance in the owner's manual is wrong, generally. Although that would appear to make no sense on the face of it.

46 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

20 miles? Seems a bit daft to me. Bought my bike in central London and it'd done more than 20 miles before I was able to give it anything close to beans. Can't say the engine has given any signs since of being an unhappy motor. How'd I know?

Good question! He has pictures of pistons taken from bikes run in gently and ones run in hard, apparently the former show greater signs of wear from gas escaping past the piston rings. 

4 hours ago, Stu said:

if the first 20 miles are the most important than everyone will miss that as the majority of bikes will be either run up on a bench or a dyno 

He does say dyno is fine too I think.

I pasted the below from a website, any thoughts from our more mechanically-minded members?

This is from a guy who claims to be a mechanic.

Link (but chrome said 'your connection is not secure' fyi):

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

The Short Answer: Run it Hard !

Why ??
Nowadays, the piston ring seal is really what the break in process is all about. Contrary to popular belief, piston rings don't seal the combustion pressure by spring tension. Ring tension is necessary only to "scrape" the oil to prevent it from entering the combustion chamber.

If you think about it, the ring exerts maybe 5-10 lbs of spring tension against the cylinder wall ... 
How can such a small amount of spring tension seal against thousands of PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch) of combustion pressure ?? Of course it can't. 

How Do Rings Seal Against Tremendous Combustion Pressure ??

 From the actual gas pressure itself !! It passes over the top of the ring, and gets behind it to force it outward against the cylinder wall. The problem is that new rings are far from perfect and they must be worn in quite a bit in order to completely seal all the way around the bore. If the gas pressure is strong enough during the engine's first miles of operation (open that throttle !!!), then the entire ring will wear into the cylinder surface, to seal the combustion pressure as well as possible.  


The Problem With "Easy Break In" ...
The honed crosshatch pattern in the cylinder bore acts like a file to allow the rings to wear. The rings quickly wear down the "peaks" of this roughness, regardless of how hard the engine is run. 

There's a very small window of opportunity to get the rings to seal really well ... the first 20 miles !! 

If the rings aren't forced against the walls soon enough, they'll use up the roughness before they fully seat. Once that happens there is no solution but to re hone the cylinders, install new rings and start over again.

3 hours ago, Manwithadog said:

Is that Pete? The fellow that lives in Spain, I didn’t know he was here, I knew him from another forum years ago.

He does live in Spain, I only know him as XTreme  

Speaking of flouncing.. has anyone seen @XTreme lately? 

Nice bike @Tango 

A late Happy Birthday @JackieOWheels!

I'm not a vegan, and have definitely encountered the self-righteous, preachy kind that give them all a bad name.

Having said that, why is it a problem if some people want fake meat? The issue most vegans have with eating animals is the cruelty, not the taste or the way it looks on a plate.

Don't get cocky and think 'I'll show that Porsche..'

..not on a wet day on a bike with no traction control anyway!

Well, put it this way, I managed to crash through a barrier on my cbt and still pass 

I don't think it is sufficient, I reckon it should be at least a 2-day course with proper pass/fail conditions, including an emergency stop.

On the subject of 'professional' food delivery riders, I did deliveroo for several years, think I was one of 3 with a full license out of dozens of riders. As said before there is no incentive to go beyond your cbt if you only want to ride a 125, just extra cost.

It sometimes feels like technology is being put to use more effectively by criminals than law enforcement and security firms 

Cheers for the replies

Just wondering, is the speedo issue likely linked, and if so would it be fixed by finding and fixing the electrical/battery issue?

Hello!

Had an extra day off and was out for a ride, I'd done about 18 miles or so when my speedo failed, needle just read zero. Soon after the engine cut out at low speed (maybe I just stalled it) and I couldn't restart it.

The dash lights come on, fuel pump whines etc. but when I press the starter button they all turn off, then after a pause there is a clicking sound.

Recovery guy reckoned it is the battery?

Any advice appreciated  

Thank you  hope we have some sun the rest of this bank holiday weekend, itching to get out for a ride!

3 hours ago, husoi said:

Abosolutelly not!!

 

Just pointing that accidents happen.

Last thing you want is to damage the 275in fancy TV if the bike is knocked over by someone. 

Are you suggesting fastbob has a television?

2 hours ago, Throttled said:

 

As a retired cop, I am unaware of any such law and in all my years in the job was never called to a complaint about someone washing a car or bike in a public place. I presently live where none of the houses have a drive and there is a communal car park and lots of car washing and repair work goes on without any issues.

Yes but what if he was washing it with the engine idling

I leave the choke on and the engine idling for a couple of minutes, not unattended though.

I think you'd be very unlucky to get a fine for that in reality - how would that even happen? A policeman walking past (already highly unlikely) decides to stop and watch you sat on your bike with the engine on, waits a few minutes, then issues you a fine?