Mickly

The ‘experts’ on the F650 forum suggest a through hole capacitor is a better solution as it’s less likely to fail, however it should be supported with Silicone to stop it vibrating off, something the previous bodger omitted. I have no way of knowing if this is good advice or not.

Hahaha, WTF kind of algorithm decided this was a real option: So they reckon that the recent reduction in the energy cap level is worth £187 a month off my direct debit?

I did an online enquiry about getting the PCB sorted, 1st spoke to them and they assured me that they do lots of bike stuff, especially Aprillia’s apparently. Here’s the response, what do you think,I initial price seems ok ( with some caveats: confirm a quotation of £100.00 for a repair and full refurbishment. Typically, 10-15 working days turnaround minimum and dependent upon parts. All prices quoted exclude delivery and VAT will apply where applicable. The work quoted includes full testing of the PCB/unit down to component level. Where possible we will test on a ‘test rig’. However, ultimately it will be down to being fully tested on the intended unit by yourself. Software issues do exist and sometimes although we can repair your item, we cannot always resolve any issues regarding the software due to manufacturers protecting this! This only happens in a very small percentage of PCB repairs but feel this is something we must make our customers aware of! We have a very high success rate of our repair work. The likelihood of failures is low however we do need to make you aware of this. Any work beyond testing outside of our control may incur additional charges if repeat or additional site work is required. Now as all I want is the Capacitor sorted I have mean while given it to a local PC repair shop to quote for just replacing the capacitor.

I do, I worked at the age of 15 pumping petrol at a local garage in the evenings - sometimes on my own No way that’d happen today. Used to do my homework in between customers and have a fag in the office.

So, I spent sometime stripping the binnacle down. As I started taking apart the instrument pack I could hear a rattling & this fell out: It’s a 16v 47uF Capacitor, the one that the forums have said causes the type of issue Zippy has got - The Penny is just to give a sense of scale On further investigation I reckon it came from here on the PCB It looks like someone’s already had a go and done a rubbish job of it, I’m also worried about screwing up the PCB. Advice is to set it in silicone once it’s fixed as this prevents the vibes from breaking it again. Gonna try and find someone who is good at this kind of thing to fix it.

Latest update, by some absolute miracle it has passed its MoT …. But on the way home all the clocks stopped working with the odo and clock just flickering, so back to the drawing board

Naughty Name Dicks Lane Just stumbled across this one, ddn’t have my number with me so had to improvise - my number is 35 and you can see the 3 fingers on the left glove and 5 fingers on the right glove.

Think I’ll be there with a mate or 2

Cov Motofest this weekend, taking eldest son and grandson for a mooch around

So today it’s Cov ‘v’ Luton in the Championship playoff final today at 16:45. My stomach is churning & I can’t settle, Mrs Mickly has already said I’m doing her head in mooching around & looking lost, I may have to resort to tidying up my garage just to take my mind off things

Wondered if it was yours, saw you leave. The bike is as nice in the flesh as it is in the pics. I had a quick look at the fan mod

Have a good one

I’ll be there at some point today

I did this on my 2015 Speedtriple for the same reason - an in line switch connected directly to the battery.

Mines up for renewal Latest quote has gone up from £130 to £260 But that is with the addition of 2 extra bikes that won’t be garaged so I’m not complaining

Nothing bike related. Gonna be in St Ives Cornwall tomorrow for the food & drink festival, then promptly back to Newquay Sunday morning to watch the mighty Cov ‘v’ Middlesboghorror in the 1st leg of the Championship playoffs:

Happy Birthday

Oooh, I shall have to consult my social secretary Aka Mrs Mickly

Can’t make it as we’re away, also missing the MCN show the previous weekend .. very poor planning on my behalf

Knob of the day = me !! Doing a bit of soldering, accidentally knocked the soldering iron off it’s stand ………. and automatically caught it - f’kin Ouch !!

The Ultimate Addons USB socket doesn’t come with a switch and as I didn’t want to hack into the bikes harness, I’ve fitted a separate push button job.

Getting a new front tyre on the Speedtriple to sort out the dodgy handling - funny how you don’t really notice the wear and then after a few weeks off the bike it handles like a supermarket trolley. Not fitting it myself but at least taking the wheel off myself. Then gonna get an MoT in it, it ran out on 5/4/2023 I thought it was 4/5/2023 … whoops.

Happy Birthday ‘av a good ‘un

But do you know the difference beteween a Stoat & a Weasel? . .… ….….. Answer: A Weasel is Weasily recognised and a Stoat is Stotally different I’ll get me coat

Things have moved on a bit since then: