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Good places to view from is about 200 yards along the Cronk y voddy straight the bikes have reach full chat and you are only feet away also further along as they bank right and dive down the hill. My favorite of all time has to be on the village green in Kirk Michael with the refreshment tent run by the WI. To see and hear a race bike blast through between the houses will live with you forever. Another great viewing point is on a sharp left hander before Laural Bank. The entrance is a farm entrance 100 yards after the bend into a field. You will be there for the duration of the race and a donation to the local charity but you are loking down on the bikes as they come through great sound and sights. There are so many great places to watch from including the mountain, Braddon Bridge, Hillberry, The bungalow so so many you could spend a lifetime and still not get to them all. If you want to move about turn right at the pub and the start of the sulby straight and you can get to the bungalow via back lanes and a few other viewing places. You will love these roads on your V strom. Good luck you will have a great time.

If the bike is fuel injected could it be the tank is pressurised by the system and what you are hearing is as you stop the engine the pressure is vented.

Thats usually the way if it looks bad on the outside you can be sure the inside will be worse unfortunatly, you did the right thing replacing it. They are made so cheap its lucky there is paint on the outside of the arm but you can be sure they wont have put any rust prevention inside.

From your brief description it could be the circuit board in the housing that is playing up as its got hot, or as you say could be a sensor somewhere that is sending a rogue signal. Your best bet would be to speak to a bike dealer that has experiance of this make and pick their brains and hopefully they have seen the same problem.

Good luck dynax hope it all works out.

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That is a bummer Rennie hopefully things will work out and it could be a blessing in disguise.

If you are capable and the metal that you need to repair is strong enough you will have no problem with the MOT. make sure the inside of the swing arm is ok as usually what you can see on the outside is usually far worse on the inside. Dont forget heat transfer could bugger up the bushes/bearings. Have you looked at getting one from a breakers in better condition.

That is a bummer for you rennie I hope it all works out for you and your fellow workers. This country is losing so much engineering skill and talent all we will have left is burger flippers and coffee shops.

Go for a twist and go would be my suggestion but if she is travelling on poor roads try to get one with bigger diameter wheels to cope with potholes and slippery surfaces. With an auto she can concentrate on the riding and traffic around her. Its only for a year and when she moves up to a 125 the clutch control and gears wont take long to master and already being able to ride. Good luck to her on a whole world of fun and enjoyment.

Have you tried these people, if i remember right they were on the Motorbike show a while back and Henry Cole was out riding one of their trikes and rated the build highly. Trike Shop

Once you have dried it out try and find where the moisture is getting in and seal it up.

I seem to think I have read this problem before that it is a common problem of water getting into the binnicle and all manner of strange things happen to the electrical circuits.

Get it out there and ride it whats the point of sitting there looking at it. Think of all the smile per mile you can have riding it. PS i havnt got a clue what 6 degrees and DCS?????????????

Is it a blind hole or can you get at the back of the bolt thread, if you can get something like plus gas and soak it with that. The bolt probably has thread lock on it so cycles of heat and plus gas over a few days and as said a longer breaker bar or a pipe on the socket and gently ease it undone. Or you could try a an impact driver as the shock they produce can break the bolts grip.

I didnt realise this was a hobby now but it has been a strange couple of years.

I would find a big bucket and stick the engine in there and pour diesel over it until its an inch above the stuck bolt threads then leave it for a week or to. Take it out drain it off then give it a blast of heat and a tweak with grips. If it doesnt move back in the tank for another soak and repeat. It can take ages as the studs have been in there for years. Another way ive used is the stud will be scrap so shorten it to say an inch above the barrel face then using an arce welder weld on a big tight fitting nut. This puts a lot of heat in a small space hopefully breaking the bond of the bolt and cases and you can get a ring spanner on for a bit of leverage.

That has all the style of a biege breeze block what an ugly thing.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Just a helpful tip to you all If you start passing blood in your pee get it checked straight away DO NOT delay it can make all the difference to the outcome.

I know how you feel ive been undergoing treatment for bladder cancer for 3 years now and lost count of how many times that camera has been up there. I was hoping over time and technology improves that the camera would get smaller but sadly not. But I must say its a brilliant colour picture and a lot better than whats on the telly most nights. Only downside is you do tend to walk like a slow john wayne after a session.

If the plug is black it is probably running very rich or burning oil so replace the air filter its restricting air flow and if burning oil check oil level. As others have said clean air hoses and vents dry out and clean all damp wiring under and around seat and all electrical conections including battery terminals.

Good luck with your search, the way things are over here in the UK there are shortages in staff in nearly every job sector including professional trades. May be worth looking on the job search sites.

Who is telling her not to change it? If she has title deeds showing her space she can do what she likes within reason. If all the flat owners own the lease write a letter to the person in charge asking them to tell you why legally you cannot change the number painted and you want a reply in writing you are only changing paint from one figure to another. Could it have been that the last person to own the flat was renting out the space and there are a few spaces around the area numbered. She could always put a sign or plaque up saying this is parking for flat 3 only and all other vehicles will be clamped.

Dont know about your specific bike but normally you angle the front of the seat down so the slides into place then push the back down so it locks in place.