Slowlycatchymonkey

If a long wheely is all it needs I’ll be dandy, there’s a nice empty strip passed the police depot here...

Other than stare lovingly at it I’d done nothing to it since the last ride apart from check the tyre pressures

No when I got back I pushed it round to a spot I could put it on its centre stand and it felt the same but when I was riding it before I smelt the burning I had thought “this doesn’t feel like it’s pulling away the same as usual” but dismissed it cos haven’t ridden it since Christmas Eve. It continued to stink on the return journey. I wonder if they were on and loosened off, if that can happen.

I don’t know that smell, burning cars isn’t Friday night entertainment round here It’s new to me which is why I think it’s brakes.

How do you know these things?

It wasn’t quite burnt clutch, that usually has slightly oily chemically smell, this had none of that. I would say it was and odd smell and I can’t explain it! There’s nothing I can think of to compare it to.

I’m afraid not Im usually pretty at recognising burning smells but I don’t recognise this, it’s not familiar, I have no idea what burnt brake pads smell like....

Miami ay, lovely. Enjoy

Aah children never ones to waste an opportunity

Thanks MB will do. Hadn’t thought of that.

Jolly good, tell me is he laughing or holding restraints?

The topic of which riders nod...

Sounds to me like it’s all working nicely But I’m wondering if I need to call someone to watch you

Searching topics before posting is your only weapon with this lot! Enjoy your reading and prepare to groan the next time someone brings it up

Glad you home and no longer hidden in the attic. And free drugs too, bargain

Sadly nothing stuck. Hmph.

Oh scheisse not this topic, quick someone blindfold fastbob This topic has come up a lot so batten your hatches @paulc I think the last person who brought it up lost an eye But no working delivery riders are not nodders wherever you go.

In what way is your zip “busted”?

Today I got off and pushed my bike to the side of the road after holding up all the traffic at the lights until they turned red again It was great, I’d only just gently limped my burning smelling Bandit back home and hopped on the Himalayan to do an emergency file return and due to the adrenaline going didn’t really make the adjustment for the bike I was on.... so I stalled it and no matter what I did the swine wouldn’t restart. I got off and pushed it out of the way, thank goodness it was relatively flat tarmac because I had enough layers to spend a fortnight in the artic It felt like the immobiliser was to blame because there was just nothing happening. I went through every variation on a theme I could think of and after repeating them a few times thought oh balls it’s too far to push it to the mechanics I’m going to have to leave it here go back, get a van, do the file delivery (which was now going to be much later than ideal) come back later in the dark and load it up I’m not certain what happened but I think enough time had elapsed for the alarm to reset itself because one last try and the fob disabled the alarm (previously no indication that was happening) and boom it fired into life. I’ve always hated that alarm and I think it knows it! An engine firing into life after previously giving you nothing is possibly one of the most joyous sounds on the planet, there should be a special word for it, a fanfare, a dance. I felt like doing one!

Just wondering if there’s anything else its likely to be?

Thanks.

Yes I did that and the wheel moves fairly freely (tbh I’m not sure how spinny a back wheel is supposed to be) but there is a kind of scraping sound.

Stopped at some traffic lights and smell burning, persuade self it’s not my bike and ride on. Stop at next set of lights, definitely is my bike I think maybe the back brake is sticking. How do I check if that’s it and what do I do if it is?