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danpaveley

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    Kawasaki ER-6F

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  1. Wow I can’t believe how quickly those four replies have come in! Great community. Think I’m gonna like it here Also didn’t realise how grumpy I sounded in my post. I’m actually just thrilled to have made it home alive with a sexy new toy to rag around town and park anywhere I like! Btw, your responses could have been, “Call the police immediately,” or, “Yeah bruh you got boned soz,” or any number of differently-phrased things that make me feel anxious, but instead you’ve all gone pragmatically to the actual issue physically wrong with the bike, which is my kind of thinking! Have locked and covered it for tonight (my first motorbike put safely to bed - you guys remember that feeling?!) so will have a look at those wires tomorrow and check. Worst case scenario is I get the speedo fixed and run the bike into the ground myself regardless of mileage. And it was under a grand so I’m happy whatever. Sorry for rambling. Had a few wines to celebrate my first bike! Thanks again for the pragmatism
  2. Hi guys, newbie here seeking advice from more experienced people. Just did my CBT yesterday and took a trip up to London today excited to buy a Honda CBF125. A total bargain. Maybe even too good to be true... 2011 bike with 4000 miles on the clock, 12 months MOT with two small advisories, no visible rust, white, £925. Sweet. Took it for a quick test drive around the block and it seemed to be great to me. Obviously I've been riding motorbikes for one day, so I didn't know to check all the nitty gritty. Honestly, I was so scared about riding the thing 2 hours home that I couldn't really put a coherent thought together. I'm 31 and have driven a car for ages, but this is new and scary. But the bike just seemed great. Drove it back from central London to Brighton via A-roads (in the dark and a bit of rain. Managed not to bin it so that's something). First weird thing I noticed was that the fuel gauge was swinging about all over the place. I filled it with petrol and problem was solved. Anyway, everything seemed to be fine but then when I was about half way back I noticed the speedo had stopped working. It had been working fine the whole way up until then. At one point it started working again for a few minutes but then went offline again. A while later I looked carefully at the mileage and the white number on the right didn't seem to be moving. Made a note of where it was and yeah that guy didn't budge the whole 30 odd miles the rest of the way home. Speedo didn't come back online either and still hasn't, even after a restart. Also the journey counter isn't working. So everything on the left-hand dial is completely inert. The rev counter and fuel gauge seem to be behaving themselves though. So I don't know what that means. I'm so annoyed I didn't note the exact mileage when I set off cos then I'd know if it just stopped when the left dial broke. But I guess one of the following is the case: 1) Mileage on sale was honest, dial genuinely just broke for the first time on the way home. 2) Mileage on sale was honest but was only low because the speedo and odometer cut out every now and then, artificially keeping the mileage down. 3) The guys who sold it to me have fiddled with the bike and I've probably just paid £925 for a 125 with 40,000 miles on it which will earn me more in scrap than a sale because I can't say how used it is. Sorry to post such a self-absorbed first post here but I don't know what to think or do so need advice from some more experienced guys. Thanks in advance!
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