Jerry1111

It's not "better quality metal", it's simply metal instead of economical Swiss cheese

Ok, i should've been clearer The fogging is on the outside of the pinlock-visor sandwich, there are no problems with the pinlock seal and cam pins. I found somewhere on the web that soaking pinlock in water and then drying out will "reactivate" it. Haven't done a diddly squat of difference I just wonder if these things are single use?

My pinlock started to fog. It usually happens in the lower middle part (where I keep breathing on it) and I've no idea how to fix it. I tried soaking in water and then drying - no change. How can I revive it?

My first bike was (well... still is, but now finally looking for replacement) XJ6, so not much different. Take it steady, start thinking about 2nd bije when you do at least 5000 miles of practice.

What he said! I did DAS, wanted to compress learning as much as possible - no value in dragging it out. School suggested (very gently) that I needed an extra session before MOD2 (hesitation on roundabouts), passed with no problems.

This is just begging for an extra button on bike's satnav - take me to the lost key Surely it can work out where it's been lost

Ah yes, Tom is fantastic. I took his first two courses - a very real eye opener onto the mechanics of both slow and fast riding.

Which makes it sooo much more difficult to change my XJ6... Or, get approval from the boss to keep it

IMO depends more on galvanic potential voltage than SS grade. On it's own A2 will rust with time in salt water, A4 (316) will stay for long. But if you connect it with any other metal, it just depends on galvanic corrosion. IIRC its ok to have SS and Al (most of masts are done like that), but you don't want SS anywhere near zinc. I suspect that's the OP's problem.

If you use PTFE wires, you're measuring capacitive coupling between them. What's the Df of petrol? Will it work? Also, have at least a cursory read of ATEX - you don't want to be trapped in a situation with an empty tank, some oxygen inside, a wire sparking because of some little inductance somewhere... It's not nice!

I remember my first day of DAS. A little apprehensive, but ok. There was an overwhelming feeling that I don't have seatbelts on - I only got rid of it 2 months into riding. Go figure...

They don't penalise existing customers, they just don't care about them. They make money at the point of sale, after that what can happen? They can only lose money on you

That's simply outrageous... Enjoy!

I have an odd problem when changing gears on my XJ6 (2010, 20k miles). Once in a while (once, maybe twice per tank of fuel, sometimes good for 2-3 tanks) when changing up, the gear lever doesn't come back to the position to put the next gear up - gear lever stays up and is a bit "floppy". Usually it happens on clutchless changes, I don't remember now if it happened when changing using clutch.

Long time ago I had an N-reg A4 and needed a spare key. Went to Timpsons and they cut me the new key and also programmed the immobilizer chip with a box they had.