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I will need to change my Honda CRV in the coming couple of year, its a diesel, 75k miles, never had any issues service costs around £250 per year, long trips I can get 60 MPG, so sets quite a high bar. I am following the development of the Hydrogen collider vernicles ( I guess that's what you would call one that's been in a shunt,!) hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (often abbreviated to FCEV) There are currently six hydrogen filling stations in the UK that are open to the public, so not running out of fuel would be a challenge. Strong money at present, Hyundai Nexo @ £60k, ouch, if, big if, the number of refuelling points increase, and manufacturing increases, I would expect that to drop to maybe £45k in a couple of years, crystal ball time. I am waiting for announcement from Kirklees Council to introduce Hydrogen charging points as part of the re-generation investment plan! But Never say Never I am guessing the Local Transport department will be flat out trying to come up with cunning plan to run an efficient train Network, not something they have sussed out todate,, mind, they have only had since the 1600's to figure it out, and I am sure they have been distracted by Moon Landings, Electricity, Telephones in the interim. I read an article recently from Northern Rail, they use FAX messages to schedule drivers, so clearly things are moving forward at a pace. wonder what's happened to all the carrier pigeons!,

Are you absolutely 100% sure you have got ALL the jets clear, and have you checked the fuel filters ?

For me Mileage is a consideration, but not No 1 on my check list, as said by Throttled, always check on the MOT certificates to corroborate. Overall condition of the bike will tell you a lot. Feel of the gearbox, condition of fork seals, sprocket/chain condition and shocks Do all the electrickery bits work are they tidy/stock What accessories have been added, if after market alarm, they can be a whole world of pain Does it look strait, fork alignment How do the breaks feel Is there troublesome vibrations, engine / transmission, normally noticed over mid rev range

As always, it could be as a result of a number of potential issues, but sounds like fuelling or timing issue. From your description of circumstances I would be surprised if it was timing. My starting points would be: 1: How low was the petrol when you filled up, it could have pulled crud from the bottom of the tank through, clogging fuel filters and restricting flow 2: Are you 100% sure you put the right fuel in, this sounds remarkably like a problem a pal had when he part filled up with diesel, luckily only put 5 litres into a 3/4 full tank, eventually ran it through, evidence is lot of white smoke from exhaust 3: Has the bike got a service record, when and what was done 4: Could be a failed coil pack, if you run the engine and test for temperature from the exhaust headers, if one is cold then that cylinder has an issue,. Other folks on the forum who know these engines better than I do will chip in to help. Good luck with the fix

So early frosty start for my ride this morning, down to my local bike garage, drank tea, talked back in the day bike stuff, love these times. Oh and bike passed the MOT, happy days.

I have a ME day on Sunday, weather is looking cracking, so I could, A:Wash the car B: Re-paint the front door C : Gardening D Take the bike out for some fresh air, as it appens, I seem to have found a couple of route options, Filey and Sea side no motorways route or Matlock, as I haven't been for a few years. or, I could do both and ask for forgiveness when ever I get back!! I think we all know how this is going to play out. Have a great weekend folks

These are the Days to seize and love, It's Bikers coming out time. Have fun and stay safe.

I must have been 42 once, but can't remember, sooo long ago, I am sure I have been through a time warp ting!

Nice one SD, I do like the V-Storm, I chucked a leg over one at the dealers last year, being a short arse, only one foot got to terra firma. Are you planning long trips in 2025 after the initial service is sorted?

That was a whole heap of fun. I have been putting in the hours for our business, BUT, today was not one of those days! Downed tools, well switched it off, and off on the Bike at 1pm, Yorkshire Dales, bit around the Peak District, bit more across the dales. A & B Roads, loads of pot holes, Farm tractor muck, sorry SD but you folks are raising the risk bar! Totally dialled into the bike and it's running, riding, stopping and shaking it's head when I get a bit laddish, so why was I going to swop this one out, brain fog maybe! First proper solo ride of the year, very happy chappy!!!! I think 2025 on two is looking great PS: We spent a great weekend up in the Lake District last, if I had to choose, I'd be picking up the helmet

We are, Ready to Ride. Callipers front and back stripped, cleaned and sorted, All metal scrubbed cleaned and polished, locks oiled, Just need to organise some Sun, I may need to google that one. Happy Days

Being a proper old Git, when I look back at my early biking days, which started in 1967, I was 12 years old, me and many of my pals wanted to get into School Boy scrambling, I/we found ways of earning money, caddying at the local golf club, finding almost lost golf balls and selling them to the proshop, milk rounds at the weekend. With our £10> £15 we would buy BSA Bantams, ex-GPO or what ever we could find, all we needed was one of the guys who's Dad was into mechanics to help us put them back together after we stiped them, the mechanics where very strait forward, we all learned of each other. It became a bonding thing. To be honest we didn't win many races, the JAP bikes where faster, but it didn't really matter, bruised and covered in mud, just great times. This carried on into our teens, passed our tests, on our apprenticeship wages, we got speed twins, starfirers, AJs' somethings, most Friday nights 3 to 6 of us would be in a pals garage fixing and felting for the weekend run out. Owning and running bikes cost the square root of bugger all, everybody owed some body else some thing, brake shoes, battery cables, head bolts, petrol, money, it was a club with out a label, but it was a very strong bond. I have just returned from a business trip down Souf, and stayed over with some one of my old biker buddies, we met up, and this will come as a surprise, in the pub, with two other old gits from back in the days, We didn't talk politics, we did talk Rugby, most of the time talk was about dem days, do you remember when Mark etc, and of course we didn't, we all had a different version of the tale, but what we did all remember was the vibe, the bond. I am still a member of a couple of bike groups I joined since moving up Norf, which I enjoy, but I often reflect after a meet-up, on the difference in the conversation, banter. Modern'ish bikes just don't bring, need, the same hands on stuff, and when they need fixing it's down to the garage to plug it into the tinternet, we don't get to call out Dez, who knows about the eletrickery stuff, or one of the Mark's who does carbs, we don't need. do the Pal's stuff. Yes we talk about the rideouts, the best tyres Iv'e add stuff, but, for me it misses the people stuff of the Friday nights, we got them fixed, some way some how, mostly! And that's what made our bike worlds special, back in the Day, our bikes where front and centre of our friendships our lives. Times & technology, change, it is inevitable, but for me, we have lost chapter and verse on what bikers where all about.

I was taught to interpret the movement and direction of the vehicle, and where the driver is looking, a flashing indicator does not control the direction of the vehicle. But I am not sure that helps in a test situation, just the staying alive stuff

Bonio, did he explain how they got the sheared bolts out, might be useful for all of us who will be in this dilemma in the future