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grossohc

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  1. Last summer, not long after I mounted these shims, my right head pipe cracked, and I welded it. This summer my left cracked, and I welded again. Both cracked just a few cm from the head. I believe it has to do with these shims being solid and not (a little) flexible, as the original shims.

    Or it could be coincidence, there has been a few cases of cracked exhaust pipes without the use of these shims, some have even cracked without having the crossover pipe!!!.

  2. I have a 2004 cafe sport as well, I changed the spring with 21000 miles on the clock( paranoia was getting to me ) the spring was like new, changed it anyway and it is now my spare if this one goes. Strange how some bikes springs go and some dont :homer: . Touching wood whilst stroking a black cat :P

  3. After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found

    traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion

    that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

    Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American

    archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper

    wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times saying

    "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old copper wire,

    have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech

    communications network 50 years earlier than the French."

    A few weeks later, 'The British Archaeological Society of Northern

    England' reported the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the

    Skipton area of North Yorkshire in 2011, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught

    amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely F**k all.

    Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already

    Gone wireless.

    Just makes you bloody proud to be British, don't it?

  4. Just tidying up the bike for a rally in a couple of weeks and emptied out all the crap in the tail of the bike. So in my toolkit i have added circlip pliers, leatherman and a cutdown allen key. I have spare brake and clutch levers, gearbox spring ( the original :notworthy: ) a homemade part that goes between the gear lever and rod ( made it after seeing martin barrets break in ireland a few years back) ,fuses, tywraps, relays, puncture outfit ( used it once on BFG,s bike,in ireland ) a spark plug and cap with wire, phase sensor and a tps. I also will probably have to get aneutral,clutch,sidestand switch as i have a intermittent electrical fault that first started outside joey dunlops pub (in ireland) bike is running rough so getting a tune up and put on the axone on the way to the rally , so if anything looking dodgy i can get it changed out there and then :thumbsup: . Lucky for me the rally isnt in Ireland :whistle: Or i would have to take a spare V11 :rolleyes:

  5. I have thought about doing this mod a few times. But living in wetter climes than most, the water spray without the rear mudguard to catch it would be a no no for me, unless someone who has done it knows different. I just dont want to be cleaning a permanently wet rear end covered in s***e all the time. Had enough of that when the kids were small :whistle:

  6. If you are talking about the killswitch on your handlebar leave it in the run position all the time as it isnt part of the starting/stopping procedure and use the key to start and stop the bike. If that doesnt clear the problem it could just be a loose/faulty relay, so take off the seat and check they are all fully home. From the back of the bike the relay order is ( i think) injection, ecu, neutral/ clutch!! , lights and the last one is starter ( nearest the tank).

    Good luck :luigi:

    Gary

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