David Graham

Nope. Sorted that out when I had to take the tank off to replace the throttle cable, fuel and air filter. So all good at the moment thanks.

Hello All again. Well here we are well into 2010 and I have once again been riding every day since the clocks went forwards and guess what - not a hint of relay trouble. Once again - check your connections and keep it simple. Basic rule for all thing mechanical and electrical - and especially electrical - if its not working start at the cheapest place!! Happy riding! Dave.

Hello All. Having suffered the outrage of having my 2002 LeMans cutting out, having a missing starting circuit etc. I of course came to the forum for answers. This all pointed to relay touble - especially with the Fuel pump/ECU! Most of the remedies involved replacement relays of a fairly expensive and special nature. Deciding that the chances were if there was relay trouble and the relays in use were common widely used relays from reputable companies - Bosch, Seimens etc. that something else was damaging the relays - short, power surge etc. I decided to try a set of Bosch from a local truck parts distributer for £2.41 each I stuck them in and enjoyed trouble free riding for about 40 miles!!! So surmising that even the worst crap relay would last longer than that unless something more basic was wrong I called in my local spark wizard "The Bop Dunlop" - master of the wires. After a few basic checks including de-casing a relay to check for shorts, burnt wires etc. There was no sign of anything - in fact we put the naked relay back into its socket and with a little wobble it activated the fuel pump. So we went back to basics and simply took out all the relays, cleaned the sockets with solvent degreaser and tweaked the contacts with a small screwdriver to ensure a tight fit! Hey presto no more trouble apart from the need to wiggle the bars to sort the "under the tank wire" I have had no more unexpected stops! This lost me a whole riding season but this year I have been out every day since the clocks changed from GMT to BST rain or shine!! To put this simply - try cleaning and tweaking the sockets before buying relays!! I hope this helps some of you out. All the very best. Dave.

Hello BFG and All. Of course Im up for that. Recent April/May time has been the best of the weather and Im sure some of us local chaps can come up with a few ideas. Dave.

Hello Bertie. Have you got the Ballabio in Orkney? If you know Brian Sinclair @ BDS Plant or David Hibbert @ Orkney Ferries ask them for a tin of The Mutts Nuts which will help protect such a lovely machine from the dreaded Orkney salt air and will keep it all nice for you. Tell them Dave from Maintenace Direct sent you. All the best. Dave G.

Hello Gyles. I was talking to Ben Shaughnessy yesterday. He is predicting big things for you. I was encouraging him to get you guys over here to NI - home of true road racing!! Fantastic job in 2007 and if you are putting an MGS01 out next year I expect you will do even better. Best of luck for 2008. Dave G. Guzzi V11 LeMans and Laverda 750S owner.