Today I fell in love, again

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fatboy · #1 Post by **fatboy** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:03 pm

Its been nearly 3 years since Ive ridden the Falco,had only had the bike for 2ish months before DVLA decided I may be a terrorist so may be unfit to drive,Falco didnt like being stood up for years....
fuel delivery problem sorted,new chainset,new v v good Motobat fitted, white Sachs spring, tyres that dont feel that they are made of wood,moved bike out of mates garage, pushed luck a bit with no test but.......
not possible to ride straight home,the Falco magic was back in my bones,ear to ear grin,smitten big time again

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 2:43 am

Oh yes

Good news indeed

blinkey501 · #3 Post by **blinkey501** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:10 am

Its been a long time coming dude but that is fantastic news.... Brilliant

flatlander · #4 Post by **flatlander** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:33 pm

fatboy · #5 Post by **fatboy** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:12 pm

Yes

Now to put the cat amonst the pigeons, I had new Maxxis Tourers fitted in a car tyre place and they were NOT balanced at the time, TBH ,brand new tyres performed so well I forgot they were new and not balanced,on the airfield in lower triple figures not even a hint of vibration....
Must say until recently I thought new tyres should be treated with extreme caution... well tyre production seems to have moved forward

randomsquid · #6 Post by **randomsquid** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:08 pm

Congrats on getting it back on the road

The tyre fitter I always use tells everybody at least three times to go steady on the new tyres. He reckons they still get a few a year dumped outside. Usually bandits for some reason.

fatboy · #7 Post by **fatboy** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:09 pm

Thanks for the note of caution, I know my tyres are new,and not covered in release oil so feel good but Im not a bad ass Bandit rider !
Falco has passed all pre flight checks bit has MOT on friday, the only day its not pissing down here !

HowardQ · #8 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:59 pm

Glad you got it back on the road at last.
As for balancing, if they lined up the small yellow triangular (ish) shaped mark on the tyre wall with the tyre valve, when fitting (as they should have), you should need minimal balancing or none at all. The tyre should be pretty well balanced if fitted this way.
Bike tyre fitters know about this indicator and are pretty good at fitting correctly, but I have hardly ever seen a car tyre fitted with this lined up.
I suppose this is because car tyres are easier to fit weights on than getting this mark aligned with the valve ????
(Thumping on a clip-on weight with a hammer is more their style!).

I never trust new tyres and give them a rub down with Emery cloth or sandpaper, before fitting back to the bike, then they are much safer.

HowardQ · #9 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:00 pm

P.S.
Hope the MOT goes OK.

Aladinsaneuk · #10 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:19 pm

Had a new tyre fitted to the ford mundane

It had a flash for fitting by the valve

So, was fitted correctly

The hub cap cover was also marked with a flash so it could be fitted correctly.... Guess what - it was in the wrong place

Fix Often Repair Daily :)

fatboy · #11 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:31 pm

Mmmm, is it unfair to expect tyre fitter to fit tyre correctly, torque all wheel nuts and fit wheel trim correctly ?
Probably

Thanks HowardQ, front O/S indicator now decided to stop working, hopefuly just bulb but fekked if I can remove bulb....

fatboy · #12 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:29 pm

This seems to be never ending... cancelled fridays mot because of indicator problem, fixed that....................
cancelled this mornings mot because the fuel delivery problem has returned, will only fire because no fuel supply, ran like a dream on sunday.
The pump relay is new and works,had the pump out and connectedto the loom it works, the filter and srrainer are clean, the stop valve in the q/d fuel line is not stuck shut, tip over switch dis abled, full voltage going everywhere, put it back together...................
no fuel supply

no fault code showing

Bollox, beer oclock now

roosterNI · #13 Post by **roosterNI** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:43 pm

have you got an alarm? i had problems with datatool alarm, chip legs breaking away from circuit board. to be fair it was the spark it stopped on my bike but im sure its not impossible. also the earth down the n/s ok, had it rot an drop off, bad earth creates strange problems.

fatboy · #14 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:56 pm

No alarm/ immob fitted. All the fuel wiring been checked, resistance tested, replaced spur from loom to pump as dodgy test reading,new pump relay,
fairly sure its not ECU as the fuel sysrem is secondary to the ECU.
Found earth to pump didnt work so ran new eart from battery negative.
Major headfuck

roosterNI · #15 Post by **roosterNI** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:02 pm

beer is always the answer, it may not get the bike running but enough of it an you'll not care!