Speedo doesn't work -why did I even hope it would
Well, I covered around 100 miles on it today, in absolutely blistering heat. I could feel the sweat trickling down my neck as I rode. Have to admit though, it did good.
A blast up the M3, then through Guildford to Clandon Park, where I used to live with Tazet, for the 8th classic vehicle show. No running problems, though it took a couple of kicks to fire it up once it was hot. No popping or banging or struggling to run in heavy traffic around Guildford, so the inlet heat insulators & gaskets seem to be doing the job.
After the show I carried on to the village of Wonersh, to take a couple of photos at the entrance to a posh private road over there.
Not quite such a numb bum on the motorway ride home -so maybe I'm getting used to it. It's the continuous buzzing vibration of sitting at a constant speed that does it. It was a lot of fun blasting around the Surrey countryside though.
One hiccup on the way back, literally at the end of my street, when it stalled as I left the traffic lights. I need to blip the throttle just before I pull away when it's really hot, so I assume it's fuel evaporation? I'll give it that one though -after all, I'd just ridden back down the motorway in the hottest weather imaginable.
Still getting a loud vibrating rattle in the mid rev range, which I can ride through & it goes quiet again. Still think that's the baffles inside the pipes. A few small areas of paint & indicator wiring that need tidying up, but nothing else has broken or worked loose -yet.
I'm on holiday next week, so maybe Tom can put some miles on it, but I plan to take it to the Detonators car club's BBQ when I get back, (yes, they have bikes there too), so that will mean a trip around the bottom of the M25. Motorways are O K, but it's definitely more suited to A & B roads.
Overall- today was fun.
