Snakebite68

No worries. Which way were you doing it?

The seams of mine are internally taped, however, I think I've found the problem, part of the tape is loose. What I need now is some rubber cement! I still want some better waterproofs though.

Do you have any particular examples / suggestions? There's something liberating in riding in the wet (so long as your knackers stay dry!)... Yes, you stay dry and warm and can have a peaceful fag in the car, but it's just not the same! Trust the rubber..!

So... It's raining... I've got rain wear, but it would appear that there's pinhole leaks in the trousers (probably from putting them on and taking them off) around the crotch somewhere. I'm going to put this down as being one of the problems of rubberised clothing. So, the question is: Does anyone make non rubberised wet wear? Gortex or just simply better quality maybe?

Have you tested it with a multi meter? Yes, it can have a hairline crack in it.

First off, change the primary fuse (it may be invisibly broken), no point going further till you've done that...

Congratulations!

No, not getting time to do it... Think I'm just going to drop it into Padgetts and have it done.

What colour are your spark plugs when you take them out? Pictures would be good...

Mmmmm... Thunderace..!

Pictures no worky..!

Putting a fuse in the neutral side won't technically protect against reversed polarity, but as the first item starts to cook, it will pop and protect everything else.

And this is why I usually install a fuse on the negative side too... But until we know what bike and model it is, we can't begin to figure out what it's done. If it was my Thunderace, it would just be a case of tracing the wiring and replacing whatever blew first. If it was my V-Strom, god knows what would have blown! We'll just have to wait and see if he ever comes back again! lol But I reckon this is going to be a 'shop job'...

Make? Model? Pictures? Does any of it (particularly the wiring loom) look modified? Was the 30amp fuse under the seat fried? If connected the wrong way, it shouldn't have been... The more information you give, the better your answers.

NOOOOOOOO! lol At least when you buy new mirrors, you've already got the custom looms!

16 years older than me, still no news on the health of the bike though!!!

Screw the foot, it will heal! How's the bike??? I went to go get a test ride of a Royal Enfield. The little car park outside of it was all full of potholes... While turning round at about 3mph I bumped a pothole and down I went with the Thunderace on top of me right in front of the plate windows of the shop. I was just laid in the street on my back laughing. I still went in to look at the Royal Enfields, but I didn't ask for a test ride...

Oh, they're definitely smooth.. I just can't identify all the little noises. I could have a big end going, and I wouldn't have a clue! lol

Yeah, I'm getting used to it now. Strangely, the throttle seems to just keep turning, I've not reached the end of it yet! I suppose this is the whole 'fuel injection' thing, the Ace has carbs... I'm starting to enjoy it, but I do miss the balls out acceleration of the Ace!

I've been commuting year round for 2.5 years now on my trusty old Thunderace and being an old bike, it requires regular and sometimes in depth maintenance. Which, because I'm riding pretty much EVERY day, it's not getting... So... I bought myself a 2018 edition (registered 2017) Suzuki DL1000A to take the strain off the Thunderace and also allow me to strip it down and do the work to it it needs. Now. I'm not used to a V-Twin so, my questions are: 1/ When you wind a V-Twin on, do they always sound like several people are hammering a piece of concrete a couple of doors away? 2/ Baring in mind the above question, how do I tell if the engine is struggling (when I'm in too high a gear)? It's easy to tell on the Ace, but I just can't tell on the V-Twin lol 3/ What should I be expecting from my gears, so far, this is all I have: Gear 1, appears to be zero to bugger all... Gear 2, appears to be bugger all to about 40ish... Gear 3, appears to be 40ish up to 70... Gear 4, appears to be a responsive cruise at 70... Gears 5 & 6, appear to be just something to do at 70 to cut down your fuel usage! Am I just doing it all wrong on an Adventure bike? Am I just too used to a sports bike? Thoughts and observations welcome! P.S. Riding a V-Strom after a Thunderace is like having to learn to ride all over again! All my corners are a bag of shit! I look like a n00b! rofl

The obvious question is: Did you contact the guy he got it from? Second question if there's no joy from him is: How long has it been since he actually paid, and what method of payment was used? Third question: Have you considered just getting a new loom and rebuilding it how it's meant to be?

1.8 SRI, R reg (facelift C). It's been weeping oil for the last 5 years and hasn't missed a beat! But with an engine light on and the airbag light on, I just can't afford to get it through its next MOT. It's NEVER failed to start while it has charge in the battery... It's NEVER broken down... It's worked hard for us for the last 9 years and been the most reliable car I or any of my mates has had, it's never let us down! I turned the key on it yesterday for the first time in over 6 months. Didn't even stutter! Started right up. I'm sorry to see it go, but I just don't have the skills to fix it up. But this way, it has another 2 or 3 years of life teaching budding mechanics how to do it. I just need to get the thing over to the College..! lol

I think the first thing you should do is contact the police and make sure they're not reported stolen. Facebook is NOT the location of choice for motorcycle purchases. Also, there's no good reason for the electrics to be 'messed up' and missing a 'key switch' if someone hadn't already been trying to hotwire it...

So, since I bought my Thunderace 2.5 years ago, my poor old Vauxhall Vectra has had hardly any use. For the last Year and a half it's just sat sadly outside the house (on the drive) SORNed. It's beyond my personal skillset to put right, so I am donating it free of charge to Wakefield Technical College (Automotive Department), where it will spend the next 2-3 years being taken apart and put back together and so on by the Mechanic Students... But we've run into a snag... They have someone that can come and pick it up on one of his own trailers, but they've got a couple of people self isolating and they have no one that can stand in and take his classes while he does it. What I need is someone that can donate a bit of time to transport it from Dewsbury to the Castleford Campus. I personally would like this done as soon as possible, as we've just bought a house and the car is still sat outside our old flat and the Landlord would quite like it moved (probably the polite version!). Is there anyone out there that can help? P.S. It's a runner and shouldn't have any problems getting up onto either a trailer or transporter. P.P.S. I am off all this week and can do it anytime, any day except Friday (it's my birthday and I'll probably be in no state! ).

Whether that would cause the problems you've been having, I don't know, but if nothing else, it will stop the leak which is one fewer problems you have to deal with. It's possible that the effects you are seeing are a result of several things... I've never done it personally, but lapping your valves looks straight forward enough. Might be worth doing while you have it open again. Also while you have it open... Get an engineers straight edge and make sure the head is completely flat! No point putting it back together again if it isn't.