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rustybike wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 5:00 pm

Didn’t even wash it, Eric
It’s not turned a wheel in 6 weeks and had a flat battery when I pulled it out of the garage....
Can’t beet that

washing an MT is downright dangerous, you never know where water gets to !

rustybike wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:29 pm

Took the 350 for an MOT
It passed.

It sounds like all your hard work has brought you some luck when battling with the MOT man

Welcome back to the forum

The original MT500 system draws power on two of the three phases whereas the MT350 uses all the phases. Those clever guys who know their way around electrics (not me) modify their MT500 system to use all three phases. Other dodges, fit extra earth points and use LEDs , fit different headlamp bulbs t...

I thought Sportax stocked the correct connectors, but they also do new looms, with provision for Satnav?. Chasing down electrical faults in a crusty loom is a pain, but making a new loom takes time hence is expensive to buy ready made. If you have the time and patience to make a new loom, it might b...

hounddog wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:49 am

You could have an official birthday , like the monarch does ,. You are more or less MT royalty

I've given up having birthdays, I've had too many already !

Welcome to the forum

ZIP TIE wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 22, 2020 6:25 am

Happy UnBirthday!

Thanks Steve, I'm afraid I find Facebook too intrusive, so a bit of dis-information is my way of fighting back

12royal wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:48 pm

Oh dear Ian

I think that when I registered for Facebook I had to enter a date in the birthday field, so I put a date in !

I note that 24 Commando Royal Engineers have motorbikes ! They are electric, made by SUR-RON and are to be used for disaster relief purposes. Looking at the company website, unsurprisingly they don't list the exact specification of the military bike but the civilian version weighs 46kg and can carry...