So my first resonably long ride went well. I made it home anyway. The fuel taps remainder externally dry with a full tank, tick that box. I added 100mls of fuel system cleaner just in case. The pillion handles Piet found for me are a bit of an issue, I get why they are often removed. They stick up and catch your boot, getting on and off needs all the help I can get, so I will look at doing a cut and shut on these. I love having them but all you need is finger space nothing more, they need to have 30mm cut out of them. And now the issues that happened. It's pretty comfortable cruising at 120kph but it really needs a bigger windscreen to reduce the wind roar, it's really loud even with ear plugs in, also the bike has an odd hop or bog from a closed throttle when it's opened up a bit aggressively especially cruising in 6th at 100ks and up. I couldn't tell if it was Carb or drive line. It's reduced to virtually nothing if you open the throttle slowly, probably Acerorator Pump bog I bet. And the last pain in the arse, it's a long weekend apparently as there is a public holiday on next Tuesday Anzac Day. It takes a special kind of Government Brain to have this become a 4-day Double Demerits time period for speeding fines, so to cut to the chase the speedo was ok heading out to Eastern Creek but stopped working on the way back. I recently replaced the front tyre so I am hoping I stuffed up reinstalling the speedo drive, I hope to hell it isn't I problem up behind the headlight as that area needs specially adapted 200mm long fingers to get at. All in all it's coming along really well. I might even ride it more now it's proved it's capable of going so well. I ride it like a beginner so I need seat time to get comfortable pushing it.
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