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·Took the bike out for the first time today to try out my new wheels and got a total of just under 10 miles when disaster struck>:
I had stopped at a petrol station to fill her up and after paying for the gas I went back out to start her up. Put the key in the ignition, turned it and was greeted by the most awful rattling noise from the front of the bike:eek Gave it a little throttle to see what would happen and the noise just became more intense. So I managed to wheel the bike to the side of the garage to try again. Same noise but it started cutting out on me. I thought I would try once more and for some strange reason it seemed to clear itself (well almost). So I headed off back home and then realised that I could feel heat rising from up underneath the front part of the petrol tank and then I could smell it!!!! Burning:eek :eek
I managed to limp home and the left hand side fairing is scorching to touch, the fans haven't stopped at all and the distinct smell of burning plastic started to die off after a few minutes.
Tomorrow I'll be taking the fairings off to have a look but I guess KJM will be getting a call a lot sooner than they would expect me to call:evil :evil :evil
Pissed off to the max
Al
:evil >:
:rolleyes :\
I had stopped at a petrol station to fill her up and after paying for the gas I went back out to start her up. Put the key in the ignition, turned it and was greeted by the most awful rattling noise from the front of the bike:eek Gave it a little throttle to see what would happen and the noise just became more intense. So I managed to wheel the bike to the side of the garage to try again. Same noise but it started cutting out on me. I thought I would try once more and for some strange reason it seemed to clear itself (well almost). So I headed off back home and then realised that I could feel heat rising from up underneath the front part of the petrol tank and then I could smell it!!!! Burning:eek :eek
I managed to limp home and the left hand side fairing is scorching to touch, the fans haven't stopped at all and the distinct smell of burning plastic started to die off after a few minutes.
Tomorrow I'll be taking the fairings off to have a look but I guess KJM will be getting a call a lot sooner than they would expect me to call:evil :evil :evil
Pissed off to the max
Al