Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 15, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 15, 2019 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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douglasthecook Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Right on!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 16, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 16, 2019 Tried to keep her in 3rd gear as much as possible as to focus on the turns, rather than shifting 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 23, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 23, 2019 Experienced intermittent starter engine issues (Y/N/maybe....) , despite new battery and R/R. Aye, this is old skool 2.0 So to rule this one out, fitted redslut's relay Time will tell... (25C tomorrow....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyr62 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Could also be the starter motor bushes need replacing. Easy job and you can get kits on Ebay. You can test for this by connecting the thick cable straight to a battery and see if it cranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 23, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 23, 2019 1 hour ago, jeremyr62 said: Could also be the starter motor bushes need replacing. Easy job and you can get kits on Ebay. You can test for this by connecting the thick cable straight to a battery and see if it cranks. Need a bit more input..... Which thick cables (the ones affixed to the relay) and what should I (or not) expect to happen/hear differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyr62 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 The thick cable that goes under the right side of the engine to the starter motor. Alternatively take off the fairing, peel back the boot where the aforementioned cable bolts to the starter and connect the positive from a spare battery. Be prepared for sparks and make sure bike is in neutral or on centre stand. If the starter motor doesn't immediately turn then the bushes probably need to changed. If this happens disconnect quickly because without a back emf the windings will pull a huge current and fry the motor. But it will be fun either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted April 24, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 24, 2019 Storm is coming, but not just yet 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 1, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 1, 2019 Due to the unusual warm spring, I pretty much missed the flowerfileds this year. The value for the growers is in the bulb, not the flowers. Hence they "kop" them. Pretty much, but not completely... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 3, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 3, 2019 Some 25 years ago I did fly A LOT on company business (like 3 times a month) and when flying with KLM in business class, they would "serve"your drink in a nice wee bottle https://www.klm-huisjes.nl/history/ Today was an OK day for riding (a bit of rain but I am no Spring Ride Pussy!!! ) so I looked up WHERE my 3 houses were located. Here's Amsterdam Got talking with a HONDA couple from the US (Rapid City) as he admired my Interceptor 500. He regretted selling his '85.. Here's Gouda And as luck would have it, the last one was in Utrecht. Bit trickly as it is in a pedestrian only shopping street/part of town 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 3, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 3, 2019 Right! Windmills, we've not had windmills for a while!! Just in time as 2 busses full of American tourists pulled up come on guys, FOCUS on the windmill...... I bet y'all failed this one Next to a local beer brewery: And bonus picture! We have a long history of modernising our capabilities to keep our feet dry (half of our country below sea level and effectively one big river delta). Here a bit of history from 1884 when steam-powered pumps were used. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyr62 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 You might want to check your F2 fairing when it's off the bike. See the photos in the link. I noticed my right hand side wind deflector, the one that channels the air into the rad was wobbling. The plastic has started to crack around the fasteners. Only one side affected so you might be OK. I will reinforce with something. https://photos.app.goo.gl/FP8qexyAPGuZgfyH6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 4, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 4, 2019 Cheers! Great bikes think alike; the rhs reflector on mine wobbles a bit as well. A bit precarious I'd say. A bit "bird on a wire" even... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 5, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 5, 2019 Millner Time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 9, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 9, 2019 Today was a very special, albeit sad day. Fred, a very active member in the Dutch VFR Club Nederland had passed away following a mc accident before Easter. He never woke up from the coma. A seasoned, methiculous, ever friendly 66yr old rider is gone. It was the family's wish to give him a fitting farewell from the hobby he'd enjoyed so passionately. So some 170 bikes lined the steet, engines idling, helmets by the front wheel. As the hearse passed each bike, full throtle was given and engine subesquently shut down. Thus a wave of the sound he loved accompanied him on his last journey. As quoted during the service: "life after death is uncertain, life before death IS certain, so he lived life as much as he could..." Ride In Peace Fred 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted May 10, 2019 Member Contributer Share Posted May 10, 2019 19 hours ago, Dutchy said: Today was a very special, albeit sad day. Fred, a very active member in the Dutch VFR Club Nederland had passed away following a mc accident before Easter. He never wake up from the coma. A seasoned, methiculous, ever friendly 66yr old rider is gone. It was the family's wish to give him a fitting farewell from the hobby he'd enjoyed so passionately. So some 170 bikes lined the steet, engines idling, helmets by the front wheel. As the herse passed each bike, full throtle was given and engine subesquently shut down. Thus a wave of the sound he loved accompanied him on his last journey. As quoted during the service: "life after death is uncertain, life before death IS certain, so he lived life as much as he could..." Ride In Peace Fred Quite sad. Condolences to all. I could not invision a more suitable sendoff for any dedicated rider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 18, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 18, 2019 Spring is in the air 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 20, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 20, 2019 Grinded off the wee blobs 1st, followed by drill Next deal with one floppy deflector. Need to glue in the females.... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 20, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 20, 2019 A shakedown spin was needed All's well again 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 22, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 22, 2019 Went to pick up a few shirts in town, the long way round Stopped at a market for some fresh rolls and slices of fenugreek cheese 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted May 23, 2019 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 23, 2019 Hunter gatherer in his natural habitat, scouring The Land for some of the last 2019's white gold.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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