1 Mr K2 is in trouble! A long way from home !! Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:15 am
jonnyqq
Silver member
Any advice would be most appreciated please gentlemen.
He (91 LT) has done v well indeed managing to cross the Pyrenees into Spain with 2up FULLY loaded and has limped into Sitges nr Barcelona where we are staying for 6 nights. So far 1500 miles.
The problem(s). First off, the starter motor would not turn. An intermittent fault,worse when v hot. Always managed to correct by rocking bike in 2 nd gear (remember doing that with my first mini in 1977!) Been doing this for 2 days. Seems random . New battery.
Next up,headlight and rear light turn off when bike starts,spontaneously corrects itself,random at first,now lights will not come on at all when ignition is on before crank.
Soon after,in fact only on the last 10m of our journey which was within the past 2 hrs, the indicators are both coming on when either turn switch or cancel switch are pressed.
So there you have it gentlemen. Whilst I do have a fairly good toolkit on board, I am,as you are probably aware by now ,firmly rooted in the forums premier league of crap mechanics ,so would very much appreciate your kind help.
Cheers and thanks
Jonnyqq
He (91 LT) has done v well indeed managing to cross the Pyrenees into Spain with 2up FULLY loaded and has limped into Sitges nr Barcelona where we are staying for 6 nights. So far 1500 miles.
The problem(s). First off, the starter motor would not turn. An intermittent fault,worse when v hot. Always managed to correct by rocking bike in 2 nd gear (remember doing that with my first mini in 1977!) Been doing this for 2 days. Seems random . New battery.
Next up,headlight and rear light turn off when bike starts,spontaneously corrects itself,random at first,now lights will not come on at all when ignition is on before crank.
Soon after,in fact only on the last 10m of our journey which was within the past 2 hrs, the indicators are both coming on when either turn switch or cancel switch are pressed.
So there you have it gentlemen. Whilst I do have a fairly good toolkit on board, I am,as you are probably aware by now ,firmly rooted in the forums premier league of crap mechanics ,so would very much appreciate your kind help.
Cheers and thanks
Jonnyqq