Breakdown

took the son out for his first outing since passing his test yesterday on his R plate Thundercat even put a decent tool kit under his seat in case he broke down or things needed adjusting however I did not expect the T to be the one parked at the roadside :no
things were looking good and the cored satin black Aprilia Racing cans sounded awesome until we stopped and the T would not start again :bawling
the symptons seemed to all point to a knackered battery however after sitting at the roadside watching numerous bikers go by and chain smoking for half an hour she started again :banghead
after getting the T home i was informed that the problem may have been caused due to running the bike on map1 with cored cans causing the pistons to overheat and the engine to tighten up due to running too lean thus giving the battery a hard time trying to turn the bike over! took the cored cans off and refitted the stock cans and went back out with no problems. will get the mapping changed and try again next week (where is the best place in the North East for this?)
after all the commotion it still turned out to be an excellent days riding and look forward to many more like it (without the breakdown!)

OlafTuono said:

I use DIT Motor cycles, Hylton Castle, SUnderland.

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Cheers dude

seany said:

if ye kin be ersed commin up the way, theres a boy in dunfermline, 5 miles from the forth brig, called eddie,,,,hes a ducati specialist, but he was recomended tae me by 'griff' as they used to work the gether, he fixed ma tuonos fuellin **** up when it got its pc111,,,,,,,, he wis spot on,,,,an as i said, recomended fae griff,,,,nuff said aboot him :thumbup

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cheers seany, bit far to travel but its good to know as i will be in that area for a few days in June (Moffat) should i have any problems

the saga continues and I now have 3 different prognosis'
1 original as posted, overheating due to incorrect fuelling and possible loss of compression :rolleyes
2 overheating due to a blocked cooling system plus a damaged battery (showing 14.4 on volt meter) :no
3 a mixture of the above plus a knackered sprag clutch :banghead
can't comment on the overheating as the clock was misted up :dunno
any helpful comments welcome :yes

fighterDaz said:

Hi m8, cant see it being a loss of compression, the engine would spin over easier if compression was low, the bikes sensors should control fuelling anyway. IMO always start at the easiest fault first, battery. The clucth can be a weak point on the T's if its been abused, but go battery first, check charging as well. Why do you suspect a cooling system blockage? fD

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not me fd some garage fitter who wants to fleece me !

OlafTuono said:

When you replaced those hose clips a couple weeks ago are you sure you did not put silver ty-raps on instaed of propper Jubilee clips.

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Cheers dude just when i am in need of support the humour comes out!

cheers guys your assistance is greatly appreciated and i will keep you updated :thumbup

the plot thickens :dunno
bikes been at my mates shop for 2 days and had every diagnostic going and no faults found :banghead
just to be on the safe side have fitted a new battery and had the shims adjusted on the sprag clutch :yes
off to pick it up now and take it for a run :thumbup

Tifa said:

Shims? What shims? :rolleyes

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i just ride it Tifa and listen to what the mechanic says :dunno