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Supreme Being
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| It seems to have brought a ringer - everything in the reviews section appears to have been written by "UKBikerBoy" - who's got to be either a staff alias or very desperate to win some body armour...! Or, possibly, someone who owns an unfeasibly vast array of bikes. I keep meaning to write up the rest of my bikes, and possibly another blog article, but it's finding the time to do it properly... Awesome prize, though, that trip. Certainly sounded like you enjoyed it!
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Hmmm, it's not clear whether BikerBoy has ever swung a leg over any of those machines, or just read the manufacturer's blurb. Useful? Hmmm.
I now have two messages according to the ukbike member log-in, and according to my email notifications, but when I click My Messages (2) the box that pops up says Inbox (0) ansd there's nothing new in there... Can't help thinking these might be trying to advise me of the latest greatest prize competition, but alas I'm left in the dark.
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Supreme Being
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| Hey you lot, I am still around and reading the posts! Sorry for the lack of contribution though. I too have two new e-mails in my inbox that it would appear are not actually there? Me thinks that the powers that are looking after the site are not doing a very good job Hmmmm. Needs someone with a little expierience? (Come back Hoov, all is forgiven. (I don't think)) You would think someone would make sure these things were working? Hope all is well with everyone and that Mrs. BD is recoverin with good speed.
Don't slide unless you mean too. Be sure, ride safe and enjoy 
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Supreme Being
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Nobody loves me! I have no messages in my inbox, not even phantom ones! Mrs BD has had a lot of complications and her progress is very slow at the moment. I won't bore you all with the details, but the last three months have been a bit of a struggle. And I have now been put on a three-day week by my lovely employers. Anyway, onwards and upwards. If I didn't ride a bike twice a day, I'd go mental. The XT has a persistent electrical fault which causes a mystery misfire every few days, and therefore makes my 13-mile commute into a game of Russian Roulette. And the Pan threw its dummy out of the pram big-style when the alternator gave up the fight. Luckily, I have managed to keep at least one on the road during all of this, and therefore I have my regular injection of fun.
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Supreme Being
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| I've also experienced the phantom e-mails: I have an idea that they've been tests sent out to all users, then recalled by the admin. But it could be something spookier... Nice to hear you're still about, rebelman, hope everything's good with you and the family. It has been one of those months all round, so it would appear! I was hoping June might improve things, but no such luck. Still, at least I've got one working bike so all's not lost (fwiw BD, every time I've had a misfiring Yamaha it's been coils). I think it's fairly clear UKBikerBoy has a large selection of manufacturer's spec sheets and access to a copy-and-paste function, personally. Although that may just be a nasty suspicious mind at work.
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Supreme Being
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Coils! Thaks for the info. Plan A was to strip the bloody thing down this weekend until every inch of every wire was exposed, and check the whole lot. It's obviously a minor problem, but major if it stops the bike in the middle of the A40 in rush hour! I was also suspecting the ignition switch. I can't replicate it, but I am convinced that I have seen the neutral and ign lights OUT when I have had the ign ON and the bike misfiring. I always go for the zero-cost option first, but coils and HT leads are next on the list after your wise words.
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1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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Supreme Being
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| Zero-cost option would be nicer, though. If you're right about the lights, ignition switch would be a pretty good culprit. Nothing worse than grinding to a halt in the middle of a main road, particularly just after a lengthy session of overtaking/filtering past cagers: they invariably take an unholy glee in sailing past ten minutes later while you're struggling with an inadequate toolkit by the side of the road... Reminds me of when I owned a Skoda Estelle, a rather charmless thing in powder blue and rust colours. Blew it up on the M25 slip road one day (radiator hoses went). So there I am on the hard shoulder, fiddling under the bonnet in clouds of acrid steam while hundreds of cars zoom past. Some minutes later, one put his hazards on and slowed down to a crawl approaching me...got alongside, whereupon the passenger stuck his head out, shouted "Serves you right!" and they buggered off at speed. I did actually have to laugh...!
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