12/07/14 - Essex / Hertfordshire Ride

[Funkycowie]

I wish I could say I did it on purpose

[michaelphillips]

weather forcast for sat looks cloudy first thing .. then sunny .. then could be a bit of rain afternoon... normal weather then
http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/forecast/uk/EN9%202JF" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Funkycowie]

Apparently we might see some Spitfires flying around Duxford when we go near that area on Saturday

http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxfor ... air-show-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[spaceprobe]

Apparently we might see some Spitfires flying around Duxford when we go near that area on Saturday

http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxfor ... air-show-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No it will be my Maxsym 600 it often get mixed up for a spitfire

[Phil]

Nice one spaceprobe, Phil

[StephenC]

Apparently we might see some Spitfires flying around Duxford when we go near that area on Saturday

http://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxfor ... air-show-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No it will be my Maxsym 600 it often get mixed up for a spitfire

Spit fire?

Sounds like your fuel injection is over fuelling. Perhaps the famous German company Messrs Schmidt can help bring that down?

[mottza]

Shame I can't make the ride

Just about to post the pie and mash dates

[Data]

Ok chaps. Sad news for me. I cannot come. Sorry Funky! Wanted to see you T-max again too. Everything else that has been developing that I thought might make it impossible to make the run is ok now, but not Mrs Data. She has taken ill this morning and needed diagnostics and then lots of nursing. If we get it right she won't have be hospitalised but she will be in diagnostics for the next week or so. In the past she has spent a considerable number of months in hospital so we are not keen to leave anything to chance. So I will see you all on the reverse run round if Funky is going to do that.

Spaceprobe, particularly gutted as I won't see your 600i quite so soon.

On another note: flogging the Burgman down the motorway (M11) having been to an ex work colleague the other day and noticed a whine from the back of the bike. It was only above 60 mph and because I wear ear plugs, I didn't notice it until well into the ride on my way home. I took the ear plugs out on a comfort break (yeah...needed a wee!) and once I got going again without the ear plugs, to my horror I think it's a transmission whine. Sounds like a drive shaft or input shaft main bearing on it's way out. I've checked the clutch input shaft bearing in the transmission case, that's fine, smooth with not a trace of play. I've checked the right hand rear subframe drive shaft bearing (the one on the end of the drive shaft) and that too is absolutely fine. So the bearing with a problem, and I feel sure it's a bearing, must be inside the drive gearbox. To be sure I can find it straight away I'm going to run the bike for a bit more and see how loud it gets. Hopefully it'll get really bad quite quickly so I can take it down, spot the trouble and fix. I'll do photo's for anyone that's interested with a write up too. I've yet to see a bad rear transmission bearing or gears on a Burgman 400 of any year. I reckon this will be a fluke bearing problem as it had an oil change just a couple of months ago and the original oil was fine, no metal in it. I've only done 2000 miles since and I used semi syn 10/40 Castrol as per the book to replace it with and filled it to the correct level. The level is still fine.

[road runner]

Data,
Sorry to hear that the wife is poorly and that you cannot make Saturday. Please pass on my best wishes for a speedy recovery to her and hopefully you will be able to make the next 'local' ride out. Whenever that is!

[michaelphillips]

Ditto to above.. there will always be another day lad, so look after the boss and send our regards too