Insurance is due to run out on the 920 so I thought I would go for an afternoon run on some local curvy roads.
I've been tentatively leaning the bike over further and further to push up corner speeds. Yesterday's test was about as fast as I want to go on any bike and it handled it with ease. With the lightweight and the high torque engine , the acceleration out of the corners is really strong, it slingshots to the next corner. It really doesn't matter much if you get it wrong and exit in a gear too high. It just pulls hard anyway.
3rd gear is the best gear for fun on this thing.
There is an old saying - "Pride before a fall" . That one got me on the ride home.
About 10 miles from home I was thinking what a great bike this has turned out to be. Just then the engine shut off, just like the kill switch had been bumped.
It turned out to be a burnt 5 amp fuse on the ignition circuit. Shouldn't 5 amps be adequate for analog Boyer?
There is one other possible issue. Getting ready for the ride, I replaced the battery, which had been in another bike. I couldn't find the proper battery hold down bolt and in the rush to go used an incorrect bolt. That allowed the battery to get loose and bounce around on its tray.
I've replaced the fuse with a 7.5 amp and will take the bike out again today.
The silly thing is that I could've replaced the fuse roadside. There are spares in the underseat fusebox and the seat comes off or goes on in about 5 seconds. That might be an age related problem!
Glen
I've been tentatively leaning the bike over further and further to push up corner speeds. Yesterday's test was about as fast as I want to go on any bike and it handled it with ease. With the lightweight and the high torque engine , the acceleration out of the corners is really strong, it slingshots to the next corner. It really doesn't matter much if you get it wrong and exit in a gear too high. It just pulls hard anyway.
3rd gear is the best gear for fun on this thing.
There is an old saying - "Pride before a fall" . That one got me on the ride home.
About 10 miles from home I was thinking what a great bike this has turned out to be. Just then the engine shut off, just like the kill switch had been bumped.
It turned out to be a burnt 5 amp fuse on the ignition circuit. Shouldn't 5 amps be adequate for analog Boyer?
There is one other possible issue. Getting ready for the ride, I replaced the battery, which had been in another bike. I couldn't find the proper battery hold down bolt and in the rush to go used an incorrect bolt. That allowed the battery to get loose and bounce around on its tray.
I've replaced the fuse with a 7.5 amp and will take the bike out again today.
The silly thing is that I could've replaced the fuse roadside. There are spares in the underseat fusebox and the seat comes off or goes on in about 5 seconds. That might be an age related problem!
Glen
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