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Looks like a bit of an animal that Lloyd. Baaaaaa :lol: Are you putting the side fairings on. The front looks odd to me. I can't help thinking take the front fairing off and you will have an X 11. Yeh you have a nice bike there to make your own. It needs Yellow wheels too. :wink: (:-}) I concur. Wi...

A reminder of what the South Africans have tried.

Sounds all too painful. Utube video would be handy all that type is giving me a headache

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Well I'm sure one of Al's wet ones would definitely be cause for concern

I find a good dousing of electrical cleaner into the switch area works wonders

Thanks Pete shall do that this weekend

Having by-passed the kickstand switch as long as you have spliced the correct wires . There are 2 other switches to look at and they are the neutral switch and the kill switch.

Thanks for the reply Kev. At present the symptom I am experiencing is a mild secondary slack takeup when I dip and re-introduce the clutch in 1st gear. Chain is tensioned correctly before Kev tries the say anything

What are the symptoms one will experience if the crush rubbers are starting to fail??

If you really don't want to remove the rocker covers then use the chopstick method. Take both plugs out and insert a chopstick till is sit on the piston crown. Crank the engine as normal till the chopstick reaches the highest point, check the timing marks for the cylinder you are working on through ...

Clean the carbs

It the bike can carry Marty it sure can carry the trolley jack