It has been a quiet winter for the "bastard", mainly due to me working away in Peterborough. I like riding, but with the cold, snow, wind and rain over Xmas I wussed out and hired a car for a couple of weeks.
However, I have been using the Peg again over the last few weeks to work down in Birmingham. This afternoon as I started her up to return home, the spanner logo appeared on the dash.
What now ?
I looked around for other telling lights, and listened for unusual sounds. But then I spotted the mileage. 550 miles.
It was telling me to have it booked in for it's 1st service :-)
Silly bike.
Monday 7 May 2012
Tuesday 1 May 2012
The curse of rain
Aprilias never seem to fare well in the rain, and April has been a very bad month.
But on a bright note, this time it was Jean's bike to suffer :-)
Last Sunday after her Peg spending about 5 hours in torrential rain it refused to start. The clocks/ignition would go off after 2 turns of the engine.
As soon as the bike was recovered home I opted to switch the clocks for a spare one I had, as I suspected she had befallen the same fate as mine last year.
The bike started after about 4 turns, but took a while to sound right.
I switched the clocks back and it fired 1st time.
Fingers crossed it was just waterlogged electrics, but that means the bike is back at the back of the garage awaiting my attention.
But on a bright note, this time it was Jean's bike to suffer :-)
Last Sunday after her Peg spending about 5 hours in torrential rain it refused to start. The clocks/ignition would go off after 2 turns of the engine.
As soon as the bike was recovered home I opted to switch the clocks for a spare one I had, as I suspected she had befallen the same fate as mine last year.
The bike started after about 4 turns, but took a while to sound right.
I switched the clocks back and it fired 1st time.
Fingers crossed it was just waterlogged electrics, but that means the bike is back at the back of the garage awaiting my attention.
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