Where's Ruralman?

[_Shrek_]

Bullshit?? - no it wasn't but I decided the BMW's are a bit "pipe and slippers" for me yet. The Tiger seems to appeal to something deep inside - oooh when that big triple growls.......

being in the late 40's i thought that the BMW would be more you

can you handle both cats @ once (might be to much 4ya) roflmao

[The Duck 01]

Well done Brucie,About time you came to your sense's and got a real bike.
Oldrider passed on some of my emails for Ozzie to you to prove that the Tiger can cut it in the out back of Ozzie so riding it around NZ will be easy and fun.
Might see you on the pass's ride.
It looks like my bike will be heading back to Un Zad sooner than later,in Sydney with Fleethual after another top ride back for the GP.
It's really a shit of a life riding a tiger all day on gravel,topped out at 155k's an hr yesterday on gravel.Do that on a Beemer if it can go that fast.

[Ruralman]

Well done Brucie,About time you came to your sense's and got a real bike.
Oldrider passed on some of my emails for Ozzie to you to prove that the Tiger can cut it in the out back of Ozzie so riding it around NZ will be easy and fun.
Might see you on the pass's ride.
It looks like my bike will be heading back to Un Zad sooner than later,in Sydney with Fleethual after another top ride back for the GP.
It's really a shit of a life riding a tiger all day on gravel,topped out at 155k's an hr yesterday on gravel.Do that on a Beemer if it can go that fast.

Wondered when I would here from you Mark - yep its a great machine and the same colour as the bike that started this process!!
Found the cause of the cutting out problem today - nothing to do with moisture in the fuel. The bike had 2 loose battery terminals!! Went for a ride with Delphinus this am to blow some fuel through it with the additive and the cutting out got worse.
We stopped at one point and turned the bikes off and the Tiger didn't have enough grunt coming from the battery to start again. After an unsuccessful jump start I took the seat off thinking we might have to take the battery away and either get a replacement or charge it up for a while. Found the loose terminals and a couple of minutes later it turned over and started - and all the other problems disappeared as well!! Cheap fix, and much relief

[NordieBoy]

Found the loose terminals and a couple of minutes later it turned over and started - and all the other problems disappeared as well!! Cheap fix, and much relief

The rev-counter flicking is usually a givaway for a loose earth or battery terminals.

[Ruralman]

The rev-counter flicking is usually a givaway for a loose earth or battery terminals.

so where tf were you when I bloody needed you then huh?? lol
Yes we all learn from these things and file the bits away in a memory cell in case it ever happens again.

[NordieBoy]

Mine was a loose earth on the Nordie.
I'd been complaining about the rev-counter playing up for a week or two but it was only after the mechanic finally found the problem that people said "rev-counter flicking? That's a loose wire..."

[mbazza]

Looks good Bruce! Good tip on the loose battery connections. Have a great summer. Cheers.