Restoration

Hi all.

When I got my bike it was in a bit of a state. The guy who owned it before me had a stroke and suffered partial loss of use on his left side and had dropped it a few times either at low speed or standing still.

The most noticeable part was that it had no screen. So, courtesy of one of the posts on here I found a brand new Givi screen in Italy for quite a bit less than everywhere else. Finally got it installed yesterday. Had to get some plastic welding done to the piece of fairing that sits over top of the bottom of the screen as one of the mounts was snapped off. Lol when I went to reinstall it the other side snapped I have to say it's a whole different bike once you get the screen on!!!

So now that's done I've got some engine work to look into. It runs quite hot on the dash, one notch off the redline, so I've got another temp sensor to install and waiting on a replacement thermostat.

I've also noticed that it seems to have a dead spot on the throttle at 100kph and will often slow down to 90kph. It takes quite a twist to get it speeding up again. So I've found a throttle position sensor (2nd hand unfortunately) that'll be coming from the states next week.

After that's done I'll have to start pulling it apart a bit. There are 2 parts on the fairing and one on the front mud guard that need plastic welding.

I also noted today while doing a short ride to make sure screen is good that there seems to be a rattle from the rear end. I'm not yet 100% certain what this is but will investigate.

Tried to upload pics buuuuuut it wouldn't pick them up for some reason.

Sounds like mine bodywork wise (prior owner told me as he got older, he didn’t have the same balance he did so he dropped it in the garage a few times)- I replaced the front mask and the left lower side cover (could not get a replacement right lower cover) so now it has a few paint dings but nothing too noticeable. How many miles on yours?

Erdoc48 wrote:

Sounds like mine bodywork wise (prior owner told me as he got older, he didn’t have the same balance he did so he dropped it in the garage a few times)- I replaced the front mask and the left lower side cover (could not get a replacement right lower cover) so now it has a few paint dings but nothing too noticeable. How many miles on yours?

47*** kms on mine. I'm pretty happy with the bike overall. Found it quite surprising! Easily does open road speed, easily passes other vehicles if they're too slow. I should point out I'm not a small guy. Quite overweight, hence I always rode 1000cc plus bikes. Very happy that I bought it.

Before next ride I'm going to remove the back rest thingy. I'm 6'4" so I'm pretty cramped lol.