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Wayne

Sorry to hear about your fall, hope you heal quickly and are back on the horse soon.

All the best

Thank you all for the advice I am nearly due an oil change so will do that in the next week and replace with regular 20w 50 and see how the consumption goes. I will also redline the bike more in lower gears on the local back roads to aid the process, a track day sounds like fun as well. Thanks once ...

Hi all I have a question about my oil consumption. I got the bike at 13000 and it is now 15300, during that time i have added nearly 2 quarts of oil. When i bought it the previous owner told me the oil had been changed to synthetic on the 12000k service, this high oil consumption leads me to believe...

I rode Monday in Northern Cal, headed for jackson and then on to Angels camp looking for some twisty roads (not from here so have no clue about the roads) found a fantastic 13 mile twisty section from Angels camp to Copperopolis, so had to turn around and ride it back again. Weather was partially ov...

Also bought a 02 about 6 weeks ago with low miles, no problems at all apart from burning a small amount of oil, lots of fun to ride.

Will check out the fuel line issues and cable ties myself on mine thanks to these posts.

Slain

Thank you all for your input, will look into the phillips myself for the future.

Hey there Hope everyone is having a good holiday season with plenty of riding time. So my main beam stopped working and i went to my local auto store for a replacement. All they had was Sylviana H4 bulbs which supposedly have some shock absorbency in them. Put it in and works alright, not as bright ...

So when the low fuel light goes on how many miles do i have left before i absolutley have to fill up? About 100 miles gets me to the light.

I have been shifting up without the clutch after 1st to 2nd for a while, i find it is smoother if the revs are higher but still works relatively smoothly at lower revs also. After preloading the shift lever i declerate very slightly and quickly and it shifts up smoothly. The reason i do this is i re...

Thanks for that mikecam, really useful info to have as a new owner. I know you said you check your valve clearance quite often, is there an ideal mileage gap between doing it? Also was looking around for some tools to buy, i.e feeler gauges, torque wrench, torx sockets and the like. Is a store like ...

ok that clears that up

Thanks again Michael for the pic, very useful.

just looked in my fusebox and have no number 6 fuse, fuel pump, the blue one beside the heated grips fuse, whats the story with that then, are some layouts different or use a different fuse.

Also was wondering do auto supply stores sell these fuses?

Cheers

Warren

Thanks taosports

Thats a fantastic photo, i will replace the fuse and see what happens then.

Hi I think the fuse for my heated grips may have blown as i started the bike with them switched on, the previous owner told me he had the same problem once, my problem is im not sure which fuse is the right one, forgot to ask previous owner and now they are not working. Has anyone had this problem a...

The other problem i have is i know there is synthetic oil in the bike (supposedly from the 12000 service) but dont know what kind, i checked the A&S website and they have 15w30 for sale so am going to top up with that. Is it wothwhile just changing the oil so i know exactly whats in there? or wi...

Thats a fantastic plan Boxer, i will familiarise her soonest with that part of the riding schedule.

Hi Was wondering how much oil my 1150r can be expected to burn. i.e. how often should it need topped up, only 13000 miles so shouldnt be too much ring wear yet right? The Clymer doesn't say how often the oil should be checked with the whole getting to normal running temperature then checking it, is ...

Will try those things today, trying to take off in second or third wasnt much fun.

Happy thanksgiving to all those state side and happy riding to everyone.

Just got the beasht home and taken her for her maiden voyage under my command. Wow what a bute, handles really well, got her up to 85 on some straight stretches and she loves it. Only problem wasgetting back into first, was having to juggle a lot with the friction zone to get her back in. Apart from...

Ok thanks everyone for the great reponses.

Going to go for the black 02 with non abs, the miles are low and it has been pampered and no doubt.

I look forward to posting here again, it is an invaluable resource and no doubt.

Thanks again