Sabine passes MOT

The beautiful Sabine sailed through her MOT with no advisories.
The winter work was worth it.
Now all set to go racing with GP Originals and Lansdowne Series

Shakedown run for Sabine - again

Great afternoon ride. 105 miles. V strange after 15 miles water leak. No loose or burst pipes. Seems to be in the area where exhaust meets silencer. Despite new internal silencer gasket there is still a small exhaust leak there, soon to be fixed. Wonder if water is accumulating in the silencer due to Ethanol ( which attracts water ) content in petrol
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Sabine upgrades

A really enjoyable morning working on Sabine the Beemer.Wheels out ready for new Conti Go, King and Queen seat off and for sale as standard BMW seat on its way. Tank off so ready to wire Hot Grips and Sat Nav. Great to work on a bike I know so well. As usual with bikes that have been laid up loadsa rusted in bolts, much use of hammer and angle grinder. Some things never change.....

Tom Tom Rider back in business

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New battery and hot grips test

Happy days. New Odyssey battery and Oxford hot grips from stock. Battery running 13v and grips v hot. Great 👍

Sabine shakedown continues

Another shakedown ride on Sabine today. Clutch lever span still too far, wrist ache. Applied heat and bent lever with steel tube. Funny how with Ethel I just clouted it with a hammer and it went right first time. Anyway now much better. Also do not know what to expect from the Michelin tyres. So far all good but will be pleased to swap for Conti Go which worked great on Ethel

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Sabine shakedown run

First chance today for a serious shakedown run.
13C dry strong winds.
Everything from 140kmh cruising to country lanes and through towns.
Surprised upon running down to 30 limit to hear loud gunshot like backfires ! Most unladylike.
After the fuel light came on filled up with BP Super 97 Octane E10.
Motor immediately sounded different, deeper tone, and more responsive.
Tried to provoke backfire but none came.
For unknown reasons the clutch lever, just like Ethel's, has a much wider non adjustable span and wider angle than the brake lever. Unless you have hands like shovels this provokes sharp tendonitis pains in the left wrist after a while.
I bent Ethel's backwards by means of a wooden block against the bars a clouting the end of the lever with a big rubber mallet.
This time I'll apply heat then the wooden block and bend the lever with a big steel pipe.
Tyres heated up nicely and worked great. No signs of any defects so will run them until the next MOT in March and see what that may require

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