Coasters Assistant Rep
Well guys, thanks to everyone for all the help and good advice. As a credit card mechanic, I did a good job in getting all the fuel out of the tank. I have put in 5 litres of Shell V-Power and managed to get the bike started after quite a few attempts.
Unfortunately, the wife mentioned that the young children next door were asleep, so had to cut the engine. Hopefully, it will start in the morning and I can take it out for a ride and see how it performs. I did notice that the petrol gauge has not reset, but lets see how it rides. Fingers crossed.
Some of you have mentioned pre-ignition. If this was the problem because of poor quality petrol, would this have caused any problems to the engine that I should be aware of. Thanks again everyone.
I could go east, I could go west, it was up to me to decide.
I could go east, I could go west, it was up to me to decide.
Gearbox went on the Victory on the second day (Apparantly quite common but luckily the motor is still under warranty), still buggered his holiday though as he had to go home. On the third day the Fat Bob went into limp mode and even with the codes pointing us to the problem we couldn't find anything visibly wrong to fix. With the front pot completely shut down poor Meathead had to limp it around for the rest of the week as a reduced power 850 single. Didn't half vibrate a lot![]()
Region 3, North East, Tyne & Wear
Sorry to hear of the issues with your mates Vinny, even more of a problem when your not in the UK and something goes wrong.
Well I have to say, I am one happy bunny today. Took the bike out today after draining the tank and it ran like a dream. No knocking, fuel gauge reset itself and it was back to its old self. May I offer a BIG THANK YOU to everyone that gave me some good advice on what to do to solve the problem. Lesson learnt for the future - only go to a known branded petrol station and look for the highest octane available. Cheers guys.
I could go east, I could go west, it was up to me to decide.
Glad it's sorted Hal
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Way to go, Alan. Not bad fer a credit card mechanic! We'll coax a spanner into yer hand yet!.