Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
I’d ridden home from work in the dark and the rain without a problem but, as I indicated to turn into my street, everything went haywire. The indicators were malfunctioning and the lights were acting like indicators.
Of course, the fault could have manifested itself at almost any time during the previous three months but it had, maliciously and deliberately, concealed its existence until it was dark, raining - and it was also the night before we were due to leave for Portugal and MotoGP Estoril, in 2006!
I didn’t have a garage and I didn’t have a clue what was causing the fault - or how to fix it - but I had to get it sorted or cancel the trip. At seven o’clock in the evening, my only source of information was B.I.R.D, so I had no option but to strip the bike down in the kitchen and hope that somebody on the site could provide the answer to my problem.
As I recall, I had the “bad earth - check ‘em all” responses in less than an hour. It was a panicky time, but I managed to find the culprit wire, remedy the fault, check functions and re-fit the bits without a hint of resistance from any of them. What a relief when it was finally done!
Of course, the fault could have manifested itself at almost any time during the previous three months but it had, maliciously and deliberately, concealed its existence until it was dark, raining - and it was also the night before we were due to leave for Portugal and MotoGP Estoril, in 2006!
I didn’t have a garage and I didn’t have a clue what was causing the fault - or how to fix it - but I had to get it sorted or cancel the trip. At seven o’clock in the evening, my only source of information was B.I.R.D, so I had no option but to strip the bike down in the kitchen and hope that somebody on the site could provide the answer to my problem.
As I recall, I had the “bad earth - check ‘em all” responses in less than an hour. It was a panicky time, but I managed to find the culprit wire, remedy the fault, check functions and re-fit the bits without a hint of resistance from any of them. What a relief when it was finally done!