I met up with someone in Skye today, and took them for a little tour around - stopped at the Kilt Rock for some photos, and when I went to start the bike again it didn't want to play - when the key was in the 'On' position, the dash was totally blank, but when I turned it one click anticlockwise, and took the key out, the clock and mileage was displayed on the dash, along with a few ticks and clicks heard.
This happened 4 or 5 times, but eventually, after I walked it up the carpark for a bit, it decided to start, and ran fine right up to Duntulm castle. After another wander about, I went back to the bike and it fired up first go, happy days thinks I, must have just been a gremlin.
Got back to Portree and stopped for some lunch at the chippy on the Harbour, and the bike once again refused to fire up, down the same screen nonsense again.
This time, there was no convincing it, so eventually I had to give in and call for recovery back to Dornie where I'm staying. I'm really hoping it's just the battery that's died, but it's not given me hardly any warning, and I've never had that before - usually you get a bit more of a heads up that the battery is on the way out, or do the Gel batteries just drop dead on you with no warning?
The battery is either 2 or 3 years old, as I swapped it for an MOT, but I can't recall which one! - up until this past winter, the bike has always lived outside, so the battery would have had some fairly long 'cold soaks' in that period!
This happened 4 or 5 times, but eventually, after I walked it up the carpark for a bit, it decided to start, and ran fine right up to Duntulm castle. After another wander about, I went back to the bike and it fired up first go, happy days thinks I, must have just been a gremlin.
Got back to Portree and stopped for some lunch at the chippy on the Harbour, and the bike once again refused to fire up, down the same screen nonsense again.
This time, there was no convincing it, so eventually I had to give in and call for recovery back to Dornie where I'm staying. I'm really hoping it's just the battery that's died, but it's not given me hardly any warning, and I've never had that before - usually you get a bit more of a heads up that the battery is on the way out, or do the Gel batteries just drop dead on you with no warning?
The battery is either 2 or 3 years old, as I swapped it for an MOT, but I can't recall which one! - up until this past winter, the bike has always lived outside, so the battery would have had some fairly long 'cold soaks' in that period!
