Thought I should post an update as now back to a very cool and changeable blighty!
I didn't have to get the tank of in the end. The bike stood for a couple of days before the next leg and when plugged in, I had power at the dash/beak accessory socket. My only guess is it was in fact my plug, not the socket... On the way down I hit some really effing shite weather (Ardennes) - hail at one stage that was a good 20mm diameter - I was convinced something was going to break! Anyway, it didn't, but I'm guessing water found its way into my accessory plug and it took a couple of days to dry out...
As for the 'noise'. I've chosen to ignore it! I really caned it on the last 900km (last leg from Germany, home). It sounded the same, but continued to behave perfectly.
The one thing I haven't sorted is the feint smell of oil. This only started after the oil change. Tightened the oil filter - actually, it was OK and didn't need tightening.
So my only thoughts right now - because there is absolute no sign of a leak anywhere after about 3.75k miles in some rather hot weather, that maybe it's coming from the air box? Does the crank breather pass though it? I definitely didn't over fill on the oil change, but it's the first change I've done on this bike, so maybe something odd has gone on?
I did find a very small amount of oil in the cooling fins oil filling side (it's a TC) - from a dribble I guess? So thought I'd found it. But no...
Apart from that. I love the bike . It behaved on boring, long motorway crap down to Germany a fraction under the ton all the way (in Germany of course!). It let me forget the luggage was attached in the mountains and it was great on dry, hot, dusty tracks. Then all again in reverse
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I didn't have to get the tank of in the end. The bike stood for a couple of days before the next leg and when plugged in, I had power at the dash/beak accessory socket. My only guess is it was in fact my plug, not the socket... On the way down I hit some really effing shite weather (Ardennes) - hail at one stage that was a good 20mm diameter - I was convinced something was going to break! Anyway, it didn't, but I'm guessing water found its way into my accessory plug and it took a couple of days to dry out...
As for the 'noise'. I've chosen to ignore it! I really caned it on the last 900km (last leg from Germany, home). It sounded the same, but continued to behave perfectly.
The one thing I haven't sorted is the feint smell of oil. This only started after the oil change. Tightened the oil filter - actually, it was OK and didn't need tightening.
So my only thoughts right now - because there is absolute no sign of a leak anywhere after about 3.75k miles in some rather hot weather, that maybe it's coming from the air box? Does the crank breather pass though it? I definitely didn't over fill on the oil change, but it's the first change I've done on this bike, so maybe something odd has gone on?
I did find a very small amount of oil in the cooling fins oil filling side (it's a TC) - from a dribble I guess? So thought I'd found it. But no...
Apart from that. I love the bike . It behaved on boring, long motorway crap down to Germany a fraction under the ton all the way (in Germany of course!). It let me forget the luggage was attached in the mountains and it was great on dry, hot, dusty tracks. Then all again in reverse
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