Actually more of a non-ride out report, so all my mates came round on their bikes mainly R1s to see the bike and to go out for a ride
First thing to do was to check the oil this is easier said than done the spy glass is hidden behind the fairing you can just see it through a gap. However we could not see any oil just to make sure we took off the lower part of the fairing and the oil was just and I mean just showing at the bottom of the glass. Well below min I realise that the bike was cold but I think I should see something it's worth noting I have done 145 km at this stge.
A quick call to the dealer and he told me to bring it round so we all trundled off to the dealer (mates not particularly happy), When we arrived we looked at the oil level again and this time it could be seen clearly without having to take of the fairing it was spot on middle between max and min so nothing to worry about.
It is true to say that it is blowing quite a bit of smoke when cold according to the mechanic something to do with the semi-synthetic oil and running the bike in, it will go away after the 1000km run in period, well we will just have to wait and see
So bike ok now, off for a ride well the dark clouds came and it started absolutely pissing it down so we just went for an hour, tried the wet mode but quite frankly I prefer sport even in the wet it felt planted to the rode and now taking it up to 5K revs it feels much smoother my only major complaint so far is the DQS as it is finding some false neutrals, this should definitely not happen
Here's hoping for some better weather
First thing to do was to check the oil this is easier said than done the spy glass is hidden behind the fairing you can just see it through a gap. However we could not see any oil just to make sure we took off the lower part of the fairing and the oil was just and I mean just showing at the bottom of the glass. Well below min I realise that the bike was cold but I think I should see something it's worth noting I have done 145 km at this stge.
A quick call to the dealer and he told me to bring it round so we all trundled off to the dealer (mates not particularly happy), When we arrived we looked at the oil level again and this time it could be seen clearly without having to take of the fairing it was spot on middle between max and min so nothing to worry about.
It is true to say that it is blowing quite a bit of smoke when cold according to the mechanic something to do with the semi-synthetic oil and running the bike in, it will go away after the 1000km run in period, well we will just have to wait and see
So bike ok now, off for a ride well the dark clouds came and it started absolutely pissing it down so we just went for an hour, tried the wet mode but quite frankly I prefer sport even in the wet it felt planted to the rode and now taking it up to 5K revs it feels much smoother my only major complaint so far is the DQS as it is finding some false neutrals, this should definitely not happen
Here's hoping for some better weather
trying to see if there is oil in the engine
