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Finally after several weeks of ownership I have got my new Cafe back together and don't appear to be missing any fasteners! The tank was a bugger to get seated properly and after probing around with a torch I could see that it was snagging on a -ve battery cable which I had accidently re-routed. She took several attempts to fire up but the Shorai held up well and I managed to warm her up close to operating temp just sitting in my shed, blipped throttle a few times, even took her up to 3k rpm briefly and on each occasion she settled back to around 1400rpm. Oil level was fine, dash lights were fine. Reset the clock, strange observation on the odometer and trip which are now showing 40mile and 25mile when I swear they were both showing 19 mile when I parked her up straight after the pdi... I fired her up again after resting for 5 mins to mimic stopping for fuel and she behaved perfectly. I let her rest for 30mins and fired her up again and all was well. My only concern was the strange bag of noises which the engine produced after the first start and warm up, it sounded like a hammer drill randomly coming from the gearbox which knocked away for 10 seconds, then faded away for 10secs, then came back for 10secs etc etc. I didn't get this noise on the 2nd or 3rd start up. I did snick her into 1st gear and rode all 3 yards to the shed wall and she felt fine Only a week or so and the bike will be ready for my first road trip. Anyone else feel intimidated prior to their first ride on a Cafe? Those clip-ons are low, and that tank is a long stretch for someone who's 5ft 9ins, and my feet barely touch the ground.... I am getting very sweaty palms just thinking about my first trip out
Finally after several weeks of ownership I have got my new Cafe back together and don't appear to be missing any fasteners! The tank was a bugger to get seated properly and after probing around with a torch I could see that it was snagging on a -ve battery cable which I had accidently re-routed. She took several attempts to fire up but the Shorai held up well and I managed to warm her up close to operating temp just sitting in my shed, blipped throttle a few times, even took her up to 3k rpm briefly and on each occasion she settled back to around 1400rpm. Oil level was fine, dash lights were fine. Reset the clock, strange observation on the odometer and trip which are now showing 40mile and 25mile when I swear they were both showing 19 mile when I parked her up straight after the pdi...
I fired her up again after resting for 5 mins to mimic stopping for fuel and she behaved perfectly. I let her rest for 30mins and fired her up again and all was well. My only concern was the strange bag of noises which the engine produced after the first start and warm up, it sounded like a hammer drill randomly coming from the gearbox which knocked away for 10 seconds, then faded away for 10secs, then came back for 10secs etc etc. I didn't get this noise on the 2nd or 3rd start up. I did snick her into 1st gear and rode all 3 yards to the shed wall and she felt fine
Only a week or so and the bike will be ready for my first road trip. Anyone else feel intimidated prior to their first ride on a Cafe? Those clip-ons are low, and that tank is a long stretch for someone who's 5ft 9ins, and my feet barely touch the ground.... I am getting very sweaty palms just thinking about my first trip out
