I went in the garage to put the tax disc on the bike, took the cover off and WTF!!!!
There was bird poo all over the bike!!! When I say all over there was a couple of blobs on the seat, some on the rear mudguard and some on the front mudguard. It definitely wasn't there when I put the cover on the bike so a birdy must have got in the garage (not difficult) and got stuck under the cover some how!! Thankfully there was no damage done but the bike was pretty dusty despite the cover.
So I wiped the #$%*e off, dusted it a bit and put the new tax disc on. At this point my partnercame out and had a look and said he'd like to take it for a ride up and down the road. So we started it up and he had a ride up and down our cul-de-sac a bit. Wow, it sounded gorgeous!! I've not really heard it much when I haven't had my helmet on. It sounded so smooth and really good when he accelerated up the road.
Of course then I had to have a go so I grabbed my helmet and gloves and got on. Surprisingly it came quite naturally again. The only thing I wasn't used to was the throttle response as it's quite snatchy (possibly because of the push-pull cable mechanism). Anyway she felt good just going up and down the road. I tried the brakes a few times. The front felt very vague as always but the pads are new so hopefully will gain a bit of bite when they bed in a bit. The rear gives more confidence.
Then I just had to go out properly, so I grabbed my gear and off I went for a short ride. A nice mixture of fastish and some more twisty roads. I got her up to 70mph but didn't want to push too hard until the front tyre and brakes are scrubbed in and I'm used to it again. I even did some mild filtering.
I couldn't get over how lovely she sounds now. VERY SMOOOOOOOOTH. That electronic ignition has made a lot of difference. I don't think she's run that well ever since she was brand new.. gorgeous.
