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Thanks everybody for your suggestions. I'm inclined to think that the small piece of debris in the original pump has been the source of my initial problems and what prompted me to buy a new pump. The solid state pump I bought and fitted, on further reading, seems to be possibly ill-suited to the...

Well, I ran a length of fuse wire through the metal tank breather hose, but there didn't seem to be any resistance . I've left the breather hose off for the minute and might try a run with it detached ; do you think the roll over valve could cause a blockage ? Just out of interest, as I had the...

Thanks for the reply .......... I'll check the breather . The bike is a 2000 model .

Thanks for the replies folks........ I'll give the sidestand switch a clean thanks just in case. Yesterday was the first time the bike had cut out completely. It was a slowish and gradual starvation of fuel feeling. The previous time when it almost packed in and I was going to the petrol...

Hoping someone can make a suggestion. A couple of weeks ago after driving approx 20 miles, (countryside then village) , and on entering slower moving traffic in the village, the bike started to stammer as if it was going to break down. It didn't and I stopped for petrol (it wasn't too low). The...

I did mine just two days ago and it takes a bit longer than it really should :) . You only need the lower gasket as Incider says. You can get that gasket on the 'bay for c£6. The nuisance for me was that I didn't have an air source to pop the piston out. So once I removed the slave, I had to...

This is interesting, as mine has also been leaking ... I've just had it a few weeks, but noticed the slow leak after the first run. I wasn't losing a lot of fluid, but enough to have to top up the level every couple of runs. I appear to have stopped the leak for now . I used a jubilee clasp , a...

Hi,.... it's difficult to say really as I have no direct comparison other than the tyres that were on when I bought the bike . The tyres that were on the bike were Metzeler Lasertec front and Metzeler ML2 rear.......... but they were 2008 codes !!! Knowing this , I still rode the bike home in...

Hi Folks, and thanks for the welcome. :) The picture above is taken on one of my favourite local roads; an 8 mile stretch between the villages of Comrie and Braco, near Dunblane. I'm quite spoiled for good roads in this part of the world. The Highlands are on my doorstep (I'll add more pics as...

Well, today I put fresh tyres on my newly acquired V-Max (purchased from another member on here last weekend) and went out for a short 100 mile run. I've always wanted one of these bikes since I was in my 'teens (I'm now in my early 50s), and I'm loving it .........