So as I while away a pleasant Shabbat where there is little going on, I thought I would set out (for food or ill) what's been done to the GS since it left Blighty just over two years and 44,000 kms ago.
This is all from memory as all the papers are at sea with the bike
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UK: new front TKC80 fitted
Marrakech: rear TKC fitted
Gambia: removed muffs and gaucho as getting a bit warm
Bamako, Mali: engine oil, filter, final drive oil, battery replacement. Ignition barrel rebuilt.
Yaounde, Cameroon: oil and filter. New TKC80s fitted
Dolisie, Congo-Brazzaville: ECU repaired (burnt out diodes).
Pointe Noire, Congo: Fuel pump and filter replaced; also new sumo guard securing bolts (v expensive!).
Soyo, Angola: fitted uses replacement ECU in case the Xonfo soldered one was fragile (still have it!)
Luanda, Angola: flywheel replaced after mechanics achieves a hydraulic lock and shredded teeth off the original
Windhoek, Namibia: Both oils, oil filter, spark plugs (primary and secondary). Starter motor stripped and servived. New coil stick. New TKC80s. Failed Throttle position sensor replaced with used item.
Nairobi, Kenya: indicator and tail light lenses replaced, new oil filler rings fitted, front disk resecured.
Jeddah, KSA: Oil and filter change and silicone fix to seat for oil filler plug.
So the bike is a little like Trigger's broom but (most importantly for me) was starting and running well when I out it on SS Alexio.
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I am encouraged that the East Coast run has been pretty trouble free (except the leaky oil filler cap) so hoping the gremlins - perhaps triggered by the extremes of Mauritania heat and my poorly maintained battery (my bad!) and resulting voltage spikes leading to other problems?
It will need new tyres and an oil and filter change once I am at Motocamp Bulgaria, by which time it will have done close to 100,000 miles in total.
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