Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Lights, camera INACTION!

Last time out we left things hanging where my mate Dave Brooking wanted to get over to the Manx Grand Prix, where our other friend from the village (Andrew Fisher – all sponsors welcome for 2023) was racing…

Dave instigated the ‘borrow’ so while I wielded a camera he did most of the leg work. As said, just getting a battery (Motobatt from Wemoto) swopped over with these things is a bind thanks to the expansive fairing – but it was managed and the bike sailed through the MoT, but things weren’t perfect before the off…

Firstly, the swanky running lights in the Hornig upgraded LED indicators weren’t working. The instructions tell you to run a wire from both indicators to the pilot/ running light in the base of the main headlight unit. A quick squizz under there showed that this particular connection had a few things

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