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*burp* I'll have a Babycham.

Eh? What did you take your test on?

Fuel pumps use something called the venturi effect to shut off. There's a small hole with a pipe at the end of the nozzle, and as long as it can 'suck' easily, it lets the fuel flow. If it is obstructed, it causes a small diaphragm in the nozzle to trip the nozzle off. So, if it is sucking air...

It's an old farts joke. Think of an old person standing in the middle of a large housing estate saying it. See, even my jokes about old people are too old for you to understand . . .!

When I was your age, all this was fields.

But some of us are moany old bastards. You have to pick through it, ya know?

If you're changing the sprocket, you'll be introduced to the cush drives anyway, they'll be the things rolling around your garage floor. They're simple things, you can't put them in the wrong way because of their shape.

No particular reason not to, but your brake fluid definitely doesn't need changing at 5,000 miles. Should be good for 2 years / 20,000 miles. Would suggest if you've been giving it enough stick to need a new chain and sprockets after 5k miles, have a good look at the cush drive rubbers while...

If you're worried about corrosion, get some ACF50, or whatever the equivalent is on Holland. Bolts shouldn't need grease anyway, only moving parts need lubrication, a bolt generally should stay where it is.

It's very easy to disconnect the cable at both ends. Do that, and you can check the cable itself is free (should be almost no resistance at all), or whether the lever is stiff.

You can certainly prolong the life by routing/lubing properly, but in my experience anything over about 10k miles the bets are off, they don't last forever. What did surprise me was that a genuine Yamaha replacement was only about 13 quid when I did mine, about a month ago. I was expecting the...

Mine does about 10% better on runs than in traffic. You'll also see about a 10% improvement as the engine loosens up, I reckon mine was at about 3,000 miles before I started seeing this happen. 60 - 64 isn't bad. Mine does about 55 in all traffic, with a loose engine.

It frayed where the cable goes into the sleeve. Was about 1/3 gone by the time I noticed it was getting notchy.

Mine lasted 12k or so, but it frayed at the lever end.

Yeah, none of that AP50 bollocks. I did my test on the training centers bike, so went straight from a Fizzie to a 250lc.

My brother tested the BMW a couple of months ago, but eventually bought a Z1000sx. He felt the BMW was too small for him. He is about 6'1" / 1.85m.

Good work. Hope you enjoy it. If I'm ever in Norway, I'll look forward to a red blur going WAAAAAAA! past me and disappearing over the horizon.

Yup, someone else pointed this out, it's actually 4,296 km. "Apparently the AVE fuel usage uses a 32bit unsigned integer to keep the distance in millimeters. Once that overflows it will show 99,9L/100km. 2^32 = 4,294,967,296mm = 4296km. " [edit] Just to get max nerd points, this is the same...

Interestingly, over the last couple of months I have been doing my advanced drivers qualification, and the change in riding style that requires has had a significant effect on fuel consumption. I'm riding 'advanced' all the time, to get into the habit. I'm getting about 5mpg more than I would...

Depends what you're doing I suppose. I've got an older R1 which is much closer to the S1000 than the MT07 is, and I found the same as you did when I bought it, it was almost intimidating to ride, especially in traffic. But you quickly get used to it. I find the MT07 is by far the best choice...