chrisa

Hi Where did the spacer come from? You make it yourself? Looks like a pro job. Out with a friend on Saturday and it was a pain to start on a number of occasions. It's strange. If you restart after a brief stop or stall it's fine. If it stands for a few minutes I have to boot it to stand a chance. Real pain. First kick from cold still.

No way! Ok...I'll give them a call. Certainly got the seat as it's the normal model not the Repsol. Did tell the dealer I would be using on the road.I checked the valve clearances. Inlets are .07 on the loose side and exhaust valves spot on. So all good. Fantastic bit of design in making the valves accessible without removing the rocker cover. I'd rather have adjusters than shims too! Good one.

I've bought a rear bike light which is rechargeable and has a built in inertia sensor to bring in the extra bright brake LED's. Going to see how I get on when a mate is behind me as it may be really irritating if it runs irratically. I've found some Hope cycle lights for the front but also have two super bright LED running light strips for cars. I fitted a pair to the KTM for the winter and there's no not-seeing me with them on! So would like to run those off the generator if possible with an inline switch. Failing that a battery of some sort. Just thought a battery solution could be wired to pre-heat the starter circuit - not sure if this is ok??

Ok. This is interesting. Will still check the valve clearances. How do you identify which model one has? It's brand new and didn't come with lights as some seem to from the posts above. Registered for road though.

Sorry you think I'm spoilt chap. Much obliged. True though :-)

Yep, the guy I bought it for said not to. It absolutely will not start if you touch it.

Strange that. Mine kicks first time cold, but is more of a problem hot. Maybe I'll check the valve clearances. It's a thought.

Hi. I guess it's a strange question. This bike is a replacement for the KTM which I've been using for the last 3 years trail riding. I feel in part that I've wasted the last 3 years trying to do what the 4RT excels at. The bike has a small seat and a tall 5th gear as you know, so you can sit (kind of) at 50 mph easily between lanes. It's quieter than the 350 KTM and you can take it places I definitely wouldn't have gone before. I love the technical stuff and the 4RT excels in it, even with me as pilot. Here ends the comprehensive review of why you should ditch your KTM and buy one of these if you like technical terrain and laning but don't see yourself at, ahem...nearly 50, and learning to leap up and down 2m Rock faces. This is a long way of saying that I could do with some half decent road lights, hence the battery, and wondered if the battery might usefully be put to powering the engine management/fuel injection instead of kicking the bike a few times to power it all up from the generator, so to speak. If nobody has done this that's fine. Just wondering. The bike ought to start first kick as its new (10 ish hours), but I've convinced myself from the way it behaves that it needs some volts to help it, instead of me having to boot the kicker as I seem to have to. When I bought it the guy said you actually need to slow kick the bike, but after trying every permutation of kick I've settled on booting it. I'm going to try a new plug, but can't believe its that as it runs sweet as once going. Thoughts on the above welcome :-)

Hi Just a question about my 4 RT. I just know it needs a few kicks because there is no battery fitted. I'm an ex Jedi after all...I know this. I've searched but can't find anything regarding the rights and wrongs of fitting a batty to the bike. Want to run up the FI prior to kicking. There are a few options these days that are super compact, so I wondered if any of you have done this as a mod? Any electrical issues if plumbing into the generator output? The bonus would be that I could run some lights off it as I keep getting caught out early eves. Thanks. Chris.