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Hi Dave, if you are just looking for somewhere to have a ride, where there will be other motorcyclists. The Kent branch of the Norton Owners Club (NOC) meet from 8.00pm at The Dog and Bear, Lenham on 6th July. (1st Tuesday of the month)
They also meet from 8.00pm at Chequers, Doddington on 20th July. (3rd Tuesday of the month) Should meet some more old duffers there.
Also if anyone else would like to meet up with other bikers, have a look at the NOC website as they have branches all over the UK and the world. They are quite sociable as they let me in.
Andy
AS you are trying a C spanner does the adjustment on your suspension consist of a series of holes, which are just under 6 mm diameter around the bottom part of the unit?
The wire have to be connected the switch closes the circuit, try that first
Yes I done that Simon but there is no noticeable difference. Battery fully charged, turn the key and system whirrs into life, the neutral and F1 light up, display keeps changing from F1 to 0, pull in the clutch, press the starter, it sounds like it might start then the clicking takes over and the neutral light flickers on and off. The display goes black then shows 888.
When I reconnect the battery maintainer it only take’s 5 to 30 mins to show fully charged again, depending on how many times I have pressed the starter.
Hi I have no experience riding with a pillion, pillion has no experience as a rear rider. I am 92 KG and my pillion is 91 kg, that is why it is better to get the correct pre-load compression, looking at D Moss videos and others on u tube if rear-seat plunge too much front fork and front tyre loose grip then front wheel starts to get out of control on corners.
I still doubt that there is a recommended setting, if your gt is like my gv there are only 5 settings and mine was on 2 to start with so only had 3 options.(I am 90 kg). Follow the first advice and put it up 2 notches to start with.
My advice would be take your pillion out for a lot of low speed urban riding with lots of corners, roundabouts, lights plus especially practice stopping, starting and pulling away. There is a big difference in both handling and performance between solo and two up.
Thanks for helping Simon.
I haven’t joined the wires together, in fact I cut them different lengths so that they wouldn’t touch each other. They need to be joined up do they, I’ll do that next as taking the switch off has made no difference.
As I am not a high mileage rider I have a battery maintainer, so I know the battery is fully charged. This means the fuel has been in the bike a while and I do wonder if this doesn’t help when starting up.
Hi Guys Thanks for your reply I am happy with factory setting on solo riding, what I liked to know is the recommended manufacturer setting for a pillion passenger, I tried with a passenger on standard-setting with rear spring sank too deep so that I readjusted both mirrors and the front tyre was wobbling out of control on the corners a bit dangerous, I guess I will try two notches down if the mirror view did not change with pillion then it should be ok.
I doubt that they will recommend a setting because there can be such a big difference in people, are we considering 8 or 18 stone. As a rider are you experienced at carrying a passenger, plus is the passenger an experienced pillion rider, if not you might be fighting them for control of the bike and if they are heavier than you they might be making the bike do things you are not expecting.
I recently adjusted the suspension on my GV650. I moved it 2 notches and next ride out I knew at the first pothole that I’d overdone it. But I think by moving it a couple of notches the difference was probably easier to notice.
You give us old returnees to biking to much credit, there weren’t all these events back in our day. 🙂
Dale, did you tell anyone on here about it?
What’s the Brightona and when is it?
Hi, I’ve been away from 2 wheels for about 23 years now! now turned 56 and feel like the need to get back on two wheels, bought a 2016 Aquila 650 this week and it’s being delivered in about a weeks time
Going to be a fair weather rider to and from work and hoping to do a few bike meeting too.Welcome John with another GV 650.
That’s you in Norfolk, Jason in South Wales, Paul in Folkestone, Kent and me in Surrey. We certainly seem to space ourselves out well around the country.
Hope you are pleased with your bike when delivered, mine was delivered from Manchester and I was very happy with the condition when I received it as I had only seen pictures up to then.
I thought Tomas was asking for the overall width of the handlebars, maybe the prospective buyer has to get the bike down a side passage or has some other access problem.
But it’s not as simple as it sounds as on my GV 650 the handlebars are 34 inches wide but the brake levers poke out further making it more 36 inches wide. However if it is just a doorway I could get through a smaller width by turning the handlebars and tipping the bike a bit.
HEYYYLLLLPPPPPP I URGENTLY need a right hand foot peg for my GV650. Part number 43501HP9500. Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK I can get one. Either that or a UK based supplier where I can get foot boards instead.
Quote Hi Paul, any chance of an update. Did you manage to fix your bike, are you still riding it and clocking up the miles.AndyJason, I am similar to you in that I’m an aged returning biker (62) who got one of these for fair weather riding because I liked the look and the fact it’s a bit different.
There are a couple on here well clued up on Hyosung but mainly on the 125 and 250 versions. Marcel certainly knows a lot and I think he runs this website.
There is some information regarding our 650’s, but from what I’ve read there could be quite a difference between our bikes as mine is a 17 reg. I am certainly not the person to be giving out advice on technical matters, but if you ask a question people try to help.
Andy
Welcome Jason
Sorry to hear about your health problems, hope you get out for plenty of rides as we all know it’s good for the soul.
Note that you’re not keen on the exhaust or rear end look. Have to say I actually like the look and sound of the massive exhaust, give it a chance, maybe it’ll grow on you and remember you are not looking at the back when riding the bike.
Safe riding and plenty of it.
Andy
Just a thought.
I once had a bike where the light wasn’t in the correct position to pass the mot.
As I pointed out that the light was original as I’d had it from new and the bike was around 15 years old. The mot examiner was a decent guy and we worked out that the headlight glass was for European Motorcycles and all he did to get it through the test was stick a bit of ductape on the glass to redirect the beam.
Its the same for cars, and is to do with whether you drive on the left or right of the road.
Might be worth checking this first before taking things apart.
Good luck
Andy
Panic over, I’ve got to the main fuse to replace it and everything seems back to normal.
One strange thing I discovered was that both rubber bands that are supposed to keep both fuse holders in position were broken meaning the fuse holders were free floating with just the cables keeping them roughly in place behind the plastic panel.
Hi Henry
These bikes have been around for a while now. When they first appeared they had excellent revues all round including USA and Australia, there were many clips on You Tube with people showing off these bikes and saying how impressed they were with them.
If this will be your first bike are you sure it’s a style you want as although it has good pace and manouverability compared against other makes in this style, the feet forward sit upright position is a lot different to the handling of most sports/road bikes.
I brought mine because I liked the style, I like that it’s not common, I like it’s weight and I like how comfortable it is for my old body.
Safe riding
Andy
