after then before pictures.
Tail Tidy on a S1000R means filthy rear end for me and the bike!
Nothing special here, I use the same products across my motorbike and 2 cars
I use Bilberry Wheel Cleaner on wheels and radiators etc
ph neutral, superb clean with none of the usual downsides
https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/valet-pro-bilberry-wheel-cleaner
Gyeon Q2M Bathe+ for the rest with a proper wash mitt
https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/gyeon-q2m-bathe-plus
left 7am , back 14:30 , elapsed 7.5hrs , maybe 6.5hrs+ actual seat riding.
252 miles total of which 100 is preston and back , so 152 is back road joy.
weather was damp,cold and dirty but still great fun.
awesome bacon sarny at Penny Garth Cafe
decorating when i got home, so bike cleaning had to wait.
around 6degC
7am start , back at 1pm
heated grips a godsend
around 190 miles (around 100 miles of which are backroad)
roads grippier than they looked, very few bikes out in the morning.
great breakfast sarnies at Wilfs Cafe
cambelt :genuine parts incl water pump
full service : pattern parts
mot
cold, damp roads but good to get out.
quick coffee at the fourways cafe and back home.
almost as soon as i deal with the air sensor up pops another fault (to be fair I have seen it before, but cleared and ignored it)
4987 - Cylinder 4 Glow Plug Circuit (Q13)
P0674 00 [237] - Electrical Fault
MIL ON - Confirmed - Tested Since Memory Clear
Freeze Frame:
Fault Status: 00000001
Fault Priority: 2
Fault Frequency: 6
Mileage: 80683 km
Date: 2022.11.20
Time: 12:58:13
Engine RPM: 913.00 /min
Normed load value: 27.5 %
Vehicle speed: 0 km/h
Coolant temperature: 12 °C
Intake air temperature: 13 °C
Ambient air pressure: 1000 mbar
Voltage terminal 30: 11.640 V
Unlearning counter according OBD: 40
Electric auxiliary heater: shut-off conditions-Bits 0-7: 0
Electric auxiliary heater: shut-off conditions-Bits 0-7: 0
Electric auxiliary heater: relay activation-Bits 0-7: 0
Pre-glow time: 2100 ms
Glow status-Bits 0-7: 0
Glow status-Bits 0-7: 176
Glow cycles above temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
Glow cycles above temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 2
Glow cycles below temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
Glow cycles below temperature threshold-Bits 0-7: 0
Outside temperature sensor 1: B1: raw value: 9.0 °C
apparently 3 are normal gloplugs and one is special (normally cylinder 3) which an an additional sensor and is much more expensive
Luckily this is cylinder 4
Should really change as a set, but this time Im going to wing it.
2 parts I needed to buy
useful video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28QsRx5HJ-c
Heres the new and old and 10mm socket
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