Honda-SOHC

Have you tied gently prying the release button upwards, it may just be clipped around the edges?

A shock c spanner won't fit. If the bike has the Honda tools under the seat it should be there. Two parts, the C and a handle.

Yuasa MF for me every time. Last for years, last one I put on my VFR 750 was still going strong 8 years later. There's a reason Honda fit them to their new bikes.

Strictly speaking DK have done nothing wrong. You have the same consumer rights buying used and new. You could have exchanged the crank or sent it back for a refund. DK offered to replace the crank rods and that was declined. They are under no obligation to do a partial refund. Could they have handled it better? Probably. Do they have to? No.

True, could be that. I live by the sea, was very misty and cold when I tried. I found someone talking about Silkolene Pro FST on a Kawasaki forum. I just bought some online, I will try to run a few miles with that and see how it goes. Definitely not the best time of the year for a ride 😑

Thank you for all the help.

Pro FST works well. I had to use it every winter in a CBX750 that was my only form of transport. The carbs iced up every winter and FST stopped it happening at all.

My business has been running a Nissan E-NV200 electric van for five years now. It's used for local deliveries and does around 100 miles to a charge. We also have 16kw/h solar panel installation and air source heat pumps. The 3-phase charger charges the van in around 3 hours using self-generated electricity and the business can claim all of the vans purchase cost, so it's effectively a free van and free miles.

All of the business heating is done through air source heat pumps. Brilliant bits of kit. Heat in winter and cool in summer. Each one consumes around 3.5kw and produces 7kw of heat or cooling. Very clever tech. The result of the solar panel installation, the use of all LED lamps and air source heat pumps is that we pay no electricity bills every year. We are always in credit and earn a little from it.

Jan (my O/H) has an E-Niro that is just brilliant. Proper car that does 300 miles to a full charge. Comfy, quick and very cheap to run. We have 3.5kw of solar panels on the garage roof that generates enough excess electricity to cover the cars requirements, so free miles. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone. There is no doubt that electric cars are the immediate future. AFAIK, commercial vans and lorries are not included in the 2030 deadline, just cars.

I agree that the infrastructure is not ready for EV's and that the amount of electricity required will increase massively. There is a simple solution though. All new home should be built with heat pumps and fitted with solar roof tiles. The additional cost at the build stage is half of the retrofit option. If every new or existing home could generate 3kw/h of electricity during daylight hours then usage would be greatly offset.

I'm a bit of a dinosaur too and drive a 3l V6 TDI car which I'm not going to change but I can see the benefits of EV's and certainly see the environmental benefits of such a change.

There are LED H4 lamps currently seeking approval. They have come a long way and are undoubtedly what everyone will be using in a few short years. The bulb below mimics a halogen H4 perfectly and has an ideal beam pattern. It's also the same size as a standard H4 and fits in any headlight shell.

The downside is that they currently cost around £30 each but that will drop to around a fiver in the next few years.