I haven't taken the Enfield out since last September! I am genuinely shocked, although it was a busy year in my defence.
I gave the tyres etc a check over and assumed she'd start second kick like normal, but she was dead. As in no tingle juice 🤯 The battery had 7v. I put the battery on charge for an hour and she fired up first kick, once she had some power to the ignition. Curious.....
Anyway, I decided to go exploring along my local coastline, down the lanes I have seen but not explored and did a delightful 31 miles, a lot of which was single track lanes.
I took in Llanbadrig Church - So beautifully situated on the coast.
Then I rode across to Cemaes which I have visited several times but I've always gone to the harbour and never the beach.
Onto Cemplyn Bay and Lagoon. Wow! How did I not know this was on my doorstep! I'll definitely be back there soon.
All was not totally rosy though. Each time I stopped she got a bit harder to start and then I started to detect a slight misfire, so pulled in to turn around and head for home, at which point the bike stalled. No life at all trying to kick start her and, when I checked the horn and lights, there appeared to be almost no power in the battery. Hmmm, the ammeter had been showing a charge, so maybe the battery is stuffed. The electronic ignition is dependent on there being a reasonable bit of juice in the battery to start.
I eventually managed to get her going by bump starting around a car park and once a bit of charge started coming through, she ran fine again for the journey home.
When I was back, I tested the charging system and it's sending a healthy 14+ volts to the battery, so I'll replace the battery and I've also ordered a trickle charger to keep attached to the bike.
Good that I found out these things now as I have a couple of decent trips coming up.
Total miles to date since the rebuild are now 762 - well run in.
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