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I have a PD Oiler feeding the oil into a conical collector bolted to the sprocket. It delivers the oil onto the sprocket then out to the chain, out of the wind and dirt.

The starter solenoid is also the tapping off point for the bikes electrics before the engine starts. If it goes high resistance internally, the relay action could still be OK so turning the motor over, but the feed to the fused circuits is compromised and as the starter requires a lot of amperage, leaving nothing left for the ignition. As the power needed to crank will differ almost every time you start, depending on temp, weather etc, the effect will also be different. The ECU won't detect a fault as on initial ignition on test everything is OK. Once the engine is running the alternator

You do some really scary mechanics on here. Really impressed - wish I had such courage.

So hopefully a dirty contact on the side stand switch because sometimes she does fire up quite happily

My rear ones on the 750s lasted 16000 miles only. 26 months old. Honda would not replace. This happened on a European tour, not much fun. Mo.

My 1990 BMW GS1000 was the most unreliable bike I've owned in 'the modern era'. The next was a 2005 Guzzi Breva V1100. Both had shaft drive issues. Shaft drives have many good points but they are expensive when they go wrong. No problems with my other three shafties, of which two were Hondas. Chains have their bad points but they give excellent value for money and are commendably reliable, even when neglected, slack and badly worn. Only once have I had a chain break and that was in 1962. Modern chains are beautifully designed and made and with the right lubricant even mes

What a load of tosh first the so called mechanic really should have noticed the tight spot second their shouldn't be a tight spot as early as 600 miles third only way the chain could have a tight spot so early in its life is it probably wasn't adjusted correctly at pdi adjust at the tightest point whilst turning the chain in the direction of drive (sometimes makes a difference ) and measure full travel up and down somewhere between 30 and 40mm I run mine nearer the 40mm seems to run smoother lube chain after you have ridden soak in over night