On Sunday I was due to lead a Ride up to Box Hill, so I wheeled the bike out of the shed (brick built, corrugated roof, door to the garden doesn't shut, so air tends to blow around it) and tried to start it...
Now this almost certainly isn't related to my previous issues with the battery because the engine cranked fine, but simply would not fire when normally it starts after a second or so. I gave it a moment, tried again, nothing, so I switched off and switched back on again, but stilll nothing.
I tried squirting some WD 40 under the plug caps (well, the two on the right, at least, because they're really the only ones I can reach even with the nozzle extension on the aerosol) as I've had a problem like this in the past, left it for a minute or so, but it still wouldn't start
I gave it one more go, but even with a freshly charged battery, it doesn't seem to like to crank more than about 5 times and, unfortunately I had flattened it.
I took a break whilst I phoned people up to let them know I was trying to get there ASAP and then tried bump starting it and eventually, after about half a dozen attempts, it started acting like it was trying to fire and finally, two or three more goes later, it did start and, after that it was fine for the rest of the day.
I've seen condensation on the bike in the past after a hot day which then cools off, so I think that may be the problem, but, if it is, can anyone suggest a way that I can stop this happening?
(NB making the shed draught proof is probably not an option at the moment due to cost...)