Bike was running a little rough,now won't start.

[darrsi]

Ah...

Mechanic rang me the afternoon he went to get into it.

Basically,he started t up and it ran fine!
Said he tried it a few times and no issues (a little reluctant to start but otherwise fine) and as he was away for a week from that evening suggested I take it back for the week and see how it goes.

I'll have had it back 2 weeks on Tuesday and apart from being a little reluctant to start occasionally it's running like a champ.

That said, it's now booked for this Thursday to have valve clearances checked/adjusted, check/reset cct (very noisy - I'm hoping the reset cures this but will chat to him about possible cam chain replacement if needed), head stock bearings and a few other bits.

Basically I told him - do the above mentioned bits,and if the cam chain doesn't need replacing - go through the bike, anything he thinks needs doing - have at it and when ya get to the €1000 mark and there's something you think should be done give me a shout beforehand.

(Also have a Delkivic 420mm tri-oval for him to fit,balance carbs afterwards)

May seem a bit much to pump that amount of money into a 21 year old bike but I'm really happy with it and I don't think there's anything drastically wrong with the bike - just getting it to where it should be.

It's phenomenal on juice too (have been getting close to 380kms from a tank - and that's with motorway stints (160k/180kms @ above 140kmh for long stretches)

Done Waterford to South Dublin suburbs on Friday in 1hr32mins on less than half a tank... seriously impressive in my book!

I had work done on my bike last September and while it was being done something snapped in the middle of the engine and it needed a full strip down to sort it out. There were other unexpected issues too like snapped exhaust stud bolts which just added to the misery, so if it makes you feel any better i spent more money than you've said because the bike was already in bits, like you it's my only transport, so i needed it back. But i live in London and nothing is cheap there anyway.
It's in lovely condition engine wise now, but unfortunately i only had 4 weeks of riding it then suffered a separate serious injury that nearly killed me so i haven't ridden it since then. But at least it's in good nick and i've still been looking after it wherever needed, just got to wait a bit longer before i can safely get back on it.

As for your bike i was going to suggest checking if the starter relay is okay, because they seem to misbehave before totally failing, then everything shuts down when you least expect it to.