Hi All, (Kiwi Pete here but I've forgotten my username and am using my travel partners)

I'm currently in Cappadocia, Turkey, en route to India and today has been a nightmare! About 40k's out of Mersin my RD07 came to a hault, as if it had run out of fuel. I pondered for a bit (having refueled in Mersin) and 5 mins later it started again. This time I got 5mins down the road and the same thing happened again. I'm using a Mikuni vacuum fuel pump (supplied by Africa Queens) with 2 fuel filters just after the fuel tap. Next time it happened I disconnected the fuel line (after the filters, before the pump) and only got a dribble of fuel out (I would expect it to flow). Thinking it was a air lock I removed firstly one of the filters, then the other, to no avail. Each time it would run for about 5mins then appear to run out of fuel. So, thinking it was the pump I dissassembled it and found oil in the space between the diaphram and the vacuum hose (I'm concerned about this too but will get to that later). So, once this had been cleaned out (and the fuel changed) the bike ran for 50k's or so then the same bloody thing happened! I pulled it appart again, no oil, so removed the filters (which I had previously re-installed). It ran for 50k's, we stopped and had a fag and it ran for long enough to get me to Goreme. It seems that if you let it cool down for 5mins or so it will run okay for a while which has me wondering whether it is actually a fuel prob or perhaps some electrical component is not coping. My personal suspicion is that there is something in the carbs.

If anyone has any ideas please email to my address (see button above) or call/text/SMS my mobile +44 (0) 7967 105 516.

Theres several s in it for whoever comes up with the right answer!!!

Cheers in advance,

Pete (Kiwi Pete)