I certainly hope that it was just a one off episode and that you’re back in the saddle very soon, DCS. Think positive - it shouldn’t stop you giving the bike a detailed clean and polish ready for those bright spring days that are ahead! 
Take it easy and keep us updated!
That’s a bugger, sorry to hear that.
Hope it gets sorted soon
I was there first so maybe it was them keeping their distance from me…I may have looked particularly intimidating that day 
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@DCS adding my well wishes to the pile already there. Hopefully it won’t be long until you’re back on wheels (any number of!).
That’s not good news, I hope you can get it under control asap and be back out on the road soon.
Took the XR in for its 1st 600ml service today, so the bike’s now de-restricted, and the bank account de-minished. 
Got my MV back from the local bike shop after its fuel line repairs. Apparently it was a failed fuel connector. He replaced it with a Triumph one. Common fault apparently…!
But as the weather has gone back to winter it’ll be parked up for a while yet. It’s Law that it’s got to be 60 degrees and over to take it out…
And what about your bike? 
Exactly the same rule… 
Yesterday I took the Hyperstrada the couple of hundred miles to visit my parents and then back home again today…it was freezing. However the temperature was a tiny issue compared to the bolt and bits and pieces that retain my gear lever falling out at some point, leaving me stranded by the side of the road…luckily only about 10 miles from my parents’ house. Also very luckily for me, my elderly and extremely fit and competent father came out with assorted bits and pieces and did a repair that got me to their house. He then spent several hours having consulted the relevant parts diagram for the bike, fabricating in his workshop precisely what was required to effect a top - notch repair. I went on my way home again today with the gear changes feeling far better than they have done since I bought the bike.
Just proves you’re never too old to cause your Dad stress and never too old to need him 
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It wasn’t quite how I wanted to show him my newest acquisition… 
Sounds like you’ve got a wonderful Dad that you can rely on. The Ducati on the other hand… 
My Dad is fantastic and loves to be of practical help, he’s not the “demonstrative feelings” type of a man.
It’s a Ducati, what did you expect? 
Loctite222 threadlock is your (essential) friend. 
I may have muttered something about the only bike I have not having ever had a blip being my 21 year old Honda 
(touch wood that I haven’t now jinxed it!!!).
It sounds like one of those old British vertical twins that commonly used to vibrate things loose. I remember spending a happy hour on the hard shoulder of the M4, c1969, screwing a Norton Dominator’s clutch back on. At least they were simple enough to be able to do that sort of thing, and you could usually get where you were going.
It certainly has a certain “character” about it compared to the ultra - smooth Blade and zingy Striple!!
I love that!!! That is my Dad to a “T”.
I’ve reset the left hand grip on the TDM. It has heated grips and the lefty came loose a couple of rides ago. Just remembered to fix it today.
I also stuck the carbs back on the CB450 , but not connected to fuel or throttle yet… slow, slow work on that beast
