My trip just got worse , bike trashed , keys stolen and I have been attacked

[jerryz]

Its all got worse and im feeling completely broken

All was going well got to Bordeaux , traffic awful ,,
Booked a site on the Dunes at Biscarosse , but before that a detour directed me into Biganos a tiny little place with some unpaved roads ,I was directed under a low bridge by the cops and a warning sign damaged my solar panel and then the trailer hit a bump ,? and 2 of the cargo straps broke , and the ducati fell off . now im blocking the road , The police are shouting , but then 2 nice locals come and help me move the bike and van to a safe place .. But a car full of young arabs appears and they chuck a rock and I get hit , one of them grabs my keys and hits me again as he tries to get in the van ,I hit him with a spanner . and then they drive of laughing ..but with my keys

Im in a bad state , advised to go to hospital , but im not leaving the van , police have now disspeared, ? the 2 locals help me resecure the bike to the trailer , and it now has 4 heavy duty 50mm straps instead of the30mm ones , but the trailer is not good , I have worries about it now I think its bent and the securing points are sharp and can damage the cargo straps ,even the metal hooks have been damaged one snapped , The bike is a sorry state ,, the lost keys a re a bigger problem , , now I have no keys for the bike ,, I do have spares for the van ..I got to the site last night in the forest by the dunes ,, I have applied a bandage to the head wound ...and will head to local hospital

went to the gendarmarie 20 mins ago, police know about the incident ,,but I dont think anything will happen

I really have come to the end of the line,, I just trying to summon up some energy to start returning home ,, this holiday has been a disaster , no bike , no faith in the trailer , i feel crushed ...may be I should go home and give up on Motorhoming

 

[Brains]

I love the way these posts flit between mechanical problems and mental health problems.

I tend to find one causes the other, especially temporary cases of Tourette's.

 

[jerryz]

Great news!

Have you used helicoils before? If you’ve any damage they are great and IMHO, give a better fixing than a taped hole ever will.

At the very least run a tap through and clean up the threads.

yes have Recoil kits in my tool kit from 4mm to 10mm use them alot

 

[Landy Andy]

Before fitting the new TB check that the EGR is operational.

 

[jerryz]

Question the little solenoid vacuum air valve has 2 hoses but 3 spigots one at bottom 2 at top which spigots need the hose attached ,,

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[Landy Andy]

The two at the top. The bottom one has a small pipe then a little filter on the end.

 

[Landy Andy]

To work out my EGR was stuck I poked a pipe through where the throttle body goes, so that the end of the pipe went into the out let for the EGR cooler (mounted on side of head), and blew through the pipe which confirmed to me that was permanently stuck open. It should default closed, and the vacuum should open it.

 

[jerryz]

The two at the top. The bottom one has a small pipe then a little filter on the end.

mine does not have the small pipe and filter???? but its been running fine since i had it

the EGR is working fine

 

[jerryz]

The two at the top. The bottom one has a small pipe then a little filter on the end.

OK small hose goes to bottom spigot that small hose goes somewhere behind the turbo ?? only one big hose I put to one of the big spigots on top of solenoid ,, cant se another hose anywhere in engine bay ??? its a 130hp 2009 engine ,,

took it for a 15 mile test run and its running sweet at low revs and up to 70mph ,,