Yep, well spotted. So people do read these things?

The 1150 is at the Experience hospital for a check up. It's a bit wheezy on one of its lungs, compression is down to 8.5 on the left cylinder, compared to 12 on the right. This would explain the pinging and the mediocre performance.It also sounds very expensive, in fact Henry pointed out that the last time this happened I bought a new bike. the vultures are circling :-).In other words, pace will not be an issue.I am very much committed to this bike and intend to keep it, even though I've kept wringing its neck and flogging the rent out of it. One theory is that the cat has died and has affected the left cylinder. Or maybe the pinging has just stuffed the cylinder. Or I was just too dumb to adjust the valves properly. However, if this was the case you'll never hear of it from me :-).If it's not fixed by the 15th I'll let someone else lead the ride.

I was at Experience today while they took the head and barrel off. Apart from quite a bit of carbon build up on the piston, there was nothing to see. Nil wear in the bore, not even a little ledge, honing marks all present. No sign of blow by, piston skirts were immaculate, con-rod bearing showed no sign of wear. So it's a bit of a mystery. Maybe the initial compression test was off. The pinging is probably due to the carbon build up and should be gone after a good clean. The cat has a slight rattle, so I might take the opportunity to ditch it.

could be the recession. they got a gammy gauge or did not hold properly. u now get a $300 bill.  👿

This will cost more than $300. They did say that the test was done twice. We'll see, but I really want my bike to be running 100%. I was amazed at the lack of wear after 100000km.