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I went out for a test ride but didn't go far, too hot to be comfortable in all the gear. It did seem a waste to not go for a proper ride but the roads round the lakes are so full of idiots in cars parking in stupid places on single track roads, it really isn't as much fun as on a cooler day.

Nice work. Now the second mod is to put the button on the left side (swap for the hazards) so you can stand on the left side of the bike and with your left hand on the left handlebar and right hand on the grab rail, use the electrics just like you would if there was a mechanical foot lever to get it onto the stand.
With the button on the right you have to be sat on the bike or stood on the 'wrong' side as in your video.

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Well fitted the electric center stand and fully works, had to use Dave's bypass idea, Video below.

Piaggio X9 Electro-hydraulic Center Stand Video :

https://youtu.be/FC1AaglE7W8

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The Sun is out and was very warm here in Leeds, and i decided to get the Big yellow out, to go for a spin, i manage to get my other half convinced to go with me, she has anxiety issue so was very well done on her part to get back on the X9 as she not been on the X9 for a while, as always the X9 did very well on the ride out.






Some one Snapped us coming into squires biker cafe, and i thin was a nice shot of us both bene on the X9, iv never ever seen another X9 out on the road or biker meets so to others the X9 is a very rear sight to see.
When they see me use the electric center stand the are like WTF

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We all know of the Old X9 500 SL with factory Thermostat, not warming up and over fueling killing the oil cog and contaminating the oil, i have had this recent, but was on ball, kept checking oil and any slight whiff of petrol i did oil change, must of done about 20 oil changes to make sure oil cog did not sit in petrol all night till my next ride out while waiting to get a thermostat from fowlers ( needed to save up  will bills coming out )

So rather than wait to save for the pricey replacement from fowlers, a fellow X9 rider recommend the Kymco Downtown 300 that he has done to his X9.

And it worked, now it warms up to half way in few mins and stays there all day, done 500 miles on it now and works perfect, cost me £30 off eBay. The X9 MPG is now averaging about 65MPG and runs lovely, not drinking petrol, rather sipping it and i am not a slow rider,  i am flying about sometimes 90mph to catch up while out with the big boys keeping up with a mate on a BMW GS1250 and others on over 1000cc bikes and still doing very well on petrol, before this it was very bad on fuel.






NEW VS OLD:

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ok not to worry then

Mid fifties is about right on average. If you were to ride non-stop and not too fast they will do about 65-70 but typically with a couple of cold starts and a lot of stop starts 50-55 is about right.

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I did a Nice 90 Miles ride out will pillion, heading to Squires and the motorist and then strawberry field cafe, was nice, does any one know the miles per tank the X9 500SL does, i am not a slow rider and i am 17 stone and i manage to get 90 Miles from 7.5 liters, i manage 54MPG, is this good or bad ?


Pictures below of my Trip out: * SPOT the X9




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Now tucked up at Home ready for another Ride:






Oh and one selfie :

Nice one, another X9 keept on the road. you do know our bikes Dave and i cant see any bike you owning ever failing an mot. If you get out on the X9 I do bike night at Route 59 Cafe near skipton, if you wanna be a 2nd X9 500 at a bike night, its only small, have odd burgman come there but never an X9, just me.

Sympathise with you, but I do understand.