I haven’t gained confidence in my nice new(ish) Trimuph Sprint. Now I have a nice new battery, fully charged on my new Optimate charger (battery and Optimate – another £100). So it starts beautifully now and sounds great. But I cut what was going to be a quick blast into the country into a short circle around town because the engine management warning light is now on. The little symbol is a diagram of an engine but I wonder whether it ought to be a pound sign. Luckily the bike is booked in next week for a service and other sort out, so I will add this to the list. What’s the betting its some obscure part that needs ordering from Triumph and will take 6 weeks? (Now, I am just being a pessimist here.) Or maybe something just needs resetting after being batteryless for a couple of days… Its strange when things start off with niggles before there’s a chance to feel settled into a confidence. Funnily, when this light comes on, the handbook says, the engine goes into ‘limp-home’ mode. I must say I didn’t notice much limping. In my usual inept riding style when I turned on the lights I opened up the throttle unexpectedly and the bike shot forward with impressive eagerness. It is as if the bike is saying to me ‘ride me properly’. On the hope side my Bandit is going up nicely on ebay so hopefully paying for all this work on my limping beauty.