Retired the old Varta and replaced it with the new Yuasa battery. Unfortunately the bike now had the right indicator constantly on. Which again told me that something was wrong with the Datatool alarm or wiring. Got the bike jump started on the second go and raced over to Sutton Motorcycles again to fix this problem once and for all. It took a few minutes to have a look at some of the options when we decided it had to be the alarm that caused the problem. Ian at the workshop blocked holes 1 and 2 and 5 and 6 in one of the boxes in the alarm box. Then we hacked the box of and sealed the part of the alarm we had modified. Now the alarm is disabled for good, but the bike starts as it should. My thanks goes to Ian and the guys at Sutton motorcycles for some great service. Now I can go to London Gatwick on Monday morning for my flight to Germany knowing that the bike is still reliable for when I get back on Tuesday night. The Intermot gives me a headache at the moment. I have four different addresses for four different hotels I have to visit on Monday. The first address is my own hotel. The second address is the hotel Harley-Davidson is hosting their event in. The third address is the Honda press conference and the fourth (where I have intended to end the evening at the bar with the Beemer girls) is BMW's press conference. At this point I haven't got a clue how far apart these hotels are. I only know that it will be a very tight schedule. So tight that I don't think I'll be able to visit the Intermot until the press day on the 10th. On the 10th I will be doing loads of stuff for loads of different magazines all over the world. Included Motorrad that are working on home-soil. They have moved their whole office to the Exhibition, but I will still be providing Motorrad-Online with extra's such as the most gorgeous babes on bikes. This means I will be running between the stands, the press room and the Motorrad offices. I also have to photograph all the new bikes. I'll be using a big lens 8 Megapixel and a small lens compact 5 Mega pixel camera as well as the services of one professional photographer for any stuff that I might miss. I also need to speak to every single press officer in the building which takes time. Then you've got all the press kits.... In between (whenever that is...) I will be sending out reports as the biggest news happen and update this site. I will use my colleagues around in Europe as my back office to make sure I target the right people at the right time in between presentations. Usually these exhibitions are my busiest days in the year and the Intermot will be no exception. I hope that you have realised that we have kept it quiet before the storm. From Monday you'll be hammered with news. TS