Cowboy Job!

[DukeRed]

I hate doing things to my bike when its been so neglected. Is this normal?? I have a nasty feeling that it isn't as in it shouldn't be welded.
I bought honda pattern wrench for the chain adjustment and it doesn't fu**ing work, think the adjuster has been screwed
https://predator.bikepics.com/pics/honda-nsr125-01-bikepics-270207.jpg
https://predator.bikepics.com/pics/honda-nsr125-01-bikepics-270208.jpg
I am so pissed off with this, I want a new bike . ARgghHHhHh! <rant>

Jan
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[NickD]

Hmmm.
Welded on sprocket........nice.
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[Sparks!]

WTF!!!!!!!!!! Unlucky

Weld the rear one on too, just for good measure
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[shellshock]

OMG Nice welding though, think they'd come and do my bathroom pipes

[DukeRed]

Why would someone do this!? Why?

Could I just grind it off or shall I just buy a cg.
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[Minky_monkey]

You're lucky he welded it, I would've used cable ties........

[DukeRed]

Couldn't he just of used a bolt like normal people.
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[NickD]

[Minky_monkey]

That's far too easy!

[Kickstart]

Hi

Not that uncommon, but a horrible idea. Done normally when the splines on the shaft out of the gearbox are wrecked.

Only real fix is likely to be a complete engine rebuild to replace that shaft.

What bike is it?

All the best

Keith
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[Sparks!]

Sounds expensive, unlucky mate.
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[DukeRed]

Dave Bliss Motorcycles.

I advise all to not go there.
Unfriendly bad service is manageable but a crap bike from a dealer is not.

It's a Honda Bros

Jan
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[WildGoose]

also bought a dud bros from a dodgy dealer

althought nothing that.....terminal, its not the kinda thing you would check on your average looking over the bike pre purchase really, but its pretty low

how do output shaft splines get fucked exactly?


[edit] just had a thought, seems like a perfect excuse to drop an africa twin engine in there mate
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[Kickstart]

[DukeRed]

I think I'll just try and recoup my losses and sell it back to him.
Like the idea of the africa twin but the workshop forum might get a tad overloaded. I think a bicycle till I get the funds for the CBR.

Jan

He sold it for 700 reckon I could sell it back for 200?
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[WildGoose]

fuck making that loss mate, i'd be interested for 200 quid..

africa twin job, isnt as hard as you might think

https://www.d-murray.co.uk/severe.htm

its a simple engine
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[Robby]

That front sprocket has loads and loads of life left in it.

The rear hub probably needs taking apart and cleaning. Don't put in loads of lube on reassembly, but a squirt of WD40 should be ok.

Ride the bike for another 7000 miles and sell it before you come anywhere near needing to look at that sprocket. And screw the next owner, not your problem.

[DukeRed]

Yeah it's got life left in it but I can't adjust the chain because it appears to have seized/ the spanner doesn't fit cos the teeth have been worn down on the adjuster.

Cheers all, helped me alot.

Jan
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[WildGoose]

never adjusted the chain once on the bros, the hub was also worn on mine, and i couldnt get a socket on the pinch bolt cos all my tools were too big

so i just dismissed it, as it was being difficult it obviously didnt want me to adjust its chain

dont reckon it suffered any adverse affects, its not as if the performance of a bros wrenches on the chain enough for you to notice that its really slack, i was never fussed anyway

you could probly adjust it using a copper drift pin and hammer, if you can find the right kind of size, or just grind it down to size, the idea being copper being softer than the hub material, with damage the drift pin rather than the hub
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[stinkwheel]

The sprocket looks OK for the moment. If you are keeping the bike, I would wait until it is worn out then grind the weld off and weld a new one on. You can probably do this indefinatley. It ain't pretty, but it is functional.
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[WildGoose]

did a bit of research for you

gearbox output shaft is 74 quid from honda, which was less than i was expecting, will involve some gaskets as well i would imagine which can be expensive depending on what they are

the rear hub is 112 quid from honda inc bearings and seals, which is a bit more serious money

200 quid to put it right, is a lot considering what its worth but depends how long you want to keep it, unfortunately i spent 10 times that sorting my bros when i got it, became a bit of an obsession i think
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[DukeRed]

Cheers for that, I'll get round to that once I've got the CBR for a winter hack.

Well went out today and bought a bicycle for 50 quid. Get healthy and get there quick. Now I can be the irritating bicyclist everyone bitches about, can't wait .

Jan
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