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Posted: 22:36 - 05 Feb 2023 Post subject: |
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Strip off wheels and brakes. Cleaned the wheels up with iron-out and scrubbing then jetwash. Gave the calipers a good dose of iron-out and a blast with the jetwash then stripped those off, popped the pistons, cleaned seal grooves and re-built & bled. Now working lovely for another few months. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Wired up a USB charger/Cigarette lighter socket on the Trophy.
Though is a 6v system (all DC however) it works okay so long as there is some throttle input. USB take 5v but it seems the unit itself needs what it says (It has it's own voltage gauge) is 6.5 before it will provide any power onwards to the satnav or the mobile phone.
But that's fine - so long as I don't need to use the headlamps, the battery in the devices will sustain themselves whilst the bike is stopped idling (say at traffic) but otherwise be charging up when i'm on the move. ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1972 MZ ES250/2 - 17k. |
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Posted: 11:50 - 09 Feb 2023 Post subject: |
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Hong Kong Phooey wrote: | blurredman wrote: | Wired up a USB charger/Cigarette lighter socket on the Trophy.
Though is a 6v system (all DC however) it works okay so long as there is some throttle input. USB take 5v but it seems the unit itself needs what it says (It has it's own voltage gauge) is 6.5 before it will provide any power onwards to the satnav or the mobile phone.
But that's fine - so long as I don't need to use the headlamps, the battery in the devices will sustain themselves whilst the bike is stopped idling (say at traffic) but otherwise be charging up when i'm on the move. |
If the idle speed is too low, the charging system on the bike might not be pumping out enough volts, if the battery is low or bad that would make it worse. Have you checked the voltage at the battery on idle?
If it's not the idle speed, there might be something else, like tarnished contacts at the regrec, or regrec/ stator wiring on the way out. |
The charging system is 50 years old as it is, but even though everything is cleaned up and relatively unused (only 16k miles use) it's not particularly strong at only 60w.
I've done this voltage testing in the past and get 6.15v idle (about 1,200rpm), up to 6.9v when above 2k rpm which is quite normal. With lights on the voltage is at 5.75v at idle and up to about 6.5v with some RPM into it. It's a year and a half old battery and has 6.20-6.25 whenever I check it so despite the poor charging system with lights on it's never actually been a problem for me on extended runs in the night.
That's the purpose of a battery - I suppose it is comparable to an overflow bottle in a coolant system, a sort of buffer arrangement.
On older vehicles, charging simply does not occur at idle for a lot of applications. One of my cars when I have the rear defroster going, the heater motor, the headlamps, brakes, and an indicator on the go all at the same time waiting at a junction idling i'd be at 10.5v on the gauge.. It's normal.
Anyway- all said and done this quick and dirty wiring set up is only temporary for the weekend, i'll be removing it sunday. I normally have my road map and i'll still be taking that as always. But this time I just fancied being able to ride by following an arrow and not stop everytime I think I'm lost. I don't ride with lamps on in the day time anyway so it'll all be a non-issue.
Additional thing I forgot to mention was that yesterday I did a lot of tidying up of the shed in order to get the Suzi TS185ER out. Took me a while,
But after getting the bike out I find it a lot easier to diagnose why it didn't want to start the other week when I went to give it a quick start, and I find the petrol tank is completely empty. No problem, found some petrol. Actually, I used non-fresh petrol- I poured in a jar of 1 year old fuel, and about 2 pints of petrol that was brown because I had previously used it to wash parts (with a brush you know). It was filtered, ish.
Anyway bike started okay and didn't take too long to come to idle okay after choke was off. I then rode to the petrol station on it (first time in over 2 years (!!!)- which is why the tank was obviously dry) and it ran well there and back. I had to adjust the idle a bit, and other than that the only thing noticable was the clutch lever wasn't returning fully and completely in time before I was on the throttle again after a change, so it did slip a bit- but i'll lubricate the cable to get rid of that stiffness in the cable. I installed some new hand grips months ago too so it was nice to finally use them- they felt good!
Hope to ride it more when I get time. Noted the front tyre is from early 1995 and the rear from 2006. Still, the bike gives great confidence even with such tyres. ____________________ CBT: 12/06/10, Theory: 22/09/10, Module 1: 09/11/10, Module 2: 19/01/11
Past: 1991 Honda CG125BR-J, 1992 (1980) Honda XL125S, 1996 Kawasaki GPZ500S.
Current: 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (bored to 295cc) - 38k, 1990 MZ ETZ251 - 49k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 9k, 1972 MZ ES250/2 - 17k.
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Today I did work on “Project Scrappy Hyosung” .
After a clean up of all the bits like spacers and the caliper mounting plate, the cleanish back wheel went back in .
The bike can now stand on its own wheels.
All bits that needed it were copper greased..before re-assembling.
Both Hyosungs are on trickle charge.
Also found a possible solution for a couple of the broken fairing tabs.
Not a bad mornings work ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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After a couple of rides about 30 metres down the road (just happy that it works!), I discovered a brake piston seal leak on my project bike, so I stripped it down. The piston and seal are both brand new. No sign of damage or dirt, but I probably put it in wonky (edit: on second thoughts, I'm pretty sure I'd put it in wonky, as it was very stiff going in). Reassembled it and put new fluid in, with a zip-tie on the brake lever. I think it's sorted and the seal was just twisted, but if it isn't fixed, I'll know tomorrow.
Also, checked the tracking number, and the V55/5 with all relevant forms and fees has been delivered to DVLA! Yay! That was the final milestone, so I'm itching to get a registration number now. A 5-week wait, typically, they say. First ride out on the roads will be to the local bike mechanic, to check my work, in case I missed anything. I know that every single frame-to-engine, swingarm, etc. bolts are all torqued up and have Loctite on them, but there's always something. |
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standard winter palaver - rode it for one hour, cleaned it for two
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Started up the GSX.
Been stressing over why it *still* wouldn't start despite me throwing an arm and a leg at it lately.
Suddenly dawned on me: maybe it was out of gas ...
Turns out it was: on reserve, no juice, doh!
Silly hellkat.
It sounds lovely
And I stink of petrol
The Snarley's still misfiring.
Doubt if I'm competent to do the plugs-check-thing without supervision, so will just get the RAC out next time I have a day off ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Funny thing happened today.
I got my V5C (new registration) from the DVLA. Sooner than expected, and they thoughtfully returned my evidence documents, too. Not much to complain about.
Just one thing: the manufacturer name came back as "Leyland" (I guess it was the next name down after Kawasaki in the dropdown list, when they were making up this document). All the other details are correct. 2 wheels, motorcycle, cc, etc. Just "Leyland".
It would be so much fun to get a big decal saying "Leyland", and slap it on the side of my tank.
But I'll probably just get it corrected like a normie, to make the insurance comparison websites work. |
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Posted: 16:10 - 26 Feb 2023 Post subject: |
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Working on my new bike ready to swap over from the old one.
Fitted wheels with new Road 6 tyres
Service front brakes, new pads fitted
Service rear brake, new pads fitted.
Bleed clutch with fresh fluid, clean and re-paint reservoir cap
Clean and polish all the bodywork ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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I replaced the brake discs on my 600RR because I bent one of the OEM ones when the bike fell on the trailer. I had to buy a pair of EBC discs as I couldn't find any cheap OEM ones. I also removed the R&G engine cover because my local garage told me it was the cause of the oil seep that has been plaguing the bike. I ended up breaking a bolt but managed to remove the remains easily. In the process I damaged the gasket which I found was pinched near the oil leak anyway.
This gives me a job for next weekend, to replace the gasket that I've now ordered. Still, not the worst day in the garage!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 44 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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