Post a pic of your bike

batman_oh

Howth - not the most interesting spin!

zubair

Now you're talking.

H_Lime

That's absolutely lovely.mate, such a clean bike.

H_Lime

Nikolas Crooked Connoisseur wrote: »

That's absolutely lovely.mate, such a clean bike.

Tis manky now:D

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

surpised you havn't gone double take on the mirrors!

Dad was trying to get me to buy a DR big the other day!

H_Lime

goblin59 wrote: »

surpised you havn't gone double take on the mirrors!

Dad was trying to get me to buy a DR big the other day!

The 750's can give trouble, they updated the gears to the sprag clutch, cct, big end bearing and welded the crank pin in on later 800's. If you want a 750 the 89 model with disc rear had the pin welded.
I'm not anyway serious in my use of them offroad so the mirrors do but those are spurious and am looking for the oem ones off an 800 which are higher.
Bang up a piccy of yer rebuilt dr out n about:)

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

The 750's can give trouble, they updated the gears to the sprag clutch, cct, big end bearing and welded the crank pin in on later 800's. If you want a 750 the 89 model with disc rear had the pin welded.
I'm not anyway serious in my use of them offroad so the mirrors do but those are spurious and am looking for the oem ones off an 800 which are higher.
Bang up a piccy of yer rebuilt dr out n about:)

Haha I havn't been out of the city much on her!
installed a KKE 320mm front disc during the week, but its 5.15mm thick and the factory max spec is 4.2mm so wheel is sticking even with the pads sanded down.
Contacted them about a refund (thankfully an Ebay purchase)

Have a Wilbur shock going in next. Dad seen one for sale in the UK thats set up for 75kg that is also the same height as the lowered setting on the factory shock.

I have double take on the DR, they are really good mirrors, also have the mounts on the BMW, so I can just swap them across depending on which bike im using.

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

The 750's can give trouble, they updated the gears to the sprag clutch, cct, big end bearing and welded the crank pin in on later 800's. If you want a 750 the 89 model with disc rear had the pin welded.
I'm not anyway serious in my use of them offroad so the mirrors do but those are spurious and am looking for the oem ones off an 800 which are higher.
Bang up a piccy of yer rebuilt dr out n about:)

TheQ_Man

A project of sorts with the kids

H_Lime

TheQ_Man wrote: »

A project of sorts with the kids

Nice Q dude, that out in JT's?

TheQ_Man

H_Lime wrote: »

Nice Q dude, that out in JT's?

Aye that be JT’s

She be laid up since 2000, last voyage was to Joey Dunlop’s funeral.

2 previous owners from new. NI import brought down south in 1998, tis a 91 reg with 49k miles

Exhaust is rotten, trying to source genuine/nexxus cans for it

H_Lime

TheQ_Man wrote: »

Aye that be JT’s

She be laid up since 2000, last voyage was to Joey Dunlop’s funeral.

2 previous owners from new. NI import brought down south in 1998, tis a 91 reg with 49k miles

Exhaust is rotten, trying to source genuine/nexxus cans for it

Nice. Does she run?
Has he still got that rvf out back or has it finally dissolved?

TheQ_Man

H_Lime wrote: »

Nice. Does she run?
Has he still got that rvf out back or has it finally dissolved?

It did run, now i can't get it going. No spark on all 4 of the plugs, have power in the kill switch so it's between that and the coils i reckon. It was missing a side stand switch when i got it, i was told it would run once i got it, that came yesterday and still nada although i was told i should have spark now i have yet to check the plugs.

RVF was there as of the day i got the CBR just over 2 weeks ago.

hedzball

H_Lime wrote: »

Nice. Does she run?
Has he still got that rvf out back or has it finally dissolved?

And that hideous custom painted blade.. thing deserves never to see light of day again

TheQ_Man

hedzball wrote: »

And that hideous custom painted blade.. thing deserves never to see light of day again

It’s still there. Ger Conlon did that job

Hotblack Desiato

CBR1000F

aka "the ballistic sofa"

comfy and fast. Needs the plugs to fire though... hopefully just a dodgy connector or switch somewhere (sidestand, kill, clutch) and not a duff CDI

The aforementioned switches can easily be bypassed for fault finding.

TheQ_Man

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

CBR1000F

aka "the ballistic sofa"

comfy and fast. Needs the plugs to fire though... hopefully just a dodgy connector or switch somewhere (sidestand, kill, clutch) and not a duff CDI

The aforementioned switches can easily be bypassed for fault finding.

I was walking by this bike one numerous occasions since i first seen it in 2008, something kept on saying 'buy me, buy me' which i eventually did as can be seen now. I have no experience of these, blade1 said he had the 93-96 version of them alright and spoke positively.

All 4 coils have no spark and everything else works in which case i've been told is unlikely to make it the cdi box as that acts as the ecu also in these does it?

The clutch doesn't need to be pulled in to start it is what enthusiasts of this model state, the kill switch is getting power, the side stand switch was in pieces and duly replaced. What i was told after replacing that switch is i should now have spark, i haven't checked the plugs since doing that though. When it comes to electronics i'm the most clueless man in the world.

I'm trying to avoid sending it to a shop as the wife will give me grief :pac:

blade1

TheQ_Man wrote: »

I was walking by this bike one numerous occasions since i first seen it in 2008, something kept on saying 'buy me, buy me' which i eventually did as can be seen now. I have no experience of these, blade1 said he had the 93-96 version of them alright and spoke positively.

All 4 coils have no spark and everything else works in which case i've been told is unlikely to make it the cdi box as that acts as the ecu also in these does it?

The clutch doesn't need to be pulled in to start it is what enthusiasts of this model state, the kill switch is getting power, the side stand switch was in pieces and duly replaced. What i was told after replacing that switch is i should now have spark, i haven't checked the plugs since doing that though. When it comes to electronics i'm the most clueless man in the world.

I'm trying to avoid sending it to a shop as the wife will give me grief :pac:

What happens when you press the start button?
Is it turning over and won't fire?
Any backfire or smoke from exhausts?

TheQ_Man

blade1 wrote: »

What happens when you press the start button?
Is it turning over and won't fire?
Any backfire or smoke from exhausts?

Yeah it’s turning but won’t fire on the 4 spark plugs. There’s a backfire of some sort going on alright and I can smell the petrol.

I put in brand new plugs and they’re still brand new pretty much.

All other electronics work

blade1

TheQ_Man wrote: »

Yeah it’s turning but won’t fire on the 4 spark plugs. There’s a backfire of some sort going on alright and I can smell the petrol.

I put in brand new plugs and they’re still brand new pretty much.

All other electronics work

Hold the throttle fully open and see will she fire.

TheQ_Man

blade1 wrote: »

Hold the throttle fully open and see will she fire.

Prior to replacing the side stand switch I tried that with no joy, I flattened the battery on the busa as a result :pac:

blade1

TheQ_Man wrote: »

Prior to replacing the side stand switch I tried that with no joy, I flattened the battery on the busa as a result :pac:

You probably need to get testing your coils with a multi meter.

TheQ_Man

blade1 wrote: »

You probably need to get testing your coils with a multi meter.

I have a multimeter but don’t know how to check the coils. I’m hopeless with this stuff

I’ll go over to the general thread so as not to clog up here

di11on

Hi folks,

My new Vulcan 650 S - only mods so far are that I added the "Café" style windscreen.




my_vulcan_sml.jpg

goblin59

di11on wrote: »

Hi folks,

My new Vulcan 650 S - only mods so far are that I added the "Café" style windscreen.




my_vulcan_sml.jpg

These are one of my favourite Kawasaki, would love to get one eventually.

TheQ_Man

Fun in the sun

TheQ_Man

Tuesday’s trip out on this delightful lady. The dang clutch seems to be going in it though, that or the slave cylinder. She’s not losing any fluids.

cantdecide

blade1 wrote: »

You probably need to get testing your coils with a multi meter.

My experience of using a MM to test coils is that if it fails the test; coil's goosed. If it passes the MM test; coil may still be goosed.

I think the real test is finding someone into diagnostics who can examine current ramps on the plug wires with the oscilloscope (which often implicates bad plugs too) or else using swap-tronics using another bike or new parts.

cantdecide

TheQ_Man wrote: »

All 4 coils have no spark and everything else works in which case i've been told is unlikely to make it the cdi box as that acts as the ecu also in these does it?

Maybe the pickup.