The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Richard tea

I recently repaired the fuel tank on my GV650 efi. Put it all back together but the fuel pump doesnt seem to be priming. Normally when I key the ignition on you can hear the fuel pump for a second or so. Any ideas? I put 5 litres of petrol into the tank. Is there a manual pump to get it going? The tank was removed for about 2 weeks if thats important. I had the battery on a trickle charger. Ive checked fuses. Fuel hose is pushed home and all electrical connections seem ok. The bike started and ran before I removed the tank.

H_Lime

Richard tea wrote: »

I recently repaired the fuel tank on my GV650 efi. Put it all back together but the fuel pump doesnt seem to be priming. Normally when I key the ignition on you can hear the fuel pump for a second or so. Any ideas? I put 5 litres of petrol into the tank. Is there a manual pump to get it going? The tank was removed for about 2 weeks if thats important. I had the battery on a trickle charger. Ive checked fuses. Fuel hose is pushed home and all electrical connections seem ok. The bike started and ran before I removed the tank.

Is she giving a code when any diagnostic mode is entered into. If the pump, its earth/fuses, connectors check out and no alarm gubbins are involved check the pump relay. On some you can swop it with its neighbour to see if its gammy. Worth a shot.

scudster

Richard tea wrote: »

I recently repaired the fuel tank on my GV650 efi. Put it all back together but the fuel pump doesnt seem to be priming. Normally when I key the ignition on you can hear the fuel pump for a second or so. Any ideas? I put 5 litres of petrol into the tank. Is there a manual pump to get it going? The tank was removed for about 2 weeks if thats important. I had the battery on a trickle charger. Ive checked fuses. Fuel hose is pushed home and all electrical connections seem ok. The bike started and ran before I removed the tank.

Check your kill switch.

H_Lime

scudster wrote: »

Check your kill switch.

Yes! the most likely candidate!!! :pac:

Richard tea

I tried flicking the kill switch on and off. Would a bad kill switch not allow the fuel pump to prime? Head wrecker because it worked fine before I fixed the tank. I connected the battery directly to the fuel pump and it's not turning over. Seen a few generic ones on eBay I might try.

goblin59

Richard tea wrote: »

I tried flicking the kill switch on and off. Would a bad kill switch not allow the fuel pump to prime? Head wrecker because it worked fine before I fixed the tank. I connected the battery directly to the fuel pump and it's not turning over. Seen a few generic ones on eBay I might try.

I've done some work on negative pressure pumps before as a handyman, check to see if there is a magnetic reed switch on your pump, they were a common one to fail on some water pumps. Quick hit with the back of a screw driver usually fixed it

CJhaughey

Is there any tip over switch on the GV that may have been knocked or tilted?
You probably need to follow the wiring back from the fuel pump through all the different connectors to make sure they are or are not passing current to the Fuel pump.
It could be a connector that was bumped or knocked as well.
Power at ignition, -> connector-> relay?-> Fuel pump?
I don't know much about the Hyosung so I can't be specific.

Richard tea

CJhaughey wrote: »

Is there any tip over switch on the GV that may have been knocked or tilted?
You probably need to follow the wiring back from the fuel pump through all the different connectors to make sure they are or are not passing current to the Fuel pump.
It could be a connector that was bumped or knocked as well.
Power at ignition, -> connector-> relay?-> Fuel pump?
I don't know much about the Hyosung so I can't be specific.

There is a tip over switch but its bolted to the frame and not the tank so it should not have been triggered. Its a sealed unit so not much I can do with that. Ill check the wiring just in case I knocked something. But really when I hooked it up to the battery it should have done something?

Maybe the fact it sat up drying out for over 2 weeks it has sized the motor?

CJhaughey

Richard tea wrote: »

Maybe the fact it sat up drying out for over 2 weeks it has sized the motor?

Perhaps, try applying 12v directly to the pump and see if it energises.
If it doesn't give it a tap with something and see if it will start again.

hedzball

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Nearly four months after ordering it, the genuine Yamaha comfort seat for the MT10 arrived yesterday. Aside from being FAR more comfortable than the stock seat it fits the bike properly. The stock seat has a bit too much free play and moves around a bit, which has rubbed some of the paint off under it on the subframe.

I hope theres a tail tidy coming soon?? Yamaha have gone off the wall completely with the plate holders. The tenere back end looks ready to snap off with thr shiote hanging off it

hedzball

hedzball wrote: »

I hope theres a tail tidy coming soon?? Yamaha have gone off the wall completely with the plate holders. The tenere back end looks ready to snap off with thr shiote hanging off it

It's on the shopping list alright, yamaha actually do a decent looking one themselves. Of course like the crappy stock seat it's just another way to get more money out of you to get what should have come with the bike in the first place.
Gonna replace the handlebar and risers next, with a pair of rizoma bar end mirrors. Won't have the cash for that until after Christmas though.

The QuietMan

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's on the shopping list alright, yamaha actually do a decent looking one themselves. Of course like the crappy stock seat it's just another way to get more money out of you to get what should have come with the bike in the first place.
Gonna replace the handlebar and risers next, with a pair of rizoma bar end mirrors. Won't have the cash for that until after Christmas though.

You weren’t in Lee around lunchtime were you?

The QuietMan

The QuietMan wrote: »

You weren’t in Lee around lunchtime were you?

Not today, I was in there Saturday to collect the seat and have a look at the rocket 3 they have for sale.

RandomUsername

Richard tea wrote: »

I recently repaired the fuel tank on my GV650 efi. Put it all back together but the fuel pump doesnt seem to be priming. Normally when I key the ignition on you can hear the fuel pump for a second or so. Any ideas? I put 5 litres of petrol into the tank. Is there a manual pump to get it going? The tank was removed for about 2 weeks if thats important. I had the battery on a trickle charger. Ive checked fuses. Fuel hose is pushed home and all electrical connections seem ok. The bike started and ran before I removed the tank.

Possibly airlocked and they run quieter when they are so you might not notice.
try remove the outlet pipe and cycle the ignition a few times

The QuietMan

Part 1 of the repairs complete. At least I can ride it again now






Still waiting on the inner filler panel to put the indicator back on, bought a secondhand one for €30, the one that broke has cost €100 to fix.

galwaytt

well I tried to fit some Rox Risers to my Africa Twin but didn't work out, so I'm going to sell them again.

If anyone's interested they'll fit any 28mm handlebars (BeeEmm, Triumph, Honda etc), and give a 50mm lift and rotate back & forth as well.

Part number is 1R-P2PPG (see attachment)

Cost me €100 inc postage, so will post to someone for... €75 ?

H_Lime

galwaytt wrote: »

well I tried to fit some Rox Risers to my Africa Twin but didn't work out, so I'm going to sell them again.

If anyone's interested they'll fit any 28mm handlebars (BeeEmm, Triumph, Honda etc), and give a 50mm lift and rotate back & forth as well.

Part number is 1R-P2PPG (see attachment)

Cost me €100 inc postage, so will post to someone for... €75 ?

Was it cables or lock issues?

galwaytt

H_Lime wrote: »

Was it cables or lock issues?

Well being DCT and drive-by-wire, there are no cables !!

Actually though, wasn't happy with brake pipe to master cylinder routing.

That and when I sat on the bike it didn't really cure what I was hoping it would fix: I think I need to change the angle of the bars for my hands, rather than where they are - I kinda hoped bringing them closer would have helped the angle thing, but it didn't, so back to Square One I am.

Lock seemed fine.

Ah well.

dmigsy

Getting ready for winter. New MRA windscreen & Oxford heated grips.

The grips were a bit more work than expected. Had to shave off and sand down plastic contours off the throttle tube to fit the grip.

listermint

dmigsy wrote: »

Getting ready for winter. New MRA windscreen & Oxford heated grips.

The grips were a bit more work than expected. Had to shave off and sand down plastic contours off the throttle tube to fit the grip.

stanley blade has them off in minutes

dmigsy

listermint wrote: »

stanley blade has them off in minutes

Yeah, that's what I used. Still needed a fair amount of sanding after that to get it to the point where the Oxford grips would go on. Not much flex in them.

listermint

dmigsy wrote: »

Yeah, that's what I used. Still needed a fair amount of sanding after that to get it to the point where the Oxford grips would go on. Not much flex in them.

yeah but youve got flex now after all the efforts :cool:

H_Lime

Like a male Irish kali god of destruction and rebirth I went a butcherin a perfectly good gpr:eek:.
https://ibb.co/zZ73fb7
It flows badly as shown on the dyno, and it's also louder than necessary. The link pipe was stuck, very stuck so...

https://ibb.co/brxfLZS
https://ibb.co/FVG35Xr
https://ibb.co/4FbBbZg
Bagged this on ebay, nicely made adapter for an sv650 to fit a gsxr thou four bolt.

https://ibb.co/qY6vCXR
Chop chop.

https://ibb.co/fksXCbZ
Mount how you want it clearing rear caliper through full suspension stroke...

https://ibb.co/FwcQYCX
...and scribe orientation for Mr tig to weld. Im annoyed I don't tig and intend resolving that for christmas.

flashinthepan

H_Lime wrote: »

Like a male Irish kali god of destruction and rebirth I went a butcherin a perfectly good gpr:eek:.
https://ibb.co/zZ73fb7
It flows badly as shown on the dyno, and it's also louder than necessary. The link pipe was stuck, very stuck so...

https://ibb.co/brxfLZS
https://ibb.co/FVG35Xr
https://ibb.co/4FbBbZg
Bagged this on ebay, nicely made adapter for an sv650 to fit a gsxr thou four bolt.

https://ibb.co/qY6vCXR
Chop chop.

https://ibb.co/fksXCbZ
Mount how you want it clearing rear caliper through full suspension stroke...

https://ibb.co/FwcQYCX
...and scribe orientation for Mr tig to weld. Im annoyed I don't tig and intend resolving that for christmas.

Great bit of metalwork goin on there :-)

goblin59

Finally got Aux lights and a sargent seat for the F650GS.
Been doing alot of travelling with work this summer and needed the lights now that its getting darker.


Might sell the Sargent seat though as it raises the height a little too much and the actual arse padding is a bit far back for me.

blade1

goblin59 wrote: »

the actual arse padding is a bit far back for me.

Ya need to work on your glutes Brah! :pac:


Check out topsellerie for a cheaper option.
Can get heated and gel padding in different lengths and heights to suit you better.
I have one on my zzr with 7 years.

goblin59

blade1 wrote: »

Ya need to work on your glutes Brah! :pac:


Check out topsellerie for a cheaper option.
Can get heated and gel padding in different lengths and heights to suit you better.
I have one on my zzr with 7 years.

haha I've the strength in them from kicking things, but I've a bony arse.

Yeah i was looking at Topsellerie, i might sell this on and pick one up.
Its hard to test out the seats sometimes as I don't think any of the shops in ireland have some in stock

goblin59

thats the seat there

blade1

goblin59 wrote: »

thats the seat there

Any seat upgrade may affect your feet touching the ground.
I think the topsellerie is a little wider than stock .
I suppose the Sargent would be higher quality but a bit more bland in the looks department.

The QuietMan

blade1 wrote: »

Ya need to work on your glutes Brah! :pac:


Check out topsellerie for a cheaper option.
Can get heated and gel padding in different lengths and heights to suit you better.
I have one on my zzr with 7 years.

I'm jealous now :pac:

https://www.topsellerie.com/en-ie/deluxe-seat-SGC4860-suzuki-v-strom-dl-650-2002-2011_360.html