The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

blade1 · 16-01-2021 06:11PM

D3V!L wrote: »

Just remapped my KTM 990SM (yes i still have it :rolleyes:). It came with LeoVince slip on's and I found it very lumpy.

I flashed it with a map with Tune ECU that was for the same year and with Akrapovic cans. Night and day results

Can't wait to do a little more tuning with it. Remove the secondarys and then an air box mod.

That's great news.
You'll have it nicely set up for me so and I'm always partial to a set of akras.

16-01-2021 07:50PM

Who does ecu remapping and dyno work in Ireland? I'm considering getting an Austin Racing exhaust soon for the MT10 and it will need to be remapped apparently. I've no idea who does it here!

zubair · 16-01-2021 11:13PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Who does ecu remapping and dyno work in Ireland? I'm considering getting an Austin Racing exhaust soon for the MT10 and it will need to be remapped apparently. I've no idea who does it here!

Mototuning as above. Gary just mapped my mt09, great results.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 10:38AM

My neighbour brought some goodies and wired up my wooden shed for me yesterday.
One light, one fusebox,two double sockets, one 5ft led light and a junction box between them.
Ran swa cable from my steel shed.

Took him around 3 hrs.
He also brought an outdoor double socket which he's going to fit some other time.

Nice neighbour... although this probably means we are officially friends

:pac:

zubair · 17-01-2021 11:40AM

Jaysus, that's great.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 11:46AM

zubair wrote: »

Jaysus, that's great.

I know... what's the catch though :pac:

LollipopJimmy · 17-01-2021 12:02PM

blade1 wrote: »

I know... what's the catch though :pac:

https://youtu.be/lL4L4Uv5rf0

Skill Magill · 17-01-2021 02:30PM

blade1 wrote: »

Nice neighbour... although this probably means we are officially friends :pac:

Friend

zubair · 17-01-2021 02:41PM

Shed friend.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 02:46PM

zubair wrote: »

Shed friend.

Wanna start a gang?
Shed Heads :cool:

zubair · 17-01-2021 04:07PM

blade1 wrote: »

Wanna start a gang?
Shed Heads :cool:

With a cool gang name like that how could I refuse.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 04:10PM

zubair wrote: »

With a cool gang name like that how could I refuse.

I'll start making up the back patches so

LollipopJimmy · 17-01-2021 04:30PM

Just running through everything here to make sure it all works then its wiring time. Undecided on crimping or soldering. Mostly undecided because I cant find my soldering iron so I'd need to buy one

goblin59 · 17-01-2021 04:35PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Just running through everything here to make sure it all works then its wiring time. Undecided on crimping or soldering. Mostly undecided because I cant find my soldering iron so I'd need to buy one

I prefer soldering as you get a better connection, was time consuming, but I crimped and soldered most of my connections going into the DR650.

LollipopJimmy · 17-01-2021 04:40PM

goblin59 wrote: »

I prefer soldering as you get a better connection, was time consuming, but I crimped and soldered most of my connections going into the DR650.

I agree, feck it ill order a soldering iron now

blade1 · 17-01-2021 04:46PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I agree, feck it ill order a soldering iron now

There's also these heat shrink connectors that self solder in the middle

goblin59 · 17-01-2021 04:50PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I agree, feck it ill order a soldering iron now

https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/soldering-stations/1244132

That's the one I have, but I use it quite a lot when making guitar pick ups as well.

goblin59 · 17-01-2021 04:51PM

blade1 wrote: »

There's also these heat shrink connects that self solder in the middle

I carry a few of those in my tool roll plus lengths of 22AWG wire as an emergency fix

zubair · 17-01-2021 05:13PM

blade1 wrote: »

There's also these heat shrink connectors that self solder in the middle

These are great if you're a messy solderer like me.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 05:27PM

zubair wrote: »

These are great if you're a messy solderer like me.

Get the self feeding Aldi solder gun next time it's in.
Kinda frees up a hand to hold the wiring.

LollipopJimmy · 17-01-2021 08:36PM

goblin59 wrote: »

https://ie.rs-online.com/web/p/soldering-stations/1244132

That's the one I have, but I use it quite a lot when making guitar pick ups as well.

Making pickups? That's pretty cool, I just ordered a soldering iron and a few bits but nothing as fancy as yours. I have an Ibanez here that needs a new output jack so I said I'd buy it. Considering new pickups but going for 59special in the bridge, dimebucker in the neck and undecided on the singe coil in the middle, that's a chat for another day!

Thanks to everybody else for the suggestions

goblin59 · 17-01-2021 09:48PM

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Making pickups? That's pretty cool, I just ordered a soldering iron and a few bits but nothing as fancy as yours. I have an Ibanez here that needs a new output jack so I said I'd buy it. Considering new pickups but going for 59special in the bridge, dimebucker in the neck and undecided on the singe coil in the middle, that's a chat for another day!

Thanks to everybody else for the suggestions

haha I have some stuff under wolfhoundaudio on instagram.
Its been very quiet with the current climate, plus all my tools are back in Dublin, next plan is make a 7 string P90 for a friend of mine when I get back.

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 09:09AM

Hopefully this is the right page

Hi All I’ve been away for ages, learning as I’m riding. I’m riding a Suzuki GZ125, I’m having issues with the bike dying when I’m downshifting after say 30/40 minutes out riding. Has anyone come across this before? It’s unnerving as a beginner rider to say the least. I’ve watched this YouTube video https://youtu.be/oh7H7xfRMFA and I’ll try but does anyone have experience like my own? Cheers ✊ðŸ»ðŸ️

zubair · 20-01-2021 11:38AM

Waa7 wrote: »

Hopefully this is the right page
Hi All I’ve been away for ages, learning as I’m riding. I’m riding a Suzuki GZ125, I’m having issues with the bike dying when I’m downshifting after say 30/40 minutes out riding. Has anyone come across this before? It’s unnerving as a beginner rider to say the least. I’ve watched this YouTube video https://youtu.be/oh7H7xfRMFA and I’ll try but does anyone have experience like my own? Cheers ✊ðŸ»ðŸ️

That's not your issue unless the sensor is only broken sometimes. Any more detail of the symptoms. How long has this been happening for, does everything die, electrics etc or does it just stall. What speed are you doing when it happens. What gear are you in. Any bike history, anything changed recently?

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 01:52PM

zubair wrote: »

That's not your issue unless the sensor is only broken sometimes. Any more detail of the symptoms. How long has this been happening for, does everything die, electrics etc or does it just stall. What speed are you doing when it happens. What gear are you in. Any bike history, anything changed recently?

Cheers Zubair, Seems to only have happened since the weather turned. Electrics are still on, it’s like I hit the Kill Switch, best way to describe it. It just floats across, I’m downshifting to 4,3,2 ish. I’m doing about 20-30 or there abouts. Had I serviced in the last 2 months and I just had it repaired but this was happening before it.

blade1 · 20-01-2021 01:55PM

Waa7 wrote: »

Cheers Zubair, Seems to only have happened since the weather turned. Electrics are still on, it’s like I hit the Kill Switch, best way to describe it. It just floats across, I’m downshifting to 4,3,2 ish. I’m doing about 20-30 or there abouts. Had I serviced in the last 2 months and I just had it repaired but this was happening before it.

Loose battery cable??

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 01:56PM

blade1 wrote: »

Loose battery cable??

Would it do that after half hour of riding? Starts no issues at all, out and about going through roundabouts then next one just dies and is weak then till I get home.

robbie_63 · 20-01-2021 01:57PM

Overheating?

zubair · 20-01-2021 01:58PM

blade1 wrote: »

Loose battery cable??

Exactly what I was thinking but lights would go then too, still worth checking as its a very common and easy to sort.

So make sure both your battery terminals are tight. Probably a Philips head.

zubair · 20-01-2021 02:01PM

Waa7 wrote: »

Would it do that after half hour of riding? Starts no issues at all, out and about going through roundabouts then next one just dies and is weak then till I get home.

Yes because a bump or leaning can move the connection enough to kill it but all will be normal while stationary or just
normal riding.

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