The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

blade1 · 15-01-2021 6:19pm

H_Lime wrote: »

Sweet.
Did you ride the bike with the tuono master? What size bore is in the tuono master you've fitted vs the oem one ye pulled off her?

I ask as I've been down this road before with the Dr's where everyone swore blind a bandit master would improve it. It did, at the lever only where you got a nice firm action but hydraulically a 17mm bandit mc (iirc) bore is better suited to pumping two 2 pot sliding calipers. So how were the brakes in use with this larger bore? Terrible, absolutely wooden with no power as they needed around a 13mm bore from my experimentation.

I used a master from one of those newish kwaker 250 ninja yokes which is 13ishmm bore and I have sufficient lever travel and tons of power. Hydraulically a two pot sliding caliper is roughly equivalent to a 4 pot as you are pumping two pistons but also offsetting the sliding element of the caliper too.

Tbh I'd be surprised if the brake has much power with the tuono mc but it will feel great when just pulling it as it'll be well firm. For a lot of the Dr crew that did them as they were so used to shyte brakes lol.

The outside diameter of both cylinders is 20mm.
Whether they are the same inside I don't know as I haven't opened the brembo one.
Yeah I took it for a spin.
Definitely noticeable which part of the brake system is the far superior part.
The caliper isn't on the same level as my brembos but it stops better than it did.
Just no stoppies over 10mph :pac:

H_Lime · 15-01-2021 6:34pm

blade1 wrote: »

The outside diameter of both cylinders is 20mm.
Whether they are the same inside I don't know as I haven't opened the brembo one.
Yeah I took it for a spin.
Definitely noticeable which part of the brake system is the far superior part.
The caliper isn't on the same level as my brembos but it stops better than it did.
Just no stoppies over 10mph :pac:

Should be cast/stamped on the underside of the old one. Usually in inch. Have a gander.
If you match this closely engugh with something off modern tackle it'll be a major improvement.
In my exp using a mc that was designed for pumping twin calipers on a single caliper generally results in a very firm lever with little free play but crucially without feel or power. Give something in and around 12 to 14mm which the 250 ninja has. Usually bag em on ebalg in good order for 40 quid. Great thing bout these is the brake switch, res and mirror perch are all there. Only thing to watch is banjo is jap 1.25 pitch iirc?

D3V!L · 16-01-2021 4:06pm

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.

H_Lime · 16-01-2021 4:26pm

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.

I'd suggest a dyno sniff to see if you are lean anyplace, always worth the quids.

D3V!L · 16-01-2021 4:33pm

H_Lime wrote: »

I'd suggest a dyno sniff to see if you are lean anyplace, always worth the quids.

I plan on getting it out to Moto Tuning, they're great with these bikes.

blade1 · 16-01-2021 7:11pm

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 8:50pm

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 · 17-01-2021 12:13am

[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 11:38am

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 12:40pm

Jaysus, that's great.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 12:46pm

zubair wrote: »

Jaysus, that's great.

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

LollipopJimmy · 17-01-2021 1:02pm

blade1 wrote: »

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

https://youtu.be/lL4L4Uv5rf0

Skill Magill · 17-01-2021 3:30pm

blade1 wrote: »

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

Friend

zubair · 17-01-2021 3:41pm

Shed friend.

blade1 · 17-01-2021 3:46pm

zubair wrote: »

Shed friend.

Wanna start a gang?
Shed Heads :cool:

zubair · 17-01-2021 5:07pm

blade1 wrote: »

Wanna start a gang?
Shed Heads :cool:

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

blade1 · 17-01-2021 5:10pm

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 5:30pm

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 5:35pm

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 5:40pm

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 5:46pm

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 5:50pm

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 5:51pm

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 6:13pm

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 6:27pm

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 9:36pm

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 10:48pm

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 10:09am

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 12:38pm

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 2:52pm

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 2:55pm

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 2:56pm

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 2:57pm

Overheating?

zubair · 20-01-2021 2:58pm

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 3:01pm

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.

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 3:11pm

robbie_63 wrote: »

Overheating?

That is my overriding thought.

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 3:13pm

zubair wrote: »

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.

I was whizzing (as much can be done on GZ125 lol) through roundabouts for the first half hour. I’ve to push the choke on a bit to get him started again after it dies.

blade1 · 20-01-2021 3:58pm

robbie_63 wrote: »

Overheating?

Waa7 wrote: »

That is my overriding thought.

Those marauders are air cooled.

Start with the basics first.
Tighten your battery cable and go from there.

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 5:04pm

blade1 wrote: »

Those marauders are air cooled.

Start with the basics first.
Tighten your battery cable and go from there.

Cheers Blade, yea I have the Haynes manual so I followed the wiring when I was circling the kickstand sensor. I’ll try the battery there not while there’s a break in the weather.

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 6:13pm

Checked the battery connections, perfect no issues. Phoned a guy whose a bike mechanic whizz, he said it sounds like a fuel issue, after a couple of miles it sounds like it’s clogging up the fuel lines and the bike thinks there’s no fuel there so dies. When I get the chance I’ll try flush out the fuel line and see if that remedies the issue.

zubair · 20-01-2021 6:26pm

Waa7 wrote: »

Checked the battery connections, perfect no issues. Phoned a guy whose a bike mechanic whizz, he said it sounds like a fuel issue, after a couple of miles it sounds like it’s clogging up the fuel lines and the bike thinks there’s no fuel there so dies. When I get the chance I’ll try flush out the fuel line and see if that remedies the issue.

Could be this but I'd put carbs higher on my list, although good fuel and fuel filter is easier to check.

Have you tried switching to reserve and see if it makes a difference even with a full tank?

Waa7 · 20-01-2021 6:49pm

zubair wrote: »

Could be this but I'd put carbs higher on my list, although good fuel and fuel filter is easier to check.

Have you tried switching to reserve and see if it makes a difference even with a full tank?

Carbs were cleaned when I had the bike repaired and given the once over last week. So if I switch to reserve it’ll come from a different fuel line that might be clear?

Skill Magill · 20-01-2021 7:26pm

Nope, same fuel line, just coming from a different area of the tank.
Is there a choke on the bike? Its not being left on or something simple like that?

scudster · 20-01-2021 11:14pm

Kinked or blocked tank breather hose. When it happens again try and open the tank. If it’s stuck or you hear it sucking in air when it opens then that’s your problem.

myclist · 21-01-2021 7:58am

Check that you are not operating the choke in the wrong direction. Is the choke lever on the left handlebar? Forward is choke off.

Waa7 · 21-01-2021 9:28am

Skill Magill wrote: »

Nope, same fuel line, just coming from a different area of the tank.
Is there a choke on the bike? Its not being left on or something simple like that?

There’s a choke but it’s not being left on. Chat with my mate last night n a few months back I was on empty on way back from Wexford n bike died so I put it into reserve to get to the garage, thinking this is when dirt got into the lines. I’m going to attempt to clean out the fuel lines today and how that does the trick. My mechanic friend is known as one of the best so I’ll go with his line of thinking first but any suggestions please share even if it doesn’t work for me others will learn too. First attempt at anything like this but we all start somewhere.

Waa7 · 21-01-2021 9:30am

scudster wrote: »

Kinked or blocked tank breather hose. When it happens again try and open the tank. If it’s stuck or you hear it sucking in air when it opens then that’s your problem.

Checking the hoses when I finish work later that’s the advice I was given and yours is much the same, cheers Scudster

Waa7 · 21-01-2021 9:39am

Just found these in the extras the guy gave me when I bought the bike, might come in handy ðŸ˜႒

CJhaughey · 21-01-2021 11:23am

Those aren't random service items, they must have been ordered to fix the issues you are having now.

Waa7 · 21-01-2021 2:16pm

CJhaughey wrote: »

Those aren't random service items, they must have been ordered to fix the issues you are having now.

Agreed, I blew out the fuel lines and then replaced the pipes into the filter and the carb and ran the fuel and it was clean. Took me ages as it’s my first time but glad I done it. I’ve to bring it for a spin in a while to see has it helped.

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