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So it should be alright?

 

I wouldnt like to commit myself to a yes!!

as you have only tested it at stationary and not over a period of time!

did you check the old reg/rec?

I would also check the input voltage to the reg/rec too

put the volt meter on AC across the 3 wires from the stator obviously you can only test across two wires at a time so you have to do varying combinations

you are looking for around 70V ac

more could cause the reg/rec to overheat and blow

I'll check that then.

I didn't check the old reg/rec. Would have done, if the old battery worked, but it was properly goosed, I didn't want to hook it up to the new battery.

There's a large 3 pin block connecter under the tank. Would I be able to just test it on the pins on that?

Will it run without the reg/rec hooked up.

There's that, an earth and a little two pin block connecter. That's all the wires that were on it.

I'm only off from Friday, but a works curry has been planned on the Thursday night, so Friday may be a write off

I'll be good for any other days though, let us know later in the week if you've sorted the bike out.

make sure the reg/rect is mounted firmly against metal and use some heatsink cream on the rear of it that helps it dissipate the heat from it

would it be a computer shop I'd be looking at for stocking this?

when you normally start a bike the reg/rec will put full charge in until the battery is full then it should level off a bit

any extra charge is put out as heat

you usually find the volts will stick to around the same but the amps will drop

So it should be alright?

I fell lucky, it must have been overcharging for a while, I took my Mrs to Haworth for her birthday last Sunday, we thought Yorkshire had an eggy smell, until we realised it was following us. Luckily I was near home by the time I realised and managed to limp home at low revs, but when I got it home and let the battery cool I went to start it to check the voltage and it was goosed, wouldn't turn over.

I'll be out a fair bit over Easter and don't fancy getting stranded if I haven't cured it.

Cheers.

Will it come down at all? Does seem a bit close to the limit, and the reg is situated right above the exhaust. Do they become less efficient as they get hot?

Is 14.65v when revving high a bit much?

I boiled a battery last week. Swollen and hissing after a long ride, so I've replaced the reg/rec and new battery and that's what I'm getting on the multimeter

Anyone up for arranging a ride out? I'm off Friday till Monday, so I'll be up for anything on any of these days.

I'm in the Warrington area and always up for a ride out anywhere in the northwest! If there's anything organised or if someone wants an impromptu ride out just drop me a PM....email address removed for security reasons.....Please use the PM facility.......

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Thats to the point we split today pal. It was a decent ride spoilt a bit by that bellend in the polo coming out of lancaster, but deffo up for riding more not on my jack this year, always makes it more fun playing out when theres someone else along for the ride

I'm also up that way, I tend to avoid Derbyshire though, last time I went there was 4 or 5 camera vans in about an hour and a half.

I tend to head up the lakes, and north Wales but I'll come happily come for a blast wherever if there's a few out.

 

Bolton is not far away at all. If you want we can use the Poplar services as a meet up point as the M56 goes into Wales. I know some good roads in and around Menai but other than that I need showing the way so would be up for a north wales jaunt at some point!

Going to do Devils bridge and hawes tomorrow if you or anyone else fancy it.

See it as an investment. You don't get cheap good wooden flooring. I've been a floor layer since I was 17.

Don't go to b&q for wooden flooring.

Have a look at haro. They're shit hot, I've never put down one that looks bad.

Listone wood is incredible but you'll pay through the arse for it.

Stick it down rather than float it. Undercut the doors, take off your skirts. It's more work, but there's nothing worse than a solid floor ruined by shitty looking scotia.

I'm also up that way, I tend to avoid Derbyshire though, last time I went there was 4 or 5 camera vans in about an hour and a half.

I tend to head up the lakes, and north Wales but I'll come happily come for a blast wherever if there's a few out.

RST stuff is generally pretty good, and HJC are supposed to be the largest helmet manufacturers in the world so as long as it fits you'll be OK.

Although nothing is totally waterproof!

400 miles on Friday with one of them richa typhoon oversuits. Didn't let a drop in. Ride recommended and £40.

I'd love to know at what point they don't become waterproof, because it held up well for 8 hours. It only stopped raining when I hit the m62 on the way home.

Gumtree, local vehicle specific selling pages on facebook

If presents from yourself count, the best was a custom graphics kit for the bike made by crispy designs.

Worst. Lynx Africa shower gel/spray combo

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Just to confirm if you can, white and blue to the ecu, yellow+blue is live and brown earth?

The 950sm doesn't have a Rev counter, I kind of miss it, but the superduke and adventure did.

So I've bought a rev counter from a superduke, I'm planning on mounting it in the dash, I've got a fibreglass kit with the intention of making surround and having it sit a bit proud if I can't get it flush.

There's a pin on my ecu that sends the signal for the Rev counter, I'm guessing they used the same ecu, so do I just need to connect that up, take an earth and a live from the ignition or will it be more complicated?

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Tacho has 3 wires.

Anyone any idea where to get the rubber caps used for blanking off nipples on the carb? I want to remove the secondry air system on my bike. I can't find them, but I'm also not sure of the correct name for them.

I've blown a base gasket on the rear cylinder and its pissing fuel out.

If I can get it fixed in time I'll be there.

I started off with the Mrs hairdryer, which was working but slowly. Then I got my heat gun out which worked better but I felt was heating the tank too much. Then I got my blowtorch out and literally just flicked it across the tank a few times and that was the best of the lot. Didn't cause that much heat build up on the surface of the tank as it wasn't in direct contact with it for more than half a second, and I had it turned down really really low.

Not sure who was asking, but re my earlier thread about clouding plastics and someone's recommendation of heat to remove it.

See for yourselves I'll not put before and after

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A little too far for my first group ride.

It's usually not a ride out. There's enough of a blast getting there, just meeting and chewing the fat.

Don't get me wrong, a few members may pre arrange meeting up and ride down together, but it's not the aim of the day. I'm riding down from bolton\chorley area weather depending. I won't be going mad, roads I don't know, plus speed camera locations I could be completely unaware of. Not a good mix.

That might work out well, I need to get my seat reshaped. I'm going to go Friday and find out options and prices and they reckon there's a week turnaround on it.

Although it's only 150 odd miles it's the best part of three hours. That would murder me with the seat in its current condition. It's like a plank.

I wouldn't wanna arrange it, I was just thinking its rapidly approaching that time of the year, wouldn't mind a decent ride out before I put it into hibernation.

Everywhere on my side is a bit out the way for those travelling from darn sarf. There's Devils and hawes, Caton, southport, rivington barn, but I do these on a regular basis so, I don't particularly want to push for them.

Planning on having one this year? After last years pitiful effort spread across a single picnic table

I had the Oxford ones and found the third setting too cool and the 4th setting unbearable. Seemed like a massive jump.