Thursday, September 18, 2008

Whiney Clutch

On the way to work I noticed that my clutch basket whine was getting audible over my exhaust noise, which is rather impressive considering I have a un-baffled can at the moment (its on loan). I carried on to work but I was getting little worried, but so put it down to the low oil and purchased some more at lunch time. This was not the case as I could still hear the noise from the bike, and it was clearly coming from the basket.
So after much umming and erring I took the cover off, cap off again and had a look, noticing what looked like a grove in the cover on its inside. Time to take the cover off, to which I found the damage to the right, clear groves out of the plastic cover. Got job it is plastic to, else it could have been much worse.
Turns out that the problem is one of the clutch springs had worked is way loose and was in the process of rubbing my clutch cover away, so after a good tighten I got it back together again. Surprisingly enough the noise was gone!
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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Flipped bike Hidden damage

As you might have read I flipped my bike a little while ago. It's been said the bike 'Helga' got off rather lightly. Well it appears I found a little bit of hidden damage...
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Friday, September 12, 2008

No headlights

On the way out for a little bimble I joined the M25, and noticed it was a touch darker then I remembered. So I pulled over, to realise that I had no headlights, not one gone but both, and the parking light too.
So, what to do?
On the side of the M25 I start pulling the bike apart, first checking the fuses, which are all fine. Tried whacking the front of the bike, but this does nothing, so panels off time. After a little fiddling I get the lights back, but the not the parking light, odd. So after a quick chat with the Motorway Patrol man, I put the bike back together and get going again, and pull off at the next junction. As I was heading down this dark road the light flicker off a few more times, so I bail for home, hoping not to end up anywhere to dark.
On the journey home the bike stalls and will only start with the lights off, rather odd.

So in all I suspect iffy connection block on the right hand side again, with the bad light I couldn't get a good look, but I have put the panels back on with only 2 bolts now for quick removal.

But I think I will be adding in a additional bit of wiring over the weekend, though I'm worried now that the loom could be rotted I might have circuit leak to.

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