Author Topic: What Did You Did To Your Motobrick Today ? (Read 1903391 times)

Nine80seven · « **Reply #3575 on:** March 03, 2019, 07:00:46 PM »

Got a cheap MotoMeter, had an aluminum housing laying around, made a bracket, working on fabbing wiring to main harness.

Nine80seven · « **Reply #3576 on:** March 03, 2019, 07:04:38 PM »

Mounted '84 KRS.

szabgab · « **Reply #3577 on:** March 05, 2019, 07:04:29 PM »

Today, whilst out and about my bike stopped several times burning number 6 fuse every time. So after running out of fuses and wiggling the fuel pump cable around I had no other option, but to take the tank apart on the side of the road and address this nagging issue. Fortunately there was barely any fuel in there, so I managed to stay relatively smell-free. Turns out PO had soldered a new positive wire to the old one, used heat shrinking tube to shield the hot wire and clamped it to the body of the fuel sender unit. Surely enough heat shrinking tube was not made to be used in petrol, so it all broke up by now making an intermittent contact with earth, burning fuses, but not the bike itself, thank God. So I had to do with what I had, shielded the barren soldered cable with the contact cap from the fuel pump, and clamped the negative cable and the end of the contact cup to the fuel sender, making sure the positive wire is not touching ANYTHING there. It is working since perfectly, but a note to myself, McGyver solutions are OK on the side of the road, but they need to be corrected, once near some proper tools and consumables.

szabgab · « **Reply #3578 on:** March 06, 2019, 06:39:17 AM »

Bought today a late '70s Krups alarm clock, that goes hand-in-hand with the design of our bikes. Needles to say, it's electro-mechanical guts are just as over-engineered, as the K motorcycles...

Soggz · « **Reply #3579 on:** March 06, 2019, 08:24:17 AM »

Quote from: szabgab on March 05, 2019, 07:04:29 PM

Today, whilst out and about my bike stopped several times burning number 6 fuse every time. So after running out of fuses and wiggling the fuel pump cable around I had no other option, but to take the tank apart on the side of the road and address this nagging issue. Fortunately there was barely any fuel in there, so I managed to stay relatively smell-free. Turns out PO had soldered a new positive wire to the old one, used heat shrinking tube to shield the hot wire and clamped it to the body of the fuel sender unit. Surely enough heat shrinking tube was not made to be used in petrol, so it all broke up by now making an intermittent contact with earth, burning fuses, but not the bike itself, thank God. So I had to do with what I had, shielded the barren soldered cable with the contact cap from the fuel pump, and clamped the negative cable and the end of the contact cup to the fuel sender, making sure the positive wire is not touching ANYTHING there. It is working since perfectly, but a note to myself, McGyver solutions are OK on the side of the road, but they need to be corrected, once near some proper tools and consumables.

’Tick,Tick,Tick...BOOOM!’

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3580 on:** March 06, 2019, 10:02:22 AM »

Nice roadside troubleshooting! How is the fuel economy issue coming? Have you checked the tripmeter?

szabgab · « **Reply #3581 on:** March 06, 2019, 11:58:26 AM »

Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on March 06, 2019, 10:02:22 AM

Nice roadside troubleshooting! How is the fuel economy issue coming? Have you checked the tripmeter?

Hi Gryphon, yes, I did, in 60 kilometres it was spot on down to the last decimal. Fuel economy - I do not know, as most of the tank was driven with the dirty injectors, so MPG is pretty much the same as before. I have taken the cluster apart today to adjust the speedo, I hope it will not cock up the tripmeter reading...

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3582 on:** March 06, 2019, 03:18:15 PM »

No worry, speedo is totally separate from the tripmeter.

billday · « **Reply #3583 on:** March 06, 2019, 06:16:36 PM »

Quote from: Nine80seven on March 03, 2019, 07:04:38 PM

Mounted '84 KRS.

Nice. The lightening holes are a cool touch.

natalena · « **Reply #3584 on:** March 21, 2019, 11:26:30 AM »

First day of Spring. Everything with 2 wheels gets rolled out!

Kudlaty · « **Reply #3585 on:** March 21, 2019, 03:56:12 PM »

I know it is not perfect but I am kind of proud :)

johnny · « **Reply #3586 on:** March 26, 2019, 02:07:28 PM »

greetings...

installed skateboard tape to the innards of my new to me twianese oil filter to ratchet adapter that i scored at the edelweiss mountain deli in stowe vermount...

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Laitch · « **Reply #3587 on:** March 26, 2019, 04:07:49 PM »

Quote from: johnny on March 26, 2019, 02:07:28 PM

my new to me twianese oil filter to ratchet adapter that i scored at the edelweiss mountain deli in stowe vermount...

It is also used as a mold for cider donuts, the old-time square-holed Dunkers.

daveson · « **Reply #3588 on:** March 28, 2019, 05:53:22 AM »

Home made windscreen, not actually today, but just attempting to add a photo, finally.

This was a used piece of polycarb that you could hardly see through, for the thousands of minor scratches. I glazed them out with a soldering torch. You can see a white mark on the left side, near the top, where I held the torch too long, causing the surface to overheat. I was going to have another attempt to improve it, but I've just got used to it now.

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The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3589 on:** April 01, 2019, 11:07:36 AM »

Replaced the whack transmission gear position switch on Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS and checked the monkey knutz while I was in there. Tried to repair the damn switch for the third time, but the case started to crumble. Fortunately, I had a spare. All back together and the indicator is working again.

Bring on the riding weather!

Chaos · « **Reply #3590 on:** April 01, 2019, 01:17:05 PM »

Tried to chrome plate it, something went horribly wrong.

billday · « **Reply #3591 on:** April 01, 2019, 02:01:12 PM »

Chaos, how many times do we have to tell you, first cut off the hoop, then chrome plate it.

Martin · « **Reply #3592 on:** April 01, 2019, 02:13:15 PM »

I got around to sorting out my spares and tools stored on the Brick, and reduced them slightly. Then I emptied and flushed the front forks and refilled with Motul synthetic 7.5W 400cc. On a roll I then flushed and bled the front and rear brakes with Dot 4 Castrol.
Regards Martin.

rdivy725 · « **Reply #3593 on:** April 01, 2019, 06:22:14 PM »

Quote from: Chaos on April 01, 2019, 01:17:05 PM

Tried to chrome plate it, something went horribly wrong.

Termibrickinator

rbm · « **Reply #3594 on:** April 01, 2019, 09:54:44 PM »

:hehehe :hehehe :hehehe

Martin · « **Reply #3595 on:** April 03, 2019, 12:07:41 AM »

I'm in the process of cleaning and replacing all my fuses with LED indicator fuses. In the process of doing this and I spotted these blade circuit breaker fuses with either an auto reset or manual reset. They are too large to go under the OEM cover but the manual reset could be useful for diagnostics either at home or on the side of the road. Has anybody tried these??
Regards Martin.

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The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3596 on:** April 03, 2019, 12:27:45 AM »

I've looked at them a few years ago, but at something like $25 each, I didn't think it was worth the cost, as I have yet to experience a problem with blowing a lot of fuses. I recently purchased a lot of 100 7.5A. fuses for 10 bucks on ebay. I also have a plug in ammeter that plugs into the fuse socket that can tell me how much current the circuit is drawing.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Machinist-1pc-Set-Automotive-Current-Tester-Detector-Automotive-Fuse-Ammeter/183697965566?hash=item2ac54081fe:g:ZLUAAOSwJoxcb7dK&frcectupt=true

Martin · « **Reply #3597 on:** April 03, 2019, 12:53:43 AM »

Gryph the LED ones were $1.00 Au and the circuit breaker ones were $6.00 Au Probably cheaper through Aliexpress. I bought two circuit breaker with reset, one 7.5a and one 15a and have stuck them in my tail unit. The stupid thing is I've never blown a fuse.
Regards Martin.

The Mighty Gryphon · « **Reply #3598 on:** April 03, 2019, 08:35:14 AM »

Martin, the only fuses I've ever blown were on the RT when the throttle grip heater rubbed through the wire insulation. Two fuses in five years on three bikes. Wire is fixed now.

MIbrick · « **Reply #3599 on:** April 06, 2019, 02:59:42 PM »

Uncovered the K100RS, took her off the battery tender, moved cars out of garage and then extricated said motorrad from the position she over-wintered in. Followed this with quick check of all bolts and nuts, oil level and a double-dip bath, rinse and pat dry. Feeling somewhat satisifed with the results, I decided to go for a quick run around the block just to get the oil moving and blow off the water I couldn't reach. Once we were up and going, I couldn't just run four lefts and call it quits, you know. 38 minutes and 34 seconds later, we returned.

Things discovered:

Need to re-learn "don't put weight on wrists, you have a core, use it"
There's an odd stumble/hesitance at about 3800-3900 regardless of gear; will have to dig in to that. Maybe it's just the fuel, will see what happens with a fresh tank.
Auto death machine pilots still don't look for motorcycles, same as it was when I put her up for the winter.

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