Karen_Agusta

Like the new flag picture ... and also the Clicky Cliky ... though are you implying I am fast forward or fast behind

Thank you sweetie . There is not better or more appreciated compliement than anyone could give to me than ... "genius" you really know how to touch a girls heart. . After fifteen years in motorcycles (which before I got into I took one year of college for mechanical engineering) ... I decided to go back to college and get an AA degree in computer programming / repair ... my day job is network administrator for a health care facility. Though they are shutting down and relocating which I decided not to do ... so now I am just a Biker Chick. . Karen

. I just though I would show a few first rides . The Kawasaki 250 Ninja is an amazing machine for fun day rides You can go about as far as Seatlle to Spokane it is a great commuter Excellent gas mileage and just a great machine for handling the turns http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/Product-Specifications.aspx?scid=6&id=431 The The Kawasaki Versys is the same but a larger ride for longer day trips http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/Product-Specifications.aspx?scid=6&id=433 . The Triumph Truxton for all arounder for anything you want to do http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/2010_Thruxton_Overview_2010Thruxton.aspx The Triumph Bonneville is a good solid no nonsense bike http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/2010_Bonneville_Overview_2010Bonneville.aspx . The Ducati Monster 696. Proven Engine, Styling and Ducati which is an icon http://www.ducati.com/bikes/monster/696/index.do . Susuki Offers the GS500 an excellent well made fun reliable ride http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/GS500F/2009/GS500F.aspx?category=sportbike The Suzuki Gladius in another excellent choice for anything a rider may wish to do http://www.suzukicycles.com/Product%20Lines/Cycles/Products/Gladius/2009/SFV650.aspx?category=standard . Harley Solo seat wich does not fit the bike and can not touch the tank Narrow tires, poor rake and trail for crummy handling I do not like them Parts that look like shelf leftovers thrown together and it just looks poor However it gets you in the Harley community for about seven grand wich has value The fact that you are part of a culture, a community, and you can customize it greatly http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/2010/harley_davidson/sportster/883_low/51675/05/index.html . Honda Though If you really want to own a chopper You can not go wrong with the new Honda Fury Take a look the quality and then compare prices http://powersports.honda.com/2010/fury.aspx . We come to one of the worlds finest manufatcturers YAMAHA Because any Yamaha a person chooses is a fine well make bike Sport ... The FZR6 - fine engine, brakes and great for dragging pegs http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/619/0/home.aspx The Yamaha Star is one of the most respected lines in cruiser motorcycles http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/21/0/home.aspx And of course the worlds ultimate motorcycle which no other comes close A motorcycle which sits alone in a category not other bike even touches What can I say other than the Yamana VMAX for anyone who rides one knows However this shall in no way ever be considered someones first motorcycle http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/23/0/home.aspx . And that is a short summary of a few nice bikes a person may wish to view Of course all of these are nothing more than the opinions of a crazy biker girl Also if you have never riden a motorcycle and a totaly new to the two wheel world You may wish to take time to read these articles to better understand what bike is . . . . Rubber Side Down . Karen .

Get an extra long drill bit Run it in until you feel this first baffle Drill a hole of about one quarter inch there It will be louder and the bike should still run Karen

Your tests sound good Also what Drewpy said is important Never run a solid state machine on a disconnected battery As far as batteries go I wrote a small post on them if you want to read it Here is the link ... Though from your tests I would tent to agree with you it could very well be the generator . Rubber Side Down . Karen

. If you ever wondered what you battery actually does . Lead-acid batteries, invented in 1859 by Gaston Planté, are the oldest type of rechargeable battery. Sulfation is one of the problems that kill batteries. Lead-sulfate is created when a battery is discharged. Then, when charged, in theory, the lead sulfate changes back to its component materials; lead, lead dioxide, and sulfuric acid. . Thus as batteries age, hard lead-sulfate forms into crystals on the surface of the electrode plates . Heat build-up from sulfation and corrosion destroys the battery’s grid. It is the grid that holds the material that produces the chemical reaction that stores and releases electricity ... thus not only will you see a white build up ... you shall also see warpage on the grids. . Your 12V Battery is actually 13.2 V ... it is only called a twelve volt battery. The issue presented to us here is the fact that the compounds that actually hold the charge are somewhat weak and brittle. They embed themselves amongst the mesh of the battery plates. This you can see in the form of a while powdery form of corrosion between the plates. You can at times shake at which point the calcium shall fall off and settle on the bottom. . When the breaking away of the compounds and settling happens, one of 2 things happen. Either you end up shorting the plates with the build up on the bottom (the material "bridges" the gap) - a given cell in your battery then dies and therefore one of the 2.2 volt cells in your 13.2 volt battery is gone making it and 11 volt battery. . Essentially, a lead-acid battery is a series of cells, or grids of both high and low antimony. This is due to the fact that a pure lead grid structure is not strong enough by iteself to stand vertically while supporting the active material and therefore other metals are alloyed with the lead for added strenght which also improves the electircal properties. The alloys added with either be antimony in a deep cycle battery or leaded-calcium batteries in which tin is added to the leaded-calcium grids to strengthen them. . The negative plate is filled with grey oxide incorporating red lead oxide Barium Sulfate, and carbon black, while the positive plate is filled with grey oxide incorporating red lead oxide or litharge. Both plates are immersed into an electrolytic solution of diluted sulfuric acid. The red lead oxide plate is the positive pole and grey lead plate is the negative pole. In each cell, the anode is porous metallic lead and the cathode is made of lead dioxide. As a battery discharges, completing the circuit, electrons are released from the anode and the resulting Pb 2 + ions immediately react with SO 4 2 - ions precipitating out insoluble lead sulfate on the surface of the electrode. At the cathode, electrons from the external circuit reduce PbO 2 to water and Pb + ions, which also immediately react with sulfate ions to precipitate PbSO 4 on the electrode. The reactions are: Anode: Pb(s)+SO 4 2 -PbSO 4(s)+2e- Cathode: PbO 2 (s)+SO 4 2 - +4H + +2e-PbSO 4 (s)+2H 2 O(e) Left Side Total: Pb(s)+PbO 2 +2SO 4 2 - (aq)+4H + Both the cathode and the anode are largely converted to PbSO 4 (s) when the battery is fully discharged. By applying an opposite voltage to one cell, a reverse chemical reaction occurs and that cell will recharge. . Lead-acid batteries undergo several charge/discharge/recharge cycles before they become inoperable and are recycled or enter the toxic waste stream. The reason for most batteries failing to operate properly is due to this electrochemical process, battery flaking of the PbSO 4 , or from an internal short circuit. As the battery discharges, the positive plate reacts with the sulfuric acid to produce lead ions and water. The negative plate simply dissolves to form lead ions in the process, which finally leads to the battery's complete failure. While charging, the positive plate builds up a thicker coating of lead oxide, migrating water, and lead ions from the sulfuric acid. As it does so, the negative plate bubbles and releases hydrogen from the sulfuric acid as it builds up a crust of lead. . It is the lead ions formed in the discharge cycle which cause problems. They agglomerate and fuse together with sulfate ions in sulfuric acid to form a highly insoluble lead sulfate. When this sulfate sediment builds a passive sediment layer on the electrodes, it reduces porous separator ionic conductivity by pore blocking and will eventually lead to cell shorting or self-discharge. The battery may well be serviceable in every other way, only the sulphation or calcification will stop the battery from operating. . And those are a few notes on what your battery is doing. . Rubber Side Down. . Karen

A backfire and the symptoms you are describing are almost always ignition related ... did you work on the ignition / timing at all?

. Tá brón orm - Es auch tut mir leid 2 Wheels it is nice you understand me You are correct I was about to do just that I will simply say gosh I forgot to type the "h" I do know how to say / spell it and what it means I do understand the pain and anger in Gaelic language How our language was destroyed and taken from us by others Thus I can also understand a persons hurt to see it misspelled You have my aplolgies ... though at least I did bother to use it Something very very few people ever bother to do anywhere these days Mostly I hope you enjoyed the links I sent and you had fun with the post . Rubber Side Down . Karen .

. Thank you my friend .

. Dia dhuit ar maidin - Wie Geht es Dir Heute . My mother German . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewqtp9dN-R8 . . . My Father Irish . . . . Myself 40ish Goth Biker Techie Dog Gearhead . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXkd6l3ZBQ . . . . Since I spent most of the day in the workshop today . http://www.yamahaclub.com/forums/forum/30-yamaha-workshop/ . I thought I would take this moment to relax in the bar . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW2Gru_jiYI . Oh and before all of you hit on me ( It's called SM ) I am the "owned property" of a leather chick and her husband . German / Irish It is amazing what potatoes and alcohol can do Hope you had some fun with this and Rubber Side Down . Karen

I build race bikes and hot rods ... please consider this ... you are allowing far more fuel in ... you are moving far more air out ... yet your engine still thinks nothing has changed ... in other words ... imagine taking a Chevy 350, intalling a 1000 CFM dominator carb, A Single plane raised intake, high flow headers, and three inch exhaust ... while running a stock cam ... you will always have a flat spot ... Should you seek more information you may go to the following post ... ... and ... read the second Link down within it ... Also ... I would get a manual for the bike and synch it as it tells you then try it again ... of course ... all of these are thoughts and some ideas ... . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.megacyclecams.com/catalog/pages/page%2060.pdf YAMAHA 550 SECA, 600 FJ/FZ (1981—1992) and RADIAN (1986—1990) $399.00 Hardfaced cams per pair, on customer cores ... #105-Y R/D valve springs only ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAM ----- VALVE -- DURATION -- LOBE ----- INTAKE OPEN/CLOSE --- RUNNING ---- DESCRIPTION NUMBER -- LIFT ----AT .040" -- CENTERS -- EXHAUST OPEN/CLOSE -- CLEARANCE -- APPLICATION 257-10 - .350 ---- 244 ------- 107 ------ 15 btc/49 abc ------- .005 ------- XJ550 OK w stk pstns / springs ---------.350 ---- 244 ------- 107 ------ 49 bbc/15 atc ------- .007 ------- Increased mid-range smooth idle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAM ----- VALVE -- DURATION -- LOBE ----- INTAKE OPEN/CLOSE --- RUNNING ---- DESCRIPTION NUMBER -- LIFT --- AT .040" -- CENTERS -- EXHAUST OPEN/CLOSE -- CLEARANCE -- APPLICATION 257-00 - .354 ---- 254 ------- 108 ------ 19 btc/55 abc ------- .005 ------- FZ-600 OK w stk pstns must use ---------.354 ---- 254 ------- 108 ------ 55 bbc/19 atc ------- .007 ------- 105-Y springs mid-range top-end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Ideas which hopefully may help a little . Karen

. As far as your direct OEM replcement pipe I do not know where one is ... . However an issue we use in customizing ... which may at all times be referenced ... is the virtually unlimited world of industrial brass ... through wich just about any oil carrying conduit you can imagine within your head ... may be created ... Thus while I would at all times recommend going with an OEM part ... should that part be completely unavailable ... for that which you need to do ... there is an industry of fittings out there ... whose entire purpose ... is to allow any custom application to be created ... . . http://www.dbwcopper.com/images/fitting-reducer2-.jpg . http://aksharmetal.com/pipe-fittings/brass-pipe-fittings1.jpg . . http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00296089/b/0/Brass-Pipe-Pipe-Fittings.jpg . . http://vatsalyametal.com/images/Brass-Pipe-Fittings-Sanitary-Connector-Parts.jpg . . Rubber Side Down . Karen . .

Tiger ... it is nice to meet another Biker Lady ... I do not have the exact answer ... they do make a Haynes manual for that model ... however if you have removed the front wheel and the axle ... and cleaned the bottom of the forks very well ... and are now sure there are no screws ... clean the seal area very well and ... look for a heavy duty snap ring in the top of the forks above the seals ... for if they are not held in at the bottom ... they are normally held via a snap ring at the top ... Karen

Here is a company I deal with when customizing rides due to thier excellent pricing and good service ... ... everything to build a nice custom ride is there ... the only issue they are custom for Harleys ... you will need to look at a Harley frame ... find all of its engine mounting points ... then compare them to yours on the 400 engine ... if you think you can build brackets (or weld ones) ... to fit the engine to one of thier frames ... allowing the chain to drive a wheel ... if you can do that ... once done you will have a huge advantage ... because while finding parts for a one-off XS400 hartail frame will always be a bear ... if you can (and I am not saying you can you need to check that) fit the engine into a Harley Hard-Tail frame ... the amount of parts and custom accessories available to you will be like going from the tiny corner antique store to a gigantic supermarket the size of the world ... Plus if you are looking for unique you can do that as well ... Karen

Rob ... Brilliant idea looking at the parts listings ... as you may be able to tell I know a few things about bikes ... and when diagnosing an issue one of the primary questions we ask ourselves is at all times ... "what is the same and what is different" ... once you know that you know a great deal ... for instance if you have a starter which is not funcioning and you tear it down ... you may be expecting it to just be brushes ... but if the brushes look fine ...and you then ask yourself what is the same in a perfect starter ... and what is different in the one you now have in yor hand ... you will find that commutator is bent ... in exactly the way you compared the parts listings ... and answered your question ... fine work you have done ... Karen