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He’s aliveeeeeee

 

been off line for a while due to work but the bike is now up and running after he went poorly sick

Loving the weather and using the bike everyday for work and getting out on the weekend for a quick flirt around

 

 

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1 hour ago, mike1949 said:

Glad you got it sorted Morillo, like I've always said, shouldn't have got rid of horses, when they go wrong all you have to do is shoot it and get another one. (only joking)
The only place apart from Wemoto I get spares from if Fowlers of Bristol albeit genuine spares but they do a fantastic mail order.
Mike.

Thanks Mike 

I’ll give it a look 

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Hello all.

Had the bike checked over and had a rewire into the rectifier regulator but it’s seems that the regulator is fubared. Was hoping t was just the wire but hey ho.

Can anyone recommend anywhere to buy a decent reliable rectifier regulator from, there’s such a difference in prices I don’t want to buy a cheap unreliable part then have to pay out again in 12 months 

Thanks 

 

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4 minutes ago, drewpy said:

Like I said I’m only 10 mile away so if I have time, happy to help

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6 minutes ago, drewpy said:

No worries mate, glad you got it sorted

Hopefully sorted

He’s going to do a rewire then reconnect the unit and see what’s occurring 

 

thank again drewp 

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3 hours ago, drewpy said:

He’s not responded, I tried

Not responded as I was called into work so apologies on my behalf, I didn’t read your message until late last and was going to reply this morning but was called in to work to cover sickness.

That was a very kind and generous offer by the way.

The mechanic I’ve used in the past managed to call this afternoon on his was home and he’s had a quick look and said it’s the ‘rectifier’ I ain’t a clue but he shown me it when he removed it from under the tank.

Hr said that it’s a newish unit but when the old one broke they didn’t check the wiring connector to the unit and he shown me that 2 of the connectors that had previous burnt plastic on them had not been swapped hence causing the new unit to not connect fully causing a loose connection that’s causing it to misfire and for the bike to be only running on it’s battery and that’s why it lost all power 

Thanks again and please don’t think I was being ignorant and not getting back to you Drewp

 

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18 minutes ago, drewpy said:

What’s the bike?

Drewpy

Its a YZF600R Thundercat 2003 

 

ta 

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3 minutes ago, jimmy said:

Whereabouts in the Country are you bud. There is a pinned post at the top of this section titled "are you willing to help" If you post your area folk nearby may be able to offer hands on assistance

 

Thinking to where you saw the white flashes, fair enough there is no burn marks, but any loose wires/connections in that area. Once the battery is charged, see if the bike will fire up and if so and ticking over, try moving wires or components from that area to see if you can replicate the flashes. If you have a multimeter put that across the battery terminals (reading volts) and see what it says, then rev it up a bit to see if this figure raises. If no multimeter, a simpler way if to switch on main beam at tick over then rev up to see if the lights get brighter. This will help indicate whether the alternator is charging the battery

Top man thanks for the ideas

 I’m in Warrington and I’ll have a look tomorrow 

thanks again boss 

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Thanks for the replies.

all fuses present and correct non blown and no visible black scorch marks nothing 

Plug leads maybe

I'm stuck as nothing visible so plugs leads at the weekend and the battery is now on trickle charge, battery was fully charged as I had it charging before he had a melt down so something has flattened it

Theres a mobile bike mechanic who I’ve used in the past but he’s booked up till June now

 

Thanks 

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Thanks Jimmy

ill have a look on Saturday. No rain just a nice dry night, it was just the engine that went to sleep so still had lights.

i tried to start the bike but it was as if it had a flat battery and wouldn’t even attempt a turn for the ignition.

I’m guessing its fairings off to get and plugs and leads 

 

thanks 

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Afternoon all.

Well I think I broken it

Hopefully something and nothing but as I was coming home at 23:00 down the M56 last night the boy didn’t sound to be fully on song and I noticed that the lights slightly flickering on the dash then I saw 2 or 3 white flashes near my right knee and that was it he decided to have a sleep I was in lane 3 and was passing a couple of cars so I backed off a tad to fall behind the cars then i coasted across to a slip road with no hard shoulder and parked it in the widest part which was about twice the width of the bike and sat on the barriers and called recovery , got it home but I haven’t got a clue where to start.

im guessing it’ll be plugs at the least and maybe leads so any ideas 

thanks

[are you willing to help??]

Afternoon all.

Well I think I broken it

Hopefully something and nothing but as I was coming home at 23:00 down the M56 last night the boy didn’t sound to be fully on song and I noticed that the lights slightly flickering on the dash then I saw 2 or 3 white flashes near my right knee and that was it he decided to have a sleep I was in lane 3 and was passing a couple of cars so I backed off a tad to fall behind the cars then i coasted across to a slip road with no hard shoulder and parked it in the widest part which was about twice the width of the bike and sat on the barriers and called recovery , got it home but I haven’t got a clue where to start.

im guessing it’ll be plugs at the least and maybe leads so any ideas 

thanks 

[Luggage]

So also thinking of getting my hands on some luggage for my bike, had Givi top box on my xjr1300sp 

thinking of the same for my bike and wondered what others are using really.

i likes the top box as my daughters used to lean against it on rides out 

 

Ta 

[Newbie]

22 hours ago, drewpy said:

Welcome to the yoc 

cool bike there, Tommy Xs not too far from you ( and me too just down the m62)

Tommy Xs

[Chain and sprocket]

Evening 

Getting a new chain and sprocket this week so just wanted to know if there’s any specifics in regards to what size sprockets to go for or shall I just go for a standard setting

if I did change amount of teeth of either sprockets is there any benefits or downsides 

[Choke cable]

1 hour ago, drewpy said:

Use Fowler’s parts, really easy to buy from

Yeah it’s fitting the buggers I’d struggle with

Left handed chimp springs to mind with my DIY skills

[Newbie]

Afternoon all

new owner weekend just gone by, got myself a YZF600 2003 

Had plenty of bikes over the years then had a spell away for about 5 yrs then got back into it this weekend with the 600.

Last bike was a XJR1300sp so wanted to stay with the yamahas again really.

New (to me) bike needs a good wash n wax hopefully this weekend but firstly it’s going into the shop for a new chain a sprocket and also to have the choke looked at / repaired.

It doesn’t make any difference to the idol  tick over no matter where the choke lever is so I guess it’s a snapped cable hopefully that’s all it is

Im from Warrington cheshire by the way 

[Choke cable]

Afternoon all

long time bike owner but a new FZR600 owner 

picked the bike up yesterday and I think that the choke cable has snapped, makes no difference to the idle tick over if the choke lever is in any position.

is this an easy fix or ??

thanks for any help and info 

profile will be updated and pic included when I get to work out how to do it