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Posted: 22:26 - 24 Jun 2019 Post subject: |
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Originally the bike had no spark. At first I thought "no surprise, considering it also has no battery!" but obviously I know better now
Anyhoo, the spark plug looked reasonable so that left the coil, the CDI or the stator. Coils and CDIs cost very little and are easy to fit. Stators not so much. I started with the easy stuff and it turned out to be the coil.
There were varying opinions on so called "racing" CDIs and went in not expecting much and that's what I got ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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This weekend's update. Took the stoopid pod filter off: keep things simple to start with
Now have the new exhaust on but it's a bit too loud for my liking so I'm going to dick about with the baffle.
Going from an 84 jet to a 90 with the bore kit, new carb and exhaust but stock air filter seems to all work out quite nicely. Wasn't getting anywhere with it while the pod filter was on. From what I'm reading it'd probably need something like a 120 if you have really good air flow!!! Seems a bit unnecessary.
The stock air filter is ugly as shit so I might look to see what has similar air flow (or can have some restriction dialled into it.) Luckily £4 to £6 gets you an insanely large list of choices. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 17:54 - 30 Jun 2019 Post subject: |
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TBH what I'd like is stock(-ish) air flow but in a tidy package. A pod means you can chop the huge ugly stock airbox and the associated massive pipe that connects to the carb.
I'll shelve the airbox/pod experiments for now. I'm going to put a larger baffle in this:
https://i.imgur.com/Kf1g5L2.jpg?1
Ugly? Yes, but the stock one was disintegrating and this is as cheap as it gets
I'll do a few commutes to work and see how I feel about variator weights and suchlike. ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 18:00 - 30 Jun 2019 Post subject: |
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it's...............big ____________________ 2010 CBR600RR |
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Posted: 18:09 - 30 Jun 2019 Post subject: |
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That's what she said....
Actually, it looks big but is less than half the size and weight of the stock one...
https://webimg.secondhandapp.com/w-i-mgl/57fd1b0df0e229db1d857594
(random google search) ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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That's the exhaust that was on mine and as you can see from previous work on the bike it definitely has valves and a cam
But you're right: it does have that expansion chamber thing going on. I suspect it is actually a 2 stroke one and they went "hey, sounds okay on the 4 stroke motor, job done!" ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Yes well it's been one of those "You know nothing, Jon Snow!" moments so I'm going to leave the stock air box on. Still, better to enter the "Hall of Stupid" with a discount ticket
The fake carbon fibre wrap sticker on the exhaust is truly awful, close up, but it does inspire me to buy a roll of "carbon fibre" tape to adorn the bike in hideous ways ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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nutty_nick Derestricted Danger
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Posted: 20:47 - 02 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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i like this build, it has a lovely sense of "that'll do then"
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Posted: 21:04 - 07 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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Fixed up a few more things, rear indicator arm hanging off... JB Weld to the rescue!
https://i.imgur.com/KJzPoqf.jpg?1
I found the AC feed for the lights and swapped it for DC from the ignition. Swapped the wedge sidelight bulbs for LEDs but unfortunately the el-cheapo H4 LEDs (£4 per pair) I had were faulty Lesson: never buy cheap shit from eBay if you need to rely on it I'll see how it goes with the LED lighting, might go as far as replacing the gauge backlights too if the battery doesn't hold up in the evenings.
Finally I took a look at the cable and pipe routing around the engine and had a tidy up with the cable ties taking care to leave some slack there for suspension travel. As I'm going to stick with the stock airbox I also reattached the crank breather.
Still haven't got the replacement baffle yet so just for fun I started it up with no baffle... feck! it's loud ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Posted: 17:55 - 13 Jul 2019 Post subject: |
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Finished!!!
Here's what it sounds like with the new baffle:
https://youtu.be/IVX5sz9_Qio
It's loud but not "dial 101" loud
And here it is in it's full errr.... "glory"
https://i.imgur.com/SdX0MAh.jpg?1
Not in the photos - final touches...
LED main bulbs and side lights
LED bulbs for gauges backlight
LED brake light
(Indicators have been left as filament bulbs as they're only on occasionally.)
I whizzed about on it yesterday to get the old oil circulating and changed it out today. Lots of crap and metal swarf trapped by the oil screen and oil plug magnet - as expected with a barrel change.
GPS checked the speed and definitely does >40mph with plenty left to go. I don't think the bigger piston and barrel did anything for the top speed but it certain has more low end torque, very nice! Pulling away is great, bit anaemic from 15 to 25 mph and then cruises nicely in the 30 to 40mph range. Ideal for little bit of light commuting; all in all, very happy with the way it's turned out
Next stage should be variator weights and clutch springs but I need to make room for a bigger boys' bike when I pass my Mod 2 in a couple of weeks ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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The journey is truly at an end: sold the scooter this afternoon. Seems someone appreciated the "look" I was going for ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 331 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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