Get my bike back on the road for me.

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone around the Newcastle area would be able to help me out with my bike? It's been in the garage for a year and a half and the brakes feel like they're siezed, it needs new mirrors put on and a new screen too. The battery is flat too and I've lost my charger. I'm useless at any of this stuff and I have no one to help me with it. I'd pay anyone who helped me out with it for their time. I live in Jesmond by the way. Thanks.

Kat.

Pointy or curvy ?
I'm in Manchester so cant offer too much help in the way of brakes etc, but I have a curvy screen you can have if you need it
Mirrors can be had off the bits for sale section on here or fleabay - easy to put on with a screwdriver .
Are you sure there is air in the tyres to the correct pressure ? Often if the tyres are deflated (though they wont look like it ..) it can feel like brakes binding when you are trying to push it around
Let me know if you need the screen
Good Luck !

[littleoldman2]

Kat
Have you got the mirrors and screen, have you got the seat off to get at the battery.

[andrewsmith]

Kat I'm very local if you need a hand!

Its a curvy ain't it?

[yorkie_chris]

I've recently started mobile mechanic-ing and would be Ok to take a trip up there.

Originally Posted by Kat1986

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone around the Newcastle area would be able to help me out with my bike? It's been in the garage for a year and a half and the brakes feel like they're siezed, it needs new mirrors put on and a new screen too. The battery is flat too and I've lost my charger. I'm useless at any of this stuff and I have no one to help me with it. I'd pay anyone who helped me out with it for their time. I live in Jesmond by the way. Thanks.

Kat.

Hi Kat, have you had any luck yet re getting your bike up & running?
I live near Cramlington as does littleoldman2.
We may be able to help you, cheers Keith h

Hi thanks for the replies everyone I've had no luck with it, I tried charging the battery but apparently you can't use a car charger on a bike battery which could explain why it didn't work Like I said I'm not good at these things... I need to get new mirrors and screen, thought I had spares in the house but I can't find them so will have to get some more. The mirrors are the kind with indicators on and there are no holes in the fairings for indicators so I'll have to get more like them, I think fitting them might require the use of a soldering iron and I'd probably burn myself to death if I tried to do it. I've inflated the tyres to the correct pressure but it still feels like the brakes are stuck. After my failed attempt to charge the battery with a car charger, the lights won't even come on any more so I've probably destroyed it completely. The petrol in the tank has been there for 18 months and has gone off. Also, I found this morning that my dad decided to clear space in the garage by putting the bike in the garden. In the rain. Without the seat on...... It's a disaster

[yorkie_chris]

Don't get down about it, it's only bits of metal.


The brakes are probably seized and need a rebuild. It's a couple of hours...

Some car chargers are a bit chunky for bike batteries, it depends on the charger, many are fine. But if it's been stood 18 months the battery is probably knackered.

Try connect the charger with the battery on the bike, you should get lights and stuff then though it probably won't start.
That will rule out any more serious electrical issue... but even if not the wiring on these is very simple.

Before I tried to charge it, the lights would come on. Afterwards, they wouldn't....

[yorkie_chris]

It would be very unusual to destroy a battery like that. Are you sure it's back in right? Are you sure you haven't disturbed the earth wire that piggybacks onto the negative cable?