07-09-21, 08:10 AM | #2451 | |
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Yeah, I had a DRZ400-SM 2006 model, impossible to get started and running in spring until I started using redex over winter, and if you did not remember to turn manual fuel tap off when bike parked then fuel could get into crankcase. The the 2 position fuel tap as well, if you turned it onto reserve by mistake, guess what, you used all the fuel in tank and had no reserve ( and no fuel gauge ), bike didn't like choke either and the fiddly little choke knob on the carb was a bugger to find when bike was moving...
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07-09-21, 04:02 PM | #2452 | |
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I made a page for it, https://cx500.000webhostapp.com/Mosf...orcycleRR.html
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10-09-21, 11:38 AM | #2454 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
My bikes a BMW F800ST. The fixing plugs are a little different to the SV RR (still the same 3 x wires from the Stator, but twin pos/neg connectors for the bike).
My next search will be for a fan to fit onto this new one, and see if that helps to extend the life of it, along with the extra ground wire. Once this one fails i'll be buying a MOSFET type RR. It's a bit more pricey at £80. |
10-09-21, 12:27 PM | #2455 | |
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If you do need a cooling fan checkout this page down at the bottom, https://cx500.000webhostapp.com/Mosf...Rpictures.html I'm never going to pay £80 for an R/R
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10-09-21, 02:24 PM | #2456 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
i'm not sure that'll survive on the outside in the weather (as i ride all year round).
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10-09-21, 08:11 PM | #2457 |
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Can you relocate the R/R to a more protected site on the bike?
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11-09-21, 09:14 AM | #2458 |
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Not really. It is pretty much sat behind the cylinders/above the gearbox housing. Unless i created a harness to relocate elsewhere, and if i was to it would be somewhere more open where it could get more of a breeze to aid the cooling.
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20-09-21, 06:14 PM | #2459 |
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Cleaned the old girl today with my new hand pumped pressure wash.
I need to put the new rear tyre on in the morning. |
21-09-21, 06:21 PM | #2460 |
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Re: What have you tinkered with today?
Wiggled the van ECU out still in it's cage in order to get to a block of maxi fuses underneath, I now have a permanant 12v live feed in the glovebox (this would be used for Citroen OEM trailer wiring) but I'll be cutting it once the wire is ran up the van to where the relay will sit.
Ran a wire (yet to be connected) from the offside rear indicator over into the NS cluster where it will join it's illuminating brothers and sisters in the relay box. Canbus is a PITA! |
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