Post by scottls on Mar 13, 2011 20:20:13 GMT -6
The weather seemed to take pity on me and gave me an entire day Saturday with a good bit of sunshine, barely 50 degrees, and the day off from ALL work so I spent nearly the entire day stripping the bike down to it's skeleton after warming it up really good and discovering a coolant leak I had. (it seems the mechanic at the shop didn't use a gasket when he took out the thermostat)
I not only fixed the leak (no I didn't have a thermostat to put in it... yet) I put the battery on a trickle charger, changed every fluid, checked every hose/vacuum line/fuel line, replaced the fuel filter, and inspected the electrical system while carefully reassembling it with more screws and lock-nut-clips than that old mechanic left for me when he serviced the bike. (I bought extra screws and clips)
About the only thing I didn't do was change all the bulbs to LEDs, get all the sticker residue off the plastic body panels when I took off the poorly applied 'JET' stickers, and figure out why the horn suddenly quit working after I did all that I mentioned above.
Just so you know, I am an electrician by trade, and during the winter when work has been slowing down with this economy like it is, I maintain home/home office networks and repair computers, so I'm usually pretty through when I check out all the electrical connections. My guess is either the horn switch is bad or the horn itself.
I also took a few more pics of the bike and you can take a gander at them here:
(Sorry I didn't remember to take any while the bike was dismantled...)
www.dropmocks.com/mSbOH
About the only questions I have are, where can I get a LOW temp thermostat, and is it possible that some magnetos work better than others? (LOL)
When started and at low idle, everything seems to be functioning just fine. With the thermostat out and the weather still kind cool, I have not heard the fan kick on yet even after letting it idle for a good 10 minutes or so, but I have not seemed to have the lack of electrical power that so many have been complaining about. I still want to change all the lamps to LEDs for longevity and such but I was just wondering.
Also the alarm remote I have are built right on the key (making it very bulky) but it does no seem to operate the alarm. It is almost as if it were the wrong remote. Is there a way to re-train the alarm to recognize the remote? I tried countless possibilities but all I get is 3 chirps shortly after the bike is turned off.
I not only fixed the leak (no I didn't have a thermostat to put in it... yet) I put the battery on a trickle charger, changed every fluid, checked every hose/vacuum line/fuel line, replaced the fuel filter, and inspected the electrical system while carefully reassembling it with more screws and lock-nut-clips than that old mechanic left for me when he serviced the bike. (I bought extra screws and clips)
About the only thing I didn't do was change all the bulbs to LEDs, get all the sticker residue off the plastic body panels when I took off the poorly applied 'JET' stickers, and figure out why the horn suddenly quit working after I did all that I mentioned above.
Just so you know, I am an electrician by trade, and during the winter when work has been slowing down with this economy like it is, I maintain home/home office networks and repair computers, so I'm usually pretty through when I check out all the electrical connections. My guess is either the horn switch is bad or the horn itself.
I also took a few more pics of the bike and you can take a gander at them here:
(Sorry I didn't remember to take any while the bike was dismantled...)
www.dropmocks.com/mSbOH
About the only questions I have are, where can I get a LOW temp thermostat, and is it possible that some magnetos work better than others? (LOL)
When started and at low idle, everything seems to be functioning just fine. With the thermostat out and the weather still kind cool, I have not heard the fan kick on yet even after letting it idle for a good 10 minutes or so, but I have not seemed to have the lack of electrical power that so many have been complaining about. I still want to change all the lamps to LEDs for longevity and such but I was just wondering.
Also the alarm remote I have are built right on the key (making it very bulky) but it does no seem to operate the alarm. It is almost as if it were the wrong remote. Is there a way to re-train the alarm to recognize the remote? I tried countless possibilities but all I get is 3 chirps shortly after the bike is turned off.
) and due to a nice chuck-hole we get every spring here in North-East Ohio, I bottomed out and broke the airbox on my scooter. that was no big deal because I was meaning to install a pod filter anyways, BUT I had also broke a belt in the back tire and after a while it got very out of round. At first it was just a little vibration but after a while it got to the point that it would have shook the bike apart if I took it above 25MPH. 
..BAD TO THE BONE..
