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the walkin dude posted:So I'm following instructions for doing a valve clearance adjustment on my 250. I came to finding the clearance of my first valve, and it was too tight. So I went and started loosening the tappet locknut so I can turn the screw in it. Here's a diagram I grabbed from bikebandit.  Click here for the full 1020x1424 image.
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Here's two better pictures. In this picture, it was the bottom of the screw assembly that popped out from my perception. Smooth ball bottom. Like in that bike bandit diagram, but instead of looking like it has a boxy bottom, the "92009" has a rounded ball-shaped bottom. I tried to pop it back into its spot, but I couldn't do it.  In this picture, it's supposed to be symmetrical - both sides having protruding notches on the bottom. The right one broke off.  Where is the rocker assembly supposed to attach itself to the valve/springs, etc? Through the "ball"-shaped part, or through the part that broke off in the above image? the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Oct 5, 2009 |
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Oct 5, 2009 23:37
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BlueBayou posted:Im more than likely about to lose my health insurance. I have decent bike coverage, should I up it? get uninsured drive coverage? Or does bike insurance only cover my bike? I could only get $1000 worth of medical coverage from State Farm, which if you're not familiar with emergency medical costs, is usually enough to cover the ambulance fees and little else. Better than nothing I guess. This reminds me though, I have health insurance now so maybe it's time to cancel that.
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Oct 6, 2009 00:00
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A coworker of mine picked up a 1980 Suzuki DS80 for a whole $40. He had to pick up a couple parts to get it running, but the thing started up on the third kick. I'm helping him look for manuals for it, but coming up short. Anybody know where I might be able to download the owner or service manuals?
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Oct 6, 2009 00:13
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Does CA have an IRC channel? If so, what is it?
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Oct 6, 2009 00:58
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the walkin dude posted:Here's two better pictures. looking at your pics and the diagram the other guy found, i cannot make sense of your rockers. all rockers i've seen attach to and pivot around a shaft of some kind. yours appears to have no shaft.
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Oct 6, 2009 03:47
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Well I adjusted the valves, one of the nuts turned out to have its threading hosed so that made one of them a lovely process (that is still incomplete until home hardware is open), but I was able to get the one cylinder completely finished and run a compression test. 45-60psi, gently caress! I take it my next step is to pull the cylinder head off and start taking pictures for you guys to have a look at? Aaaand this is about where I'm in over my head, blind ambition and confidence!
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Oct 6, 2009 04:07
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sectoidman posted:Does CA have an IRC channel? If so, what is it? #bieks Corrupt Cypher posted:Well I adjusted the valves, one of the nuts turned out to have its threading hosed so that made one of them a lovely process (that is still incomplete until home hardware is open), but I was able to get the one cylinder completely finished and run a compression test. 45-60psi, gently caress! I take it my next step is to pull the cylinder head off and start taking pictures for you guys to have a look at?
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Oct 6, 2009 04:29
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:looking at your pics and the diagram the other guy found, i cannot make sense of your rockers. all rockers i've seen attach to and pivot around a shaft of some kind. yours appears to have no shaft. Apparently the part that broke off is supposed to fit into the nub in the middle of the washer that's topping the springs and valve. The ball-shaped part is supposed to just slip into a hole... yeah.
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Oct 6, 2009 04:41
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:you sure you adjusted them at tdc on the correct cylinder? otherwise it could be valves, head gasket or piston/rings. all of those are fairly big jobs. Pretty confident, I watched for each tappet to go down, and then lined up the T when it was coming up from its stroke. I can double check though.
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should i spent money to turn my this: into this:  ? for awesome vintage enduro riding. i dunno why i ask. i know you'll all say yes. it would take 2 new fenders, custom skid plate, custom headers and muffler. and some kinda headlight guard for the full shebang. just saw a rear fender on ebay that might work, and will be cheap because it was already dicked with.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:should i spent money to turn my this: This may help. Here is a 1966 Yamaha YDS3 Catalina like the one I own right now.  This is the YDS3 Big Bear Scrambler, a sort of enduro/dual sport trim package they offered:  Now which one is more awesome?
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Oct 6, 2009 14:06
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`Nemesis posted:I could only get $1000 worth of medical coverage from State Farm, which if you're not familiar with emergency medical costs, is usually enough to cover the ambulance fees and little else. Better than nothing I guess. Check your ambulance/ER deductible first. Even if you're insured out the wazoo, it's probably at least $500.
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Oct 6, 2009 14:08
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BlueBayou posted:Im more than likely about to lose my health insurance. I have decent bike coverage, should I up it? get uninsured drive coverage? Or does bike insurance only cover my bike? Realistically, don't ride. The insurance that comes from car/bike insurance is a small lump payment. To put the fees in some kind of perspective, a broken arm will rack up 2-3k before you ever leave the ER. And that's potentially still with a broken body part. Then you're talking $1000-5000 for the visit to a real doctor to get said limb fixed. You're young, you're healthy, insurance should be in the ballpark of $2-400 a month. Get that, or don't ride.
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Aren't you guys getting universal healthcare soon? Get out there and drag those kneecaps!
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Oct 6, 2009 15:40
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I'm hopping over to a new insurance company that handled my buddy's motorcycle claim very well. They want an additional $112 a year for $10,000 of medical coverage per person involved in any accident on my motorcycle policy. Try shopping around, I don't think $1,000 would have paid for my ambulance ride from the middle of nowhere, Idaho.
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Oct 6, 2009 15:53
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`Nemesis posted:I could only get $1000 worth of medical coverage from State Farm, which if you're not familiar with emergency medical costs, is usually enough to cover the ambulance fees and little else. Better than nothing I guess. Unless you're paying out the rear end for it, keep it. They typically both pay if something happens.
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Nerobro posted:Realistically, don't ride. The insurance that comes from car/bike insurance is a small lump payment. To put the fees in some kind of perspective, a broken arm will rack up 2-3k before you ever leave the ER. And that's potentially still with a broken body part. Then you're talking $1000-5000 for the visit to a real doctor to get said limb fixed. Or... apparently I can get COBRA this whole unemployment thing is so new to me
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Oct 6, 2009 18:10
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Yes COBRA, cobra is good. Very good. It's the same policy you had, but you pay 40% for it instead of all of it. It lasts 6 months. DO NOT miss a payment. If you miss a payment, you miss your insurance. Good luck on the job hunt.
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Okay yeah I know I'm a dork on a scooter. That being established: I bought this: http://www.peaceindustrygroup.com/details.asp?id=372 off a guy for $800 bucks, it's a 2007 and had 76 miles on it. Runs great, but it's time to change the oil. I have no owner's manual and have had a hell of a time finding any info at all about it. What oil should I be using? Also I know I have to drain the gas for winter storage, anything else I should be doing?
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Why do you have to drain the gas, is this some scooter specific poo poo, I always heard to fill it up to the brim to prevent rust.
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niethan posted:Why do you have to drain the gas, is this some scooter specific poo poo, I always heard to fill it up to the brim to prevent rust. I dunno I've had a few different scooter owners tell me to drain it, that it's bad to let the gas sit all winter and it'll run like poo poo when you start it in the spring if you don't.
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Maytag posted:http://www.peaceindustrygroup.com/details.asp?id=372 If you don't have a local scooter store, just put regular ol' 10W-30 in it and report back. You bought a piece of Chinese junk, you should treat it as such. The "Warranty" header on this site is loltastic: quote:What is the production technology ?
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MrKatharsis posted:The "Warranty" header on this site is loltastic: Yeah I don't know what the hell happened there. Check out the 'About us' section. There seems to be a real US version of that page here: http://www.peaceus.com/warranty.html Waiting on email replies from the company but was hoping to change it before I have to ride it an hour to work tomorrow.
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Nerobro posted:Yes COBRA, cobra is good. Very good. It's the same policy you had, but you pay 40% for it instead of all of it. It lasts 6 months. DO NOT miss a payment. If you miss a payment, you miss your insurance. You pay 40% of the total premium, so unless you had really lovely premiums to begin with, most likely you'll be paying a lot more for it.
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Maytag posted:I dunno I've had a few different scooter owners tell me to drain it, that it's bad to let the gas sit all winter and it'll run like poo poo when you start it in the spring if you don't. Straight gas, with no stabilizer or anything added to it, goes bad eventually, loses it's power. I've heard six months somewhere, but it would also probably depend on your climate. If you drain it now and let it sit empty, then condensation and other moisture can get in and start rusting. Gas and water don't get along, so if it's full of gas, it probably won't rust from just a winter. If you don't want to drain it after winter is over, throw some fuel stabilizer in there too. Should keep the gas fresh. Skier posted:I'm hopping over to a new insurance company that handled my buddy's motorcycle claim very well. They want an additional $112 a year for $10,000 of medical coverage per person involved in any accident on my motorcycle policy. I remember back when I rolled my car, the hour and a half ride in the ambulance(We got stuck in traffic) ended up costing $2,200. They said if I had been bleeding or unconscious or hurt worse than I was, they would have had to call in the Helicopter. I don't even want to imagine what that would have cost. And then the four hours in the hospital cost $4,400 for then to take some x-rays and tell me that I bruised my sternum and bumped my head. No broken bones or internal injury, nothing like that. The point is; Medical costs add up, and add up quickly. And then they just start multiplying. Chairon fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Oct 6, 2009 |
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Doctor Zero posted:You pay 40% of the total premium, so unless you had really lovely premiums to begin with, most likely you'll be paying a lot more for it. As I understood it, most places only pay for 1/2 or so of your medical insurance costs. And before the last year or so, if you went on cobra, you paid 100% of your premium. 40% ain't bad.
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Maytag posted:I dunno I've had a few different scooter owners tell me to drain it, that it's bad to let the gas sit all winter and it'll run like poo poo when you start it in the spring if you don't. Fill it up. Dump the appropriate amount of Sta-Bil in the tank. Shake to mix the gas and Sta-Bil. Start bike. Shut off petcock (or clamp gas line). Let bike stall out. That's the procedure for a carbed bike (or any carbureted engine, really). The Sta-Bil keeps the gas fresh, and you run it through the carbs so the residual gas doesn't form varnish. The full tank will keep it from getting condensation and rusting inside.
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Chairon posted:If you don't want to drain it after winter is over, throw some fuel stabilizer in there too. Should keep the gas fresh. That makes a lot of sense, thank you kindly. Doctor Zero posted:Fill it up. Dump the appropriate amount of Sta-Bil in the tank. Shake to mix the gas and Sta-Bil. Start bike. Shut off petcock (or clamp gas line). Let bike stall out. Awesome, thanks. Maytag fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Oct 6, 2009 |
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Doctor Zero posted:Fill it up. Dump the appropriate amount of Sta-Bil in the tank. Shake to mix the gas and Sta-Bil. Start bike. Shut off petcock (or clamp gas line). Let bike stall out. Ugh, the real answer is fill the tank, add stabil, run it for a little bit to get the stabil-ized gas into the carb, shut the whole works off, and top the tank off. Letting a carb sit dry is just as bad as letting a tank sit dry, and basically guarantees that you'll get some sort of varnish, and or oxidation, as carbs are aluminum and aluminum oxidizes just like iron. Tanks and carbs are MEANT to be filled with gas, leave them that way, and add the stabil so the gas doesnt go bad.
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Word.
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Phat_Albert posted:Ugh, the real answer is fill the tank, add stabil, run it for a little bit to get the stabil-ized gas into the carb, shut the whole works off, and top the tank off. Well why didn't you tell me that before I gunked up my carbs then? 
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Doctor Zero posted:Well why didn't you tell me that before I gunked up my carbs then? Sometimes you have to walk on your own, son
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Chairon posted:I remember back when I rolled my car, the hour and a half ride in the ambulance(We got stuck in traffic) ended up costing $2,200. They said if I had been bleeding or unconscious or hurt worse than I was, they would have had to call in the Helicopter. I don't even want to imagine what that would have cost. And then the four hours in the hospital cost $4,400 for then to take some x-rays and tell me that I bruised my sternum and bumped my head. No broken bones or internal injury, nothing like that. Just today I got a notice from Horizon telling me they are not paying for my ride to the ER. It was only 5 minutes, but still $600. I guess I was supposed to get up and ride my broken bike there since the ambulance ride isn't considered part of "emergency health insurance". 
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Gnaghi posted:Just today I got a notice from Horizon telling me they are not paying for my ride to the ER. It was only 5 minutes, but still $600. I guess I was supposed to get up and ride my broken bike there since the ambulance ride isn't considered part of "emergency health insurance". I really think Ambulances should be like the police. You don't pay to have a cop come out and do what he does, why should you pay if you're dying and need a ride to the hospital? But I do have a motorcycle related question! I'm probably going to tear down the clutch in my bike in a couple of days and see whats horribly wrong with it, anything I should watch out for in general or that may pop out and kill me? Or any special tools I may need? Looking through my Service manual it only mentions an impact gun, calipers and feeler gauges; I've got those. Are Suzuki transmissions known for housing hordes of robotic spiders as I believe they are?
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I have found a lead on a 2005 Triumph Bonneville Black. I think this is a year before they increased the engine displacement from 790 to 860. The specs on the bike indicate that the older one has 62HP while the newer ones have 68HP. Does the increase in displacement make a big difference in how the bike runs? Are there any other functional differences between the two?
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Anyone think they know what's wrong with my KLR650? It's sat since August 25th, and it ran great when I parked it. What it'll do (lets see how to explain this) a) it will start with the choke fully engaged, but it will only hover at 1k rpm (instead of the normal 3k) or so, and it'll die if i try to give it any throttle (even slowly applied). b) if, with the choke engaged (and throttle slightly engaged), i start it, I can get it up into the 3k+ rpm area, where it runs, revs, has plenty of power, etc. It will stay going if i disengage the choke here, as well. It will die if i release the throttle. c) it will turn over till the cows home home with no throttle and no choke, but won't catch (thankfully I have a good battery) edit: using a combination of clever throttle manipulation and multiple close calls, I did take it for about a 15 minute ride, and it ran fine anytime it was above idle. Weird. Thoughts? Fantastipotamus fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Oct 8, 2009 |
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Oct 8, 2009 23:57
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not weird. You have a gunked up pilot circuit. Clean the jet, remove the mixture screw and clean that and it's passage. reasemble, and you'll be starting like you used to.
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Thanks Nero, I'll give that a shot. What caused it? just sitting too long?
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Maytag posted:Yeah I don't know what the hell happened there. Check out the 'About us' section. That's loving awesome. Peace Industry Group posted:We successfully developed the scooter at first in the whole world, which used the four stroke motorcycles engine in March of 2004 Peace Industry Group posted:A new-type aircraft carrier is showing up prominently fast.
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