po18guy

Eternal rest unto a him!

Chinese ownership: Benelli, Moto Morini, Pirelli. Manufacturing/Tech agreements: KTM and who else? Chinese money has been the quick fix, but you might as well give them the company as the CCP will steal everything it can. Remember that "China" is a 75 year old, amoral nation, where the national motto is 可以的话作弊 (cheat if you can).

Both tight may indicate that the engine was not as cold as when you set them.

Fellow on the Kawi forum is looking at a 2-valve Norge today. "And now for somthing completely different..."

Oh. Maybe went bungee jumping? There is sound advice to swap the springs from the seat release under the tailpiece with the fast idle spring. The seat release can use more pressure and the fast idle, less.

Safety third!

"Behave or you go in the Ape!!!" Add doors and you almost have a Fiat 500.

Not only keeps you going, it hopefully gets you going. These really should have been the sealed 'AMP' connectors, but that's for another life.

Had a poor > no start issue. There is a multi-pin connector on the left front of the frame from the regulator/rectifier wiring loom. It is not a sealed connector and is exposed to rain, road spray, soap, etc. Separate it and clean the terminals on both sides using a pipe cleaner soaked in contact cleaner, denatured alcohol or similar. Probe as far into the connectors as you can, then use air or canned "duster" to blow everything out and dry it. Then, probe and swab the contacts using a fresh pipe cleaner with Caig DeoxIt on it, then plug and unplug 2-3 times to ensure good contact. I had no problems since. A check of running voltage with a multimeter will let you know if all is OK. Mine was 14.02V, which is "acceptable."

But NOT with Tyco relays!!! Oh crap, the yaw control is intermittant. Let me just pull to the side of the......

So now when I shoot them overhead I can be charged with murder rather than vandalism?

Based on recent events, we need her to sing a duet.

I converted to LED, using Taiwanese units sold by PERaccurate on eBay. A bit of stuffing to fit in the bucket, but it all eventually fits in. They are rotatable to customize the beam pattern.

"What I did" - Brushed the relay blades, coated them with Caig's DeoxIT. Cleaned the female terminals in the relay box with pipe cleaners and solvent, then the same with a pipe cleaner and DeoxIt. It not only neutralizes and removes corrosion, it leaves a thin protective layer.

Ahh. More info is always good in online diagnostics. The level of amperage that these miniature relays conduct reminds me of the various Chinese electric water kettles. They also use tiny contact points to transmit big current. It works. For awhile.

A little risky, but leaving the tank cap ajar and trying acceleration again (1/4 tank or less) might point to the cap vent being the problem. Some Japanese bikes use a rubber "duck bill" vent in the cap which hardens and becomes a seal, causing the same starvation problem. Might as well try the quick and dirty fix first.

2004 Ballabio.

When you find them - unless they are a common stock - might buy several sets, ArmorAll them and wrap in a plastic bag.

It must have been stored indoors near a source of ozone. I have NEVER seen tyres cracked like that. I still have a 1971 Pirelli Universal on an ancient Yamaha and it is in far better condition. Would naphtha slowly dissolve the goo on the tank? Or, is that what you are using?

Dave Edmunds is far too little known in the US. However, he did one blues song that had notable lickin' stick. I was surprised to hear that the song was written by Huey Lewis. What's more, Huey was on harmonica. My favorite Huey on harmonica was always Workin' for a livin'

-OR- you can install a bleeder banjo bolt at the high point in the system, the clutch master. I did that and it eliminated the air problems. https://raceboltuk.com/titanium-c4/titanium-banjo-bolts-c1188/racebolt-titanium-banjo-bolt-m10-x-1-00mm-single-with-6mm-bleed-nipple-p45227#attribute[12]=163

I just buy banjo bolts from RaceTi or RaceBoltUK. SS, Ti or even aluminium for lower stress applications. RaceBolt, in particular, delivered my order from the UK to the west coast USA in 7 calendar days from my mouse click. Incredible.

Do you have the breakout harness for setting the TPS? That alone makes a huge difference.

A counter-intuitive term. In the field of economics. macro economics is big picture, long haul type stuff, whereas micro is, well...micro. Updated after a visit to the local nanoscience lab.

OK, electron microscope images. The Tyco relays are really easy to pull down and not THAT bad to clean up the points. A point file will not fit, as it must be about 1/3 the width and about 1/2 the thickness. A 4-5mm wide bit of wet-or-dry will slip in, but I could not get it between the points doubled, so. one at a time.