The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Japcati2020

I've had 1 of those for over 3 years now.
Great bit of kit and inflates a flat tyre to over 35psi on about 2 minutes.

flashinthepan

enrique66_35 wrote: »

Thanks for the tip - just ordered one as a Christmas pressie to me from me

Just ordered one myself :-)

enrique66_35

flashinthepan wrote: »

Just ordered one myself :-)

Super impressed with Overlanders - ordered yesterday morning, delivered today! Looks a proper bit of kit as well.

zubair

Overlanders don't get considered enough when you think of the usual suspects. They are top class.

goblin59

zubair wrote: »

Overlanders don't get considered enough when you think of the usual suspects. They are top class.

They were one of the first shops I went to for motorcycle stuff when I got my bike, its a great ride over the old military pass from Dublin to Gorey.
Will probably pop down once I finish the DR650se to see the Urals they got in.

blade1

F*CK sake, ordered an Oberon slave cylinder, several quick release pins for tanks and seats.
Was supposed to arrive by dpd parcel wizard.
Items arrived in their DO on 18th Nov and signed for.
They are saying they have no parcel for me.
€170 worth :mad:

Also, ordered a used KTM master cylinder for my Mastiff which arrived yesterday.
I knew when I opened the package and it smelled like someone took a dump in it, the signs weren't good.
Doesn't pump fluid and when I opened it up it was rusty inside the cylinder and the piston and seals are coated with rust :rolleyes:

blade1

LIGHTNING wrote: »

DPD have always been a useless shower of twits. Wouldn't trust them to deliver good news

Actually now that I think of it, the last Oberon slave cylinder I ordered which was over 3 years ago, was delivered to parcel motel instead of parcel wizard.
PayPal washed their hands of it saying it was delivered so tough.
Luckily it turned up a few weeks later.
Hopefully so does this

blade1

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Anything I buy online that is reasonably expensive I use my credit card directly and not Paypal. They will try to duck out of any reason not to refund money, where as you Credit Card will help you out pretty handily

Free returns with PayPal though which I got €64 back in the last few weeks.

I wonder how they'll be with the master cylinder?
It was described as used but working order.

flashinthepan

enrique66_35 wrote: »

Super impressed with Overlanders - ordered yesterday morning, delivered today! Looks a proper bit of kit as well.

Same here
Ordered Thursday
Arrived Friday :-)
Happy days

Came with a Sae battery connection
Connected it to the battery and tried it out :-)

goblin59

Got a bit further on the DR650se today.

Actually had a look at the engine to see what's there.
Clearing out a bit of space in the house to work on it in the warmth when its too ****e to work outside renovating the mill.

Dad has a second spare engine somewhere here as well, the two were bought for spare parts and turned out the Engine on an Australian import was in very good condition.

We also got a ultrasonic cleaner off amazon for £120 (10 litres, but realistically 7 litre) for cleaning the Carb and other bits for the bikes.

Did the carb yesterday on it.

Turns out we have maybe 6 Carbs for the DR650se around the house including a TM40 Pumper carb that's going into the newer DR650se

H_Lime

goblin59 wrote: »

Got a bit further on the DR650se today.

Actually had a look at the engine to see what's there.
Clearing out a bit of space in the house to work on it in the warmth when its too ****e to work outside renovating the mill.

Dad has a second spare engine somewhere here as well, the two were bought for spare parts and turned out the Engine on an Australian import was in very good condition.

We also got a ultrasonic cleaner off amazon for £120 (10 litres, but realistically 7 litre) for cleaning the Carb and other bits for the bikes.

Did the carb yesterday on it.

Turns out we have maybe 6 Carbs for the DR650se around the house including a TM40 Pumper carb that's going into the newer DR650se

Love how the breaker liberated the donor engine from its previous home:)
Carb body looking shiny and new.

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

Love how the breaker liberated the donor engine from its previous home:)
Carb body looking shiny and new.

haha i know!
tbh was probally the easiest way to ship the engine.
So far looks decent, I've a set on stainless steel socket cap bolts to replace all the screws on the engine, so I'll be doing that next week as I get a chance and going over the engine as I do it.

This time last year, I didn't even know the switches or levers on a motorcycle xD

flashinthepan

H_Lime wrote: »

Love how the breaker liberated the donor engine from its previous home:)
Carb body looking shiny and new.

Beats the hell out of unbolting
Plug in the angle grinder and off you go :-)

goblin59

flashinthepan wrote: »

Beats the hell out of unbolting
Plug in the angle grinder and off you go :-)

also made shipping easier too, didn't need to get a engine support frame made up for shipping.

flashinthepan

flashinthepan wrote: »

Fixed a puncture on my own yoke with one of the plug kits
What looked like a panel pin went through it
The little C02 bottles only pumped it up to about 10 psi so out with the foot pump

:-( I thought I had fixed the puncture but It is loosing about 2 psi per day

So i might just get it replaced as it is 6 years old anyway
But being down here in the land that time forgot ( Wicklow ) there's not much choice

I am wondering where is the best place to get a tyre
And also what is the usual approach do the likes of Cotters install if you drive the bike up and do they charge extra ?
Do you need to make an appointment

Or is it more common to take off the wheel and throw it in the car and bring it to them
What are your thoughts ?

Current tyre is a 160/60 /17 Battleaxe bt031
Cheers

CJhaughey

That tube is supposed to be loose, tuck it up somewhere it won't get wind blowing into it.
Its something like an atmospheric pressure relief so the slide won't stick to the carb body.
Leaking float valve? Try tapping it with a screwdriver handle, sometimes a bit of dirt will cause the valve to stay open and flood through the port in the bottom of the carb.
No harm getting some tubing and running that drain down below the engine so it drains freely rather than on top of the engine.
Fit a decent fuel filter with material not gauze.

CJhaughey

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^

Cheers gave it a few taps with a screwdriver and all seems good Thanks for the help. Still learning this stuff. Also looks like my bike doesnt have any sort of fuel filter.

They are good to have especially on older bikes, stops rust and crap causing overflow issues from the float bowl and blocking jets.
You can get right angle ones if space is tight.

CJhaughey

I prefer the clear ones that you can see into, bubbles and dirt can be signs of trouble.

goblin59

LIGHTNING wrote: »

^

Cheers gave it a few taps with a screwdriver and all seems good Thanks for the help. Still learning this stuff. Also looks like my bike doesnt have any sort of fuel filter.

have a look for a tiny paper cone one that could be in the Carb, we found one in mine. Was about 15mm x 3mm

goblin59

Hlime, does the DR big have the same NSU issue as the DR650?

raven41

flashinthepan wrote: »

:-( I thought I had fixed the puncture but It is loosing about 2 psi per day

So i might just get it replaced as it is 6 years old anyway
But being down here in the land that time forgot ( Wicklow ) there's not much choice

I am wondering where is the best place to get a tyre
And also what is the usual approach do the likes of Cotters install if you drive the bike up and do they charge extra ?
Do you need to make an appointment

Or is it more common to take off the wheel and throw it in the car and bring it to them
What are your thoughts ?

Current tyre is a 160/60 /17 Battleaxe bt031
Cheers

Have bought tyres in Bray Honda and recently in Cotters. Just ring and give them your tyre size and they'll tell you what they have in stock . Cotters not exactly out the door this time of the year. Its a drive in drive out service and they will fit the tyres while you wait..

CJhaughey

goblin59 wrote: »

have a look for a tiny paper cone one that could be in the Carb, we found one in mine. Was about 15mm x 3mm

Dellorto carbs generally don't have those filters installed.
Some Japanese carbs do though and you are right its worth checking for them.
I hate filters in places that I can't see. Its a failure point and should be immediately accessible. Thats the main reason for an external clear filter in my mind.

The Hedgehog

Here's a nice Exhaust I fitted to me bike replacing the ugly and heavy OEM.

Sounds great - check out the vid

https://youtu.be/HbhRb9ipxCg


Dave

H_Lime

LIGHTNING wrote: »

So my 125 started pissing petrol from the bottom of the carb float. Question is the loose pipe in photo 1 supposed to connect to the pipe connector (photo 2 you can see the brass connector) at the bottom of the float where it was pissing out? The brass connector in photo 1 I am guessing is a crank case breather?

Im not sure what the craic is here but that bare brass take off is meant to have a hose on it. Where it goes and what it does couldn't tell ya as I don't know what bike u own to check the fische.
If I was to bet I'd say pump to carb feed as it seems north of the carb but if that were the case she wouldn't run for longer than a min or two as it would drain the float chamber n cut out.

H_Lime

goblin59 wrote: »

Hlime, does the DR big have the same NSU issue as the DR650?

Nah tis a different set up on the 750's but it's well worth doing ahead of time on the 650. Get everything clean and dry and red loctite it in.

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

Nah tis a different set up on the 750's but it's well worth doing ahead of time on the 650. Get everything clean and dry and red loctite it in.

We have the clutch basket off the bike at the moment to measure the screws so we get the right ones.
have 3 DR650se to do the fix on, I can't believe Suzuki wouldn't just spend the extra on a clip.

We were able to just fingers to remove the current screws on the NSU.

H_Lime

goblin59 wrote: »

We have the clutch basket off the bike at the moment to measure the screws so we get the right ones.
have 3 DR650se to do the fix on, I can't believe Suzuki wouldn't just spend the extra on a clip.

We were able to just fingers to remove the current screws on the NSU.

Just in time so, if that got loose, well you can imagine:rolleyes:.
I think 4th gear can be dickie on the later 650's. So much so ricor in the states started making them from better stock for adventure heads who were headed middle of no where wasn't playing on their minds.

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

Just in time so, if that got loose, well you can imagine:rolleyes:.
I think 4th gear can be dickie on the later 650's. So much so ricor in the states started making them from better stock for adventure heads who were headed middle of no where wasn't playing on their minds.

There's videos of guys who have done maybe 1000k on the clock and then can undo the screws easily, the plastic on the NSU shrinks and expands with the heat and causes them to come loose

The casing is coming off the side of the 2014 DR so will check that out too.
Dad ordered quite a bit of the Procycle upgrades for it though.

Have the Ricor intimidators on the way for the forks btw, they were a must have upgrade.

H_Lime

goblin59 wrote: »

There's videos of guys who have done maybe 1000k on the clock and then can undo the screws easily, the plastic on the NSU shrinks and expands with the heat and causes them to come loose

The casing is coming off the side of the 2014 DR so will check that out too.
Dad ordered quite a bit of the Procycle upgrades for it though.

Have the Ricor intimidators on the way for the forks btw, they were a must have upgrade.

I have the breakdown tool and sandvick shims for them too. Was out in Vegas and visited them and let me and another few lads trial them for the DR and etv. Nice chap Don but I believe the cust serv is gone to sh1t as they're making a killing selling armament parts for military more so these days. Basically if it ain't in stock forget about it!

goblin59

H_Lime wrote: »

I have the breakdown tool and sandvick shims for them too. Was out in Vegas and visited them and let me and another few lads trial them for the DR and etv. Nice chap Don but I believe the cust serv is gone to sh1t as they're making a killing selling armament parts for military more so these days. Basically if it ain't in stock forget about it!

Going to start looking at getting the proper tools for working on the DRs soon, havn't the space though as construction on the garage got stopped with another project coming up and then the covid isolation stuff.

I was considering their shocks, but i'm only about 63kg and would be using soft panniers and stuff on this bike. I'm not stalling the pannier foot pegs either on it. This is going to be a solo bike only!
So going to take the stock shock from the 2014 and Dad is upgrading his to a wilber

flashinthepan

raven41 wrote: »

Have bought tyres in Bray Honda and recently in Cotters. Just ring and give them your tyre size and they'll tell you what they have in stock . Cotters not exactly out the door this time of the year. Its a drive in drive out service and they will fit the tyres while you wait..

Cheers
I was looking at Bray Honda Center and read a poor review of same

So in the end I took the wheel off and threw it in the car and went up to Cotters
Great service was there about 20 mins in total as you said not out the door
it was early though

Went for the Michelin road 5
Got home and put the wheel back on then the rain came down
Would have been the perfect opportunity to test but had to get back to work

I will get the front changed too as its also about 7 years old
So might take a trip to Bray Honda as I have since heard from a friend who says they are fine

blade1

flashinthepan wrote: »

Went for the Michelin road 5
Got home and put the wheel back on then the rain came down
Would have been the perfect opportunity to test but had to get back to work

Take it handy for a couple of 100 miles or so.

flashinthepan

blade1 wrote: »

Take it handy for a couple of 100 miles or so.

Yeah they said that alright to take it handy :-) for a bit

blade1

Coolant dripping from weep hole of water pump on my mastiff with a while.
Took a closer look today.
This is the seal that's the issue.



This is where the fun begins

It's the same engine as a Yamaha SZR660 and Tenerie XTZ660.
I can't find the seal on its own so I think it comes as part of the whole water pump which is no longer available to order.




Anyone got any idea how to get around this?
I can't see any number on the seal itself.

dubal2008

Where are you based. If in Dublin pop into my work place Hydraseals in Ballycoolin as it looks like a simple oil seal, if it has two springs back to back we still might have one... we would also have all the orings and bearings

blade1

dubal2008 wrote: »

Where are you based. If in Dublin pop into my work place Hydraseals in Ballycoolin as it looks like a simple oil seal, if it has two springs back to back we still might have one... we would also have all the orings and bearings

Hi dubal, I'm down the bottom of the country unfortunately.
It's a single spring seal.
Yeah I'd probably be better off changing the bearing as well now that it's out.

Seal is about 21mm outer, 13mm inner and 4mm thick.


Bearing is an NGK but most of the number is worn off.. possibly 5001 or 5004

check notebook

macplaxton

I'll stick my neck out on it being

12 x 21 x 4 seal - (Yamaha 93101-12173)
12 x 28 x 8 - 6001 bearing - (Yamaha 93306-00105)

The other seal is 11H-12438-10 which if you search around should be a few quid. Look up 15-3401 - https://www.mvh-shop.de/Water-pump-seal-repair-kit

Here's my working out:

Take the 1996 - XTZ660 (TENERE 660) water pump

https://www.centretunemotorcycles.com.au/partFinder/fiche/yamaha/1996/xtz660-tenere-660/water-pump

Compare with the 2003 - YFM660R (RAPTOR 660) quad bike water pump

https://www.centretunemotorcycles.com.au/partFinder/fiche/yamaha/2003/yfm660r-raptor-660/water-pump

It looks like the housing cover is a slightly different casting, with three ribs instead of smooth

https://images.cmsnl.com/img/products/water-pump-assy_big3YF1242000-01_f4d6.jpg
https://images.cmsnl.com/img/products/water-pump-assy_big3YF1242000-02_8f85.jpg

https://i.ebayimg.com/imagehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/333760678853s/g/glEAAOSwyaFfibXr/s-l1600.jpg

But otherwise the fixings and the o-rings as well as the gearwheel are the same if you compare the part numbers. I'd say they're interchangeable complete.

CJhaughey

The Yamaha Raptor had a 660, Probably the same or very similar engine.
Aftermarket kits are available for them.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401994869892

H_Lime

blade1 wrote: »

Hi dubal, I'm down the bottom of the country unfortunately.
It's a single spring seal.
Yeah I'd probably be better off changing the bearing as well now that it's out.

Seal is about 21mm outer, 13mm inner and 4mm thick.


Bearing is an NGK but most of the number is worn off.. possibly 5001 or 5004

check notebook

Into little isl to Abbey seals with it and they will sort you and then round the corner to reliance bearing and they should have that bearing too. Many the time I've visited one after the other and gotten sorted in ten mins instead of paying loads more and waited ages for sh1t to arrive.
Ps: myself I'd give some thought to instillation of that bearing, shouldn't be witness marks on the inner race like that, might be nothing but seems off to me.

dubal2008

If in Kerry direction go into KK Hydraulics on Rock Street

H_Lime

:rolleyes:

LIGHTNING wrote: »

So I never got the new owners cert for my bike. When I bought the bike (2nd hand) well over a month ago it was posted off by the old owner. Whats the process now? Print off a RF134 form, get it stamped by a Gardai and sent it off?

You did see/sign it yeah? In most cases like this the previous owner has just been a lazy fock and not posted it. Ask him straight out did ya post it if yes fill out the form.

When I buy i bring a stamped env, sign and seal it there and ask can I post it. Most lads have been OK with this. The ones who weren't I asked can we post now and have not had an issue.

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Yeah he did say he posted it but that was on the 13th of last month so they should have got it by now. I signed it and I have a photo of the signed doc.

Type in your registration number on the motor tax website, it will tell you if they received and processed it.

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/changeOwnership.do

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Been checking that every day for the last 2 weeks. They haven't received it.

That puts a different spin on things then. The RF134 form is no good to you as you’re not the legally registered owner. You need to get an affidavit signed by a a garage, bike needs to be with you to do this, you then go to a peace commissioner to get it signed and send it off to Shannon, I had to do it twice over the years.

The alternative is to get the seller to apply for a new logbook, and meet at the post office and send it by registered post to Shannon.

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

FFS what a pain in the neck. Is there a form for that?

Yeah there is. I can’t find it online. Ring your local motor tax office, they’ll know the form and can email it post it to you. It’s an affidavit for not receiving the logbook after a change of ownership.

You won’t get the logbook for about 2 months with option A as Shannon mist write to the current registered owner and give them 30 days to reply. They only reply if they still have the bike. Only after that will the process of getting you sorted once and for all commence.

CJhaughey

H_Lime wrote: »

:rolleyes:
You did see/sign it yeah? In most cases like this the previous owner has just been a lazy fock and not posted it. Ask him straight out did ya post it if yes fill out the form.

When I buy i bring a stamped env, sign and seal it there and ask can I post it. Most lads have been OK with this. The ones who weren't I asked can we post now and have not had an issue.

I sold an old Avensis a few years back, met the chap at the local shop which is also the PO. Had an envelope pre-addressed and stamped, when he signed it he asked if he could take the form, I replied that I didn't want any tolls coming back to me and stuffed the form into the envelope and posted it straight away.
Saves hassle on all sides both as a seller and a buyer.

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Rang the motor tax office, well it gets even better. Turns out the bike was written off by an insurance company. So now I have to go to my local Honda dealership, get them to write a form saying its safe to drive. Then email all that to Shannon and hope I get a form.

Jesus :eek: This is turning into the project from hell for you. Have you done a history check on it? So by you having to go to Honda it will cost money, Shannon won't give a book until they see the letter from Honda, all the while the seller has the cash. Was the seller someone you knew or someone on Donedeal?

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Donedeal, the bike was as cheap as chips, I knew it was dropped when I bought it (wasn't expecting it to be written off though). I am guessing it wasn't worth the insurance company repairing it so they wrote it off. So now I have to see how much Honda Bray are going to charge me for said letter. First time buying a secondhand bike and it was cheap so I didnt do a history check. Well that showed me

LIGHTNING wrote: »

So not too bad a cost from Honda (60e) so they will have it for a few hours and go over it. Health check from them with a letter. If thats the worst of it then I dont mind. Dropping it in tomorrow

I can see now why it was as cheap as chips, they wanted to offload it to someone who was oblivious to its history. We've all dropped bikes at some stage in our lives, it was probably written off economically, cost of repairs versus the value of the bike as you say yourself basically. Always do a history check if from a private seller and always check out on motortax.ie if there was a recent transaction of sale, i run from those if inside the last 3 months as it's usually a red flag if a private sale. €60 is good going, at least they will give you a general idea of what they think it needs and it's certified, peace of mind. Any idea when they can do it for you? I have the NCT for my car after, another lash of money down the drain.

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

They had a cancellation for tomorrow so they can do it tomorrow. I am curious to see what they say. I have the fairings off as I am repairing them for spraying. The rest of the bike looks a bit rough but it does drive straight. The frame is straight from what I can see, no cracks. Brakes work fine, the rear arm for the rear wheel has a dent in it but seems ok apart from that.

Best thing to do, with the fairings off, they can see more of the bike. What year is it? An NSR 125 i think i seen somewhere? It's all cosmetic by the sounds of it, and if you have the time and skill then the costs are minimal. Tiny cracks on the frame are the big thing they will probably look for, if the frame is in any way compromised it's curtains. Is the dent something you can get out with a slide hammer?

blade1

Thanks dubal,macplaxton,CJ and H lime for the replies regarding my water pump.

Those parts that ye linked is where I'm having a problem with.
I think they are for the later xt660z engine which is different to my xtz660.

Whether some of the parts are the same or not I can't tell.
The mechanical seal looks the same but I'm not certain.
The seal with the white on the inside... where's that off?
I don't seem to have that in my pump from what I see.

Cork Trucker

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Yeah she is a NSR125, I have given it a good look over and the frame looks decent but then again I am not a mechanic. Worst case it needs the rear subframe, I don't think I can fix that dent. They aren`t expensive to get from what I can see.

Sorry for the delay getting back to ya. F**king car failed the nct :mad: The NSR125 were more expensive to insure than a 250 one time if I remember correctly, such was the frequency with which they were involved in accidents. If it’s easier to replace ya possibly the best thing to do. Hopefully the bike gets the all clear from the Honda dealer