Someone to check out a bike for me please (Waitakere City)

[The Lone Rider]

I've got a new bike in mind.. seems a buet of a bike. However its in Waitakere City, Auckland.

Would anyone be able to go have a looky at it for me, and give me their impressions? Please send me a PM if you can. I'll send you details and arrange the viewing with the current owner.

Then that leaves me with finding professional bike movers/shippers to have the bike sent down as I'm not able to go up and ride it back. So if you know of or recommend a company that can pick the bike up from the owner and have it sent to me, that would be great to.

Rock on.. :Punk:

[selectedgrub]

Mite pay to state what flavour ride it is man.

No use gunna check out a vespa or likes but could help if its a HD

[The Lone Rider]

Well if it wasn't a cruiser I wouldn't be posting in this section. Makes sense I guess.

Its a mid size v4 cruiser with all the standard chrome and forward controls that you get on a cruiser

[selectedgrub]

Yeah well count me out.

What defines a crusier?.
Not a mind reader egg

[bmz2]

dude, PM me with the contact details, will have a look for you

[The Lone Rider]

Yeah well count me out.

What defines a crusier?.
Not a mind reader egg

I think you may find most of these contain pictures of cruisers :D
http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=Motorcycle%20Cruiser&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi


dude, PM me with the contact details, will have a look for you

Thanks! I'll pm you when I get home. I've been staying at GEEK's as I've been rather sick.

[Macktheknife]

So what kind of cruiser is it? Year, model, mileage, all the good stuff mate.

[The Lone Rider]

Honda 1994 VF750, 39400km

Just gotta love the v4 with dual pipes on both sides :D
So sexy...

[SVboy]

That is a nice looking bike.

[The Lone Rider]

That is a nice looking bike.

Thanks.. kinda looks like my loud ass beast that you've already been introduced to several months ago.

Except this one I'm gonna have all the work done super professionally, proper everything - pipes, re-chroming, custom paint job.

Shes my baby :D

[The Lone Rider]

I'd like to publicly thank BMZ2 and Jafar for their help offered and taking some time out of their lives to help another biker.

Attached are photos of the new ride. Love having the little chromed billet clock! Just pulled it off though as the battery is flat and went to go get a new battery and all the stores at the mall are closed! DOH! The seating is very comftable, feels a tad like it sits higher then my other bike but might just be the more padded seat. Bars hold a bit more upright and are small ape hangers. Gears shift nice and forgiving. Stalled it when I started it up haha :D No problems so far now though - fark 250kg bike is funny feeling leaning on a corner. Cant see how you with 300kg rides do it :P

Already working on it, replacing the allen bolts with chromed hex bolts, taking out one of the bolts and putting on a proper achor point rings for those bungy choreds (hold down tents etc..)

Next to come (once I have my finances resorted again), I'm chucking on a lowering kit, and proper forward controls, and then fitting everything else in chrome.

Opinions though - the little screen on the front. Keep or get rid of?

[bmz2]

cheers dude , no thanks needed gald to help, nice bike,:niceone: hope you enjoy your ride

[Machiavelli]

Nice looking bike there, I look forward to seeing what you do to it.


Opinions though - the little screen on the front. Keep or get rid of?

I'd keep it. It's not as ridiculously huge as some screens. It's small, and hopefully effective. I would say it would probably make a significant difference to aerodynamics and therefore speed as well as mileage and wear in the long term.
I mean, it'd be better and more comfortable for you, I'm sure, to have the screen doing the cutting through the air rather than your upper body (making it 'cruisier'!).

Whatever gains you can get without sacrificing the beauty of the machine, why not?

[Waylander]

Pfft, get a real V4.

Just so happens I know someone who's selling a Vmax.:cool:

[kiwifruit]

Just so happens I know someone who's selling a Vmax.:cool:

hi there,
would your friend take 1 million dollaRs?

thanks,
Allan.

[The Lone Rider]

Pfft, get a real V4.

Just so happens I know someone who's selling a Vmax.:cool:

Vmax is for people who can't make up their mind whether to have a cruiser or a sports bike :P


I look forward to seeing what you do to it.
Will be a rather long time before I do anything significantly noticeable. Just working on changing all the bolts to chromed ones now, and replacing two with anchor point rings.

[BMW]

if ya have a problem I can do it on this saturday. Also got a dig camera to if ya need any pics.

[sAsLEX]

Just gotta love the v4

"There's the V-4 thing: there's just something about it that inline 4s don't have, and V-twins have too much of."
– Murray Duncan

[Rashika]

Vmax is for people who can't make up their mind whether to have a cruiser or a sports bike :P


some would say the same about those on japaharleys as well: bikes for those who cant afford a Harley.
They might also say the same about Buells: sportsbikes with a cruiser engine, neither one nor the other... (better IMHO)

Congrats on the new ride :niceone:

[sAsLEX]

some would say the same about those on japaharleys as well: bikes for those who cant afford a trailer and car that you need most of the time with a Harley.


Well some do like technology that has progressed in the last 60 years, and cant fault Japs for reliability.

[The Lone Rider]

Well some do like technology that has progressed in the last 60 years, and cant fault Japs for reliability.

Oh Ill be getting a harley at some stage.. just you wait :P
$20,000.. no problem - just do a lot of overtime. Up for a pay rise in the next two months as well. Give me a year or two. Still renovating my house also.
Some like the old loud clunk of the older designed engine haha.

[sAsLEX]

Oh Ill be getting a harley at some stage.. just you wait :P
$20,000.. no problem. Give me a year or two. Still renovating my house.
Some like the old loud clunk of the older designed engine haha.

I know what you mean I want something with 427 in the title one day.

[Waylander]

Vmax is for people who can't make up their mind whether to have a cruiser or a sports bike :P



Clearly you've never ridden one.

[Rashika]

Well some do like technology that has progressed in the last 60 years, and cant fault Japs for reliability.

... or consistancy (=boringness) :bleh:

[Machiavelli]

Well some do like technology that has progressed in the last 60 years, and cant fault Japs for reliability.

My Dad did some work for a company based in both Taiwan and New Zealand. Working with their engineers, one thing he learned was that they were very good at taking existing technology, reverse engineering it, and replicating it in their own products. They even TOLD him that much.

Where they fell down, in their own opinion and that of my Father's, was that they weren't quite as good at making brand new technologies - new circuit designs, innovative techniques etc.

I'm sure that's a horrid generalisation, but when it comes from the horses mouth of people whose business is to know how to utilise different engineers from different countries... it makes you think.

Translation: i'm sure the Japaharleys are an excellent imitation of a harley. What I wouldn't want to buy would be a bike from an asian market that has no history of reliability and consistency in its design.

[The Lone Rider]

Some of the asian replications are VERY good, in not just motorcycles. The difference between the really good and the ok is the quality control. Some companies just patch stuff together and you might get a brillant product from them and the next one off the line isn't worth the metal its made from.

[The Lone Rider]

Well, I'm having trouble with my bike.

I've done the muffler mod found here

http://www.magnariders.com/html/TipTrick/Stock_Muffler.html

Only difference is I didn't open up the end and put a wider pipe in, I left the standard one already on there. From most remarks on their forums, this would cause no real problems in terms of the engine starting.

However, the bike wont start at all now. Can get it to maybe fire a single piston once but it wont take. Have tried the choke, tried giving some throttle, and have fiddled with the idle rev knob. No luck.

[Machiavelli]

Well, I'm having trouble with my bike . . . the bike wont start at all now.

Ermm... this sounds a bad thing to me.

Given that I have zero mechanical motorbike knowledge or skill, I wouldn't know how much trouble this spells for you.

Is this going to mean lots more fiddling, or forking out the cash for an aftermarket muffler?

[bmz2]

Well, I'm having trouble with my bike.

I've done the muffler mod found here

http://www.magnariders.com/html/TipTrick/Stock_Muffler.html

Only difference is I didn't open up the end and put a wider pipe in, I left the standard one already on there. From most remarks on their forums, this would cause no real problems in terms of the engine starting.

However, the bike wont start at all now. Can get it to maybe fire a single piston once but it wont take. Have tried the choke, tried giving some throttle, and have fiddled with the idle rev knob. No luck.

dude , playing with the pipes , i read the mods on the site quoted above , sounds like you have lost back pressure and the mixture is now wrong, possible the timing as well , i hope you do not need to rejet the carbs, i,m sorry that you did all that work to find that the bike will not run

[The Lone Rider]

Just a bit frustrating. There is nothing on that website that says anyone had trouble with the bike not starting at all. When you compare it to the original mod, mine should have less air flow since I didn't put on the wider end bit.

Going to check the spark plugs tommorrow.

So far I've checked the fuses, coolant, battery (freshly charged one), and idle rev knob.

[The Lone Rider]

Well, I've pulled out just one spark plug...

This might be the problem - I haven't been able to find the link on here that shows various conditions of sparks so I'm not sure if this is a "failure and replace", or "clean them"

Attached is photo - comments and info thanks :D

[Machiavelli]

Just a bit frustrating


sounds like you have lost back pressure and the mixture is now wrong, possible the timing as well , i hope you do not need to rejet the carbs


Going to check the spark plugs tommorrow. So far I've checked the fuses, coolant, battery (freshly charged one), and idle rev knob.

If what bmz2 said has hit anywhere near close to the mark, isn't this a bit of a wild goosechase? If the mixture is wrong then wouldn't that mean the sparkplugs could be fine bit the fuel mixture just isn't igniting, or at least the whole thing is running at a bad timing that isn't sustainable?
In that case, it sounds like you'd need an expert opinion because i'd guess that no amount of checking over peripherals like coolant and battery is going to address the worst issue.

[TLMAN]

However its in Waitakere City, Auckland.

Just make sure you get all the numbers checked on it - its probably stolen if it from out west!!:dodge:

Westies eh :weird:

[The Lone Rider]

If what bmz2 said has hit anywhere near close to the mark, isn't this a bit of a wild goosechase? If the mixture is wrong then wouldn't that mean the sparkplugs could be fine bit the fuel mixture just isn't igniting, or at least the whole thing is running at a bad timing that isn't sustainable?
In that case, it sounds like you'd need an expert opinion because i'd guess that no amount of checking over peripherals like coolant and battery is going to address the worst issue.

I can just take it to Casbolts or some place that can do rejets. That should adjust it. The bike I was using in the weekend has new pipes and they are way more open then the originals, and it didn't need rejetting at all.

But looking at this one spark so far, it looks pretty bung to me. But then I know nothing about sparks so I'm waiting for an opinion and will also bring it into work as my boss knows a bit about this stuff and he'd know if I should replace the sparks.

[The Lone Rider]

:banana:FIXED!!!!:banana:

My boss from work, who lives just down the road, came over and had a look. He has helped me in the past doing work on my car.

After testing the firing, petrol feed and sparks, he discovered that the problem was lose wiring. Couple minutes of jiggling cables and problem fixed.

Took it for a ride... PHRRAAAAK! Sounds musical to my ears.

Got to the road just down from my house on the way back from my ride and Macheveli happened to see me roar by and didn't recognize me at first but realized it was me and came over to my pad see the now working bike.

Where would we be without our mentors, our heroes, and our friends? We would be without hope.

:love:

So tomorrow I can put my other bike back together and instead of mucking around "fixing" things I can get onto cleaning up the new bike.

[The Lone Rider]

Damn, took the bike to the local down the road. Parked it by the entrance on the sidewalk.. but not to far in front so that it was in full view.

Anyway, was showing a guy from work who was there the new bike.. and the fucker wouldnt start. Cunt! Ended up taking seat off and fiddling, but not before girls came up to me while I was sitting on it trying to get it going. "COOL! Is that yours!? Does it go BROOOOM or VVVVVVVVV. I like bikes that go BROOOM!!"

Had to push the bike home.. embarrassing! Got the bike in the garage.. think I've find the culprit . Out comes the soldering iron in the morning and fingers crossed!

[bmz2]

good luck dude,

[cynna]

:. Couple minutes of jiggling cables and problem fixed.

not quite a fix to the problem as you found out....

[The Lone Rider]

The jiggling wasnt the fix, the jiggling was the find. The fix then was to tighten one of the connection clamps.

The problem this time is I reckon one of the wires stripped and broke.

[Jerms]

Except this one I'm gonna have all the work done super professionally, proper everything - pipes, re-chroming, custom paint job.

So how's that coming along???? :2guns: :crazy:

[Jerms]

Doesn't sound like you made it to Gorrrrrre either... ;)

[The Lone Rider]

Nope, stuck at home wishing I had a working bike for the ladies to continue to admire.

Taking it in to the shop - cant start the custom work if the bike doesn't work full stop. Bloody dodgey wiring I says!

[The Lone Rider]

Phoned the shop today - just as well as the bike was ready but they hadn't contacted me.

They said they checked the wiring, and the only thing they did was clean the sparks and it went fine. Thats odd since I had all the sparks out before I took it over and they all sparked fine and it didn't want to ignite the engine until I fiddled with the electrical cabels again.

But time will tell, I'll probably get stranded half way to Nelson to discover they were wrong!

[The Lone Rider]

I have to say, the bike is going great now and gets a bit of attention.

Mach and Me were at a pub and people poked around looking at our bikes and Mach had to leave but Jwalker showed up and when we both left people were cheering as we revved and went off

BUT.. FUCK I HATE ALUMINUM RIMS. Like, what a toss to polish up! I've got some Autosol (Thanks Ghost Bullet, you were right it works great!) for my chrome and metal bits and it does a good job but fark me its hard going to clean them. I've managed 2/3 of one side of the front wheel and said screw it.

Aluminum... can it be chromed? :D

[Waylander]

Don't be lazy.