Noob needs help to check out a bike

[Strike]

Hi all, i want to check out a bike that i'm interested in buying, its a 2000 Honda Hornet, it'll be my first bike.

Heres the deal, i know sweet f*** all about bikes so i'd be very greatful if someone with a bit of knowledge could help me out. The bike is in Glenfield, Auckland. box a beers or chocies in it for your troubles. cheers.

[Lee Rusty]

When do you want to look it over .
PM me Glenfield not to far away from home can have a look for you if you like




Hi all, i want to check out a bike that i'm interested in buying, its a 2000 Honda Hornet, it'll be my first bike.

Heres the deal, i know sweet f*** all about bikes so i'd be very greatful if someone with a bit of knowledge could help me out. The bike is in Glenfield, Auckland. box a beers or chocies in it for your troubles. cheers.

[FROSTY]

Ditto here dude--If you can get the bike to my workshop I'll happily tell ya whats up with the bike

[Strike]

Thanks for the offer, but i got no way of gettn it from glenfield to henderson. cheers anyway.:niceone:

[daaatomic]

I dont know any more about bikes than the next guy, but I can have a look with ya if you like. Best thing to do is get a mechanic to check it over. I have a van we can use to take it there, or I can just ride it for you(if the current owner is happy with that.)

[Strike]

that'd be awesome! maybe able to have you take a look at it after all Frosty..
provided the owner doesn't mind of course.... i'll get back to you

[fizbin]

Thanks for the offer, but i got no way of gettn it from glenfield to henderson. cheers anyway.:niceone:

Get one us to ride it there? Frosty would only need it for what 1-2 hours Frosty?
If you enplane to the dude what you are doing and say that you will pay for the gas to and fro i am sure he will be accommodating.
Hell the guy might even ride it there for you

[Strike]

Thanks for all the offers guys, i think i got it sorted now, all LEGENDS!, the lot of you. Cheers!

[gijoe1313]

On ya for checking out a little ol'hornet! :niceone: And kudos to all those who offered to help ya out ... if'n course you do get a little ol'hornet, just drop me a PM and I can help you out with a few things about them! :yes:

[Gubb]

I'm in Glenfield, gimme a yell if you need some extra eyes/hands.

[Strike]

Hi all, thanks for all the offers, and a HUGE thanks to Lee Rusty for checking the bike out for me, i couldn't have asked for more, awesome guy!
looks like im going to be the proud owner of a 2000 Honda Hornet!:drool:
see you all out there:clap:

[Lee Rusty]

it is a nice bike, you made a good choice - My pleasure, one more of us on the road

[chester]

good choice on ya bike they are good to learn on.

[daaatomic]

so hows the bike? better see you at AWNMR soon.

[Strike]

The bike was good all weekend, took it for a blat (a sensible one mind you:nono:) on saturday, was awesome.

MONDAY MORNING!!! THE DRAMA BEGINS!!

riding to work, came to an intersection, went to take off, bike stalled and WOULD NOT start again, tryed all that i could think of, nothing, called a mate who has alot more exp then myself to give it ago, still nothing...

uh oh.

Had to leave it parked up in some strangers drive (good bugger for lettn me do that) and ask around for help on what could be wrong with it. Battery? Spark Plugs? Earth wire? i have no idea, all i know is the bike wont turn over, all the appropriate lights come on when the key is turned and when you hit the ignition switch they fade and the head light goes off completly.

so i called the previous owner, turns out he didn't get the bike serviced before he handed over the keys like we AGREED he would. Asshole:mad:. then when i said that he said he would book the bike in for a service he denied saying it, told me " I didn't have the time, i was moving house, i went on a course, i have been fair to you and now your getting smart. i will warn you once, BE CAREFUL. WANKER.

Chances are if he got the bike serviced like he said he wud this wouldn't be happening right now.

Any ideas on what could be wrong with the bike would be great. i can't leave it stranded at some random ( but good) dudes house for long....

[Strike]

The bike was good all weekend, took it for a blat (a sensible one mind you:nono:) on saturday, was awesome.

MONDAY MORNING!!! THE DRAMA BEGINS!!

riding to work, came to an intersection, went to take off, bike stalled and WOULD NOT start again, tryed all that i could think of, nothing, called a mate who has alot more exp then myself to give it ago, still nothing...

uh oh.

Had to leave it parked up in some strangers drive (good bugger for lettn me do that) and ask around for help on what could be wrong with it. Battery? Spark Plugs? Earth wire? i have no idea, all i know is the bike wont turn over, all the appropriate lights come on when the key is turned and when you hit the ignition switch they fade and the head light goes off completly.

so i called the previous owner, turns out he didn't get the bike serviced before he handed over the keys like we AGREED he would. Asshole:mad:. then when i said that he said he would book the bike in for a service he denied saying it, told me " I didn't have the time, i was moving house, i went on a course, i have been fair to you and now your getting smart. i will warn you once, BE CAREFUL."..... WANKER.

Chances are if he got the bike serviced like he said he wud this wouldn't be happening right now.

Any ideas on what could be wrong with the bike would be great. i can't leave it stranded at some random ( but good) dudes house for long....

[jim.cox]

all the appropriate lights come on when the key is turned and when you hit the ignition switch they fade and the head light goes off completly.


That sounds like a flat battery to me

[Strike]

Very well could be, apparently the bike was sitting for quite some time before the sale

[Maverick]

Did you try bump start it? (They dont have a kick start do they?)
I hope you did a VIR report on it before you bought it, if he was dishonest about doing a service I hope there is nothing else nasty about it.
Could just be that the battery is poked, if thats the case a voltmeter across the battery terminals when it is running should show 12-13ish volts.
Where is it now? I might be able to come take a look after work if you want to drop me a pm with your number.

[daaatomic]

where's the bike, we can get it with my van tonight if you want.

[Maverick]

where's the bike, we can get it with my van tonight if you want.

Mind you, I dont think we really need the "exact" location disclosed on a public forum, but a PM or general indication might be a good idea :niceone:
Am happy to help, but would need to know before 5.30 so I know if to head over the shore or not. (I live cityside)

[daaatomic]

Mind you, I dont think we really need the "exact" location disclosed on a public forum, but a PM or general indication might be a good idea :niceone:

true, he now has my number if he wants to get hold of me.

[Strike]

bike is in sunnynook on the shore, will PM you both to give more details. Cheers!

[Nagash]

Yeah.. sounds exactly like a flat battery to me.

I s'pose that's the best case scenario. Specially if he mentioned it's been sitting round.

Ofcourse it could be a whole lot worse like a broken electrical componnent or rah-dah rah-dah. But it's probably only the battery. Bump start ftw!

[Meekey_Mouse]

Sure it's not still in gear? :whistle:

[glice]

I'm close to there, I've sent you a pm, give me a txt if you still need a hand.

[riffer]

Please please please don't let this be like Curious_AJs new bike thread... :(

[Gubb]

I'm in Glenfield, have a Garage, Tools, and a Vehicle to transport it in. Always willing to help.

My number is ### ### ####

[Little Miss Trouble]

Sure it's not still in gear? :whistle:

hehe thats on the list of things we ran through over the phone when I got the HELP! phone call, along with kill switch, fuel in the tank and sidestand etc would have been nice if it were that simple

[sinfull]

Ditto here dude--If you can get the bike to my workshop I'll happily tell ya whats up with the bike

You reading this ? Just wondering or should i say CURIOUS lol as to how many offers you make to help with this one !

[Strike]

DAAATOMIC to the rescue! thanks HEAPS for the help tonight dude, been stressing all day bout leaving it a sum random peoples house, but my baby (lol) is back it my place now safe and sound.... cept for needing a new battery... CYCLE TREADS!!!!

also a shout out to the good people and Wild West Honda, they also offered to pick up the bike and take to there workshop - even tho the bike has no history with them what-so-ever. i thought that was awesome.

HUGE thanks to everyone on KB who offered help. YOU ROCK! as far as bike stuff goes i can't really offer much in the way of useful help, but, you guys ever find yourself in a tough situation with sum tard bent on messin with ya and you dont feel like dealing with it...... send me a PM, i'd love to help :devil2: lol

[FROSTY]

Strike. --Dude sorry if I sound like a negative shit--not intended.
Battery hopefully is all thats wrong but I suspect you may have charging system issues

[Katman]

but I suspect you may have charging system issues

Not necessarily. If a battery sits around long enough the plates will sulphate up. Eventually plates will touch and short out a cell(s).

[Meekey_Mouse]

Good to hear you got your bike back :)

[slimjim]

welcome to motorcycling laddie :sweatdrop and yes some simple thing's are of same as car :yes: turn key on light's dim yup battery oil light comes on stop and check level, always when pulling into to full up with gas check tire pressure air's free , time is yours to give , :scooter: and the more you learn of your bike the nicer motorcycling really is , all the best :sunny:

[Strike]

got my hands on a voltmeter, battery only reading at 10.6 :Pokey: as for charging systems issues... god i hope not, but funnily enough, the idea of ripping into my bike really appeals to me:doctor:, bottom line, if its just the battery, sweet, if its something more then thats just more mechanical exp for me huh:rockon:

[Strike]

Battery in there at the mo is a Yuasa YTX7L-BS 12v, that sound right?

[Lee Rusty]

Lee here, bugger, started ok on the night I looked at it, sounds like the dude selling it didnt do what he said he would. He did say he would get it serviced.

Ok anyway sounds like battery stuffed and that sounds like right battery for it. The number srefer to size etc and placement of terminals - s that one fits ok just get another one the same.

If you need a hand drop me a line, if i had got email earlier I would have picked up for you as i have trailer.

Before fitting new battery put it on charger for a couple of hours to maximise its life, new batterys just put in bike and then statered on lecky start suffer in the long run.

If you have any probs call me - if you dont have my number it is in the pm section from last time

Lee

[Lee Rusty]

when I checked it out the charging system was ok - so unles something has broken it will prob just be due to the down time of battery

And you can get cheap batterys like Rocket or Yacht brand they are ok if used every day but they are not as good as the Yuasa.

L

[Strike]

Yeah, guy turned out to be a total tosser. i still can't believe he actually threatened me LOL. neways, i'll get a nu bat and let ya know how i get on, Cheers Lee.

[Maverick]

got my hands on a voltmeter, battery only reading at 10.6 :Pokey: as for charging systems issues... god i hope not, but funnily enough, the idea of ripping into my bike really appeals to me:doctor:, bottom line, if its just the battery, sweet, if its something more then thats just more mechanical exp for me huh:rockon:

Errr... that wasnt with the engine running right? Running should be more then 12V.

[R6_kid]

Errr... that wasnt with the engine running right? Running should be more then 12V.

Should be 14V+ with the engine running :bleh: (up to 17 at revs depending on the strength of the alternator + reg/rec setup)

If you need a battery charger you can borrow mine