Looky what I got me hands on!

[HungusMaximist]

Btw, did you buy the $20 off bits4bikes?

Let me know if it's any good, I've heard that they're slighty dodgey, but let me ya?

I was really tempted but decided to settle on a slighty dearer but better made, Tawainese Yuasa cuz I relied on my CT to start everytime I kick it.

You can be my CT buddy now..

[Ragingrob]

Btw, did you buy the $20 off bits4bikes?

Let me know if it's any good, I've heard that they're slighty dodgey, but let me ya?

I was really tempted but decided to settle on a slighty dearer but better made, Tawainese Yuasa cuz I relied on my CT to start everytime I kick it.

You can be my CT buddy now..

Na I'm ordering it through Mr Motorcycles in Puke, not too sure what brand they've got coming in though.

Haha yeah for sure, at the moment I'm looking at it for a paddock basher, but man it'd be fun to chuck the electrics on it and get it road legal!

[Ragingrob]

Yeah so the plan right now I think would be best to just wait till I get the battery early next week and go from there. No point mucking around with too much more when the battery is completely screwed.

I think the main thing I'll need a hand with is getting the chain sorted. Roadtrip to Karaka next weekend Squiggles?

[HungusMaximist]

Yeah so the plan right now I think would be best to just wait till I get the battery early next week and go from there. No point mucking around with too much more when the battery is completely screwed.

I think the main thing I'll need a hand with is getting the chain sorted. Roadtrip to Karaka next weekend Squiggles?

Good luck!

You gotta bribe him with an incentive....

How are the Karaka girls? They're all pretty friendly down there I've heard...

[motorbyclist]

Yeah so the plan right now I think would be best to just wait till I get the battery early next week and go from there. No point mucking around with too much more when the battery is completely screwed.

dude, reckon you'll be ready to go by next sunday?

[Ragingrob]

A spark a spark! I've chucked the new battery in and we now have a definite spark woohoo. BUT it ain't starting.

Following the troubleshooting in the manual, the next step is to test for compression... Anyone? How do I check this?

Cheers.

[klyong82]

Its a Honda it wont explode no matter how you treat it

[motorbyclist]

A spark a spark! I've chucked the new battery in and we now have a definite spark woohoo. BUT it ain't starting.

Following the troubleshooting in the manual, the next step is to test for compression... Anyone? How do I check this?

Cheers.

the easy way is to kick it over - if she's got a hard spot then there's some compression. You'll need a tester to actually get a number out of it to check if it's within spec.

[Squiggles]

Stop kicking it like a pussy and it'll run

[Ragingrob]

I have a compression tester guage, the manual specs say the compression ratio is 8.2:1, lol any idea how to convert this to psi?

Shutup Squiggles, Do YOU know who I AM!

Na seriously... so I'm gonna go try test the compression, if it's all good then it's gonna be something stupid to fix (i.e. I think the throttle cable may be jammed). Or... I just keep kicking and it'll fire someday lol.

[Squiggles]

You're supposed to move the kickstart through an arc, not boot the bike across the room...

& its 120psi or 105... dont remember

[motorbyclist]

I say we turbo it - that'll increase the pressure

[Danae]

Dude, he's Rob Norris, don't question his kicks!!

[Ragingrob]

You're supposed to move the kickstart through an arc, not boot the bike across the room...

& its 120psi or 105... dont remember

K well the compression test shows 100kPax100. So, there's some compression at least. Do ya reckon that's decent enough?

Now following the flow chart we have either engine misses, or engine fires but does not start. I'm leaning towards the engine misses side. This then leads me to whether the spark plug is wet or not, it's definitely wet with petrol. There troubleshooting offers 3 ideas...1)Flooded carb, 2)Choke valve closed excessively and 3)Throttle valve opened excessively.

I think the throttle cable itself may actually be jammed, so tomorrow I'll pull it out and try to get some WD40 down it and see if I can unjam it. Surely having the throttle valve jammed open this would flood the carb so this would take up two of those options?

At the bottom end of the throttle cable I'm not quite sure what adjustments are necessary (if any), i.e. where the throttle needle goes into the carb. Do you just screw it down as far as it goes naturally? Pretty much... How do I ensure that the throttle valve is not opened excessively? (Once I check that the cable isn't jammed).

[motorbyclist]

I have a compression tester guage, the manual specs say the compression ratio is 8.2:1, lol any idea how to convert this to psi?

air starts at atmospheric pressure (1 bar), assuming ideal gas and no temperature change pressure will increase 8.2 times to 8.2 bar.**

google converts 8.2 bar to 118.93 psi

**apologies if i stuffed up the ratio but it's safe to say the pressure should be higher than 100psi

ie if it should be 9.2 bar, then that converts to 133.43 psi