The guy with too many names
Okay, runs now, has the new fuse.
Would like to get it fixed at a workshop for the following things, any suggestions on who to call to possibly do this work, preferrably next week?
Fuel pump checked/replaced
Tuned
Front Forks seal replaced/oil changed/other needed things if necessary
Front disc degreased
Hmm.
Why do you need the front disc degreased? Buy some brake cleaner and go at it.
I could help with the front forks, we should do a smc fixit day this weekend or next.
Doesn't play well with others
Originally Posted by Slyer
Not maintaining things lead to even more maintenance being required.
Hmm.
There must be a major leak to get that much oil on the discs lol
The guy with too many names
nah, just the angle it was leaking at. Some of it I can do myself, some I can't, easiest just to get a shop to do it all that way my bike is actually fixed as opposed to parts of it being fixed
Hmm.
You mean like when they fixed the XS?
Hardcore Biker
Option A
Forgo using the bike for transport for the next 3 weeks, do not drink beer or buy food from within the University. This money 'may' cover the cost of the work.
Option B
Step 1. Get off your arse and order the parts required (Fork seals, fork oil, mc engine oil, oil filter. I would say you're now also in for new pads if they've been badly hit.
Step 2. Take it to the next fixit day (Might be this Sunday after the Westpac ride)
The guy with too many names
Got the funding now, but its seriously time to replace the fuel pump, have it tuned, etc, and since I'm not paying, its a case of might as well get it all done as one rather than do half, then have to save up to do the other parts seperately.
Also, the other thing about Option A is that bus costs more than bike fuel, in time and money.
Hardcore Biker
Only if you have better things to be doing (Work)
I doubt you can afford what you want done, fuel pumps aint cheap for one! It'll be $60-70/hr of labour...
The guy with too many names
Thats the point, if I'm not paying but someone else is its better to get the fuel pump fixed now rather than later
Just a Dog
Thats the way, dad will sort it aye ! Take the bloody thing to the fix it day, learn how to do your own maint. IT aint hard to do fork seals and an oil change is a joke !
Fuel pump could be something as simple as a bit of flaking in the tank blocking up the lines cause your letting it get so low (have you checked ? Or is dad happy to pay some workshop 60 an hour for their apprentise to learn these things ?)
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Hardcore Biker
Price one up, i dare ya
Forum whore
for future reference, that was a stupid move putting a 20 amp fuse in place of a blown 10 amp one at all
*3 hours later*
fuel pump - $hundreds new, maybe under $200 secondhand
tuned - $70 an hour for carby clean and balance on a 4 carb bike; $hundreds
fork seals - $300 or more all up
front disc - not worth having the mechanic do, but new pads will be $40 per pair and you'll need them
total: up to $1000 depending on how competent/honest the mechanic is. Of course my big gripe here is if something else breaks it may/may not be their fault and personally I like the certainty when you did it yourself
oh and you save about $500 a year - and that's just for general maintenance
The guy with too many names
for future reference, that was a stupid move putting a 20 amp fuse in place of a blown 10 amp one at all
*3 hours later*
fuel pump - $hundreds new, maybe under $200 secondhand
tuned - $70 an hour for carby clean and balance on a 4 carb bike; $hundreds
fork seals - $300 or more all up
front disc - not worth having the mechanic do, but new pads will be $40 per pair and you'll need them
total: up to $1000 depending on how competent/honest the mechanic is. Of course my big gripe here is if something else breaks it may/may not be their fault and personally I like the certainty when you did it yourself
oh and you save about $500 a year - and that's just for general maintenance
Firstly, the 20A fuse. Because of the way a fuse works, simply as a stop gap should a current greater than the value go through the fuse it will change to an open circuit to prevent the flow of such a large power to whatever its protecting, as long as nothing in the circuit is faulty it shouldn't matter if i use a bigger fuse or a piece of wire of decent cross sectional area. Knowing about these sort of things, and that there was an excess of current which flowed round the circuit, I changed the blown 10A to a different one and placed the 20A in another ones 10A place, which would not matter as long as there are no sudden changes in resistance/voltage in the circuit, which with what I was doing there was not. The reason the other fuse likely blew out was because short circuiting it resulted in a pulse which was, due to its short time scale, of a much larger total energy (and thus current) than a constant flow which is what occurs with the switch, by not doing that with the 20A its unlikely to put through such large current that the fuse would blow if it was 10A and not if it was 20A, and should such a situation occur, it would be very unusual seeing as how nothing significant had changed in the bike and the specific fuse in question that was switched has never had any electrical problems with its circuit nor with the fuse blowing.
Sure, leaving it in there constantly means that the 'protective measure', which is ONLY there for if something goes wrong (in a perfect situation, a fuse is useless as its just extra wire), but in a controlled case where there is little change to the system the changing of a fuse has the same effect as using a differnt piece of copper wire. Feel free to discuss it more with me, when I do know a damn fair bit about electronics and such (or consult the electrical engineer postgrad we have in the club)
As for the maintenance, in general I'd prefer to do maintenance myself, but theres two things that takes, time and money. Don't have much of the second, and at the moment with uni the first has dried up a bit too. Things like an oil change I'll be buggered if I'll pay someone to do, unless the labour is free and I only pay for the actual fluid/parts. Its more a case of my mother deciding she doesn't like the bike being unwarranted and such simply because I can't afford the seals+oil to do it myself. On the point of costs, it depends on how much it is after being weighed up, if something is ridiculous in cost then theres a good chance I simply would say "nah, dw, I'll do it myself", but the forks MUST be done, and because my parents wish it done now rather than 'sometime in the future' (the current situation), it will be done by a shop.
The other thing is that if something else breaks, yes its their fault, but if something goes wrong with what you personally did (such as you dented your forks, put too much oil in, etc), then you can't then go to someone and say "hey, you caused this, its written down in this piece of paper, you fix it and any other problem which occured due to it", and have them be required to do so
The 2nd-most bad arse KBer.
lol .
Then I could get a Kb Tshirt, move to Timaru and become a full time crossdressing faggot
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