'00 RMX250 Dualsport/Supermotard

[johnnybizz]

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=js1sj14a000502419

[zeRax]

you should probably get an ac voltage from each coil of anything like 30 to 60 volts ac at a guess ?

[johnnybizz]

I got some specs off the local Suzuki dealer regarding testing the electrical system, my reg/rect failed all but one of the resistance tests, obtained a similar replacement, NO CHANGE.
Stator windings have no shorts to earth, and very low resistance between each other (1ohm). Haven't checked AC output of stator yet....
Mildly confused/frustrated.

[johnnybizz]

Obtained a stator assembly, swapped that in, NO CHANGE again.
This is where my brain melts.
Only thing remaining is the Rotor? Right?

[johnnybizz]

Turns out, a battery doesn't charge/discharge fast enough in comparison to a Capacitor.
One $5 capacitor later and the battery in the bin, Voltage steady and Pretty acceptable.
Might still need to try a larger capacitor but for the short term all seems ok.
Put a pair of trade-me special tyres on tonight and is booked in for a WOF tomorrow.
So close.

[johnnybizz]

Well well well.... What do we have here!

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=A4DLJ

[Brainflex]

excellent, well done John. How much did the rego n stuff cost you?

[johnnybizz]

~$220 for plate and 6 months rego
Clean sheet warrent, except for needing to replace front brake lever due to not having a ball on the end anymore, fair call. And required a bit of rubber on gearlever.
Drove it to nightschool tonight and to visit a few friends. Feels like you're doing the naughty, should be illegal.
Getting 100% double-takes from all bystanders, mostly puzzled faces.

VTNZ somehow have the year as a 2010, so I have 12monthly warrents for a few years now too... Awesome!

Pics to follow perhaps, if anyone is interested.

[johnnybizz]

Clocked up around 300km so far, nice enough in the dry, absolutely lethal in the wet, and its been raining all weekend :-o
I think I need to mix up some more twostroke mix!

[Brainflex]

What capacitor did you use to replace the battery?

[johnnybizz]

25V 1000uF, is a little underrated though, the lights and things dim a little when everythings on. The guy who looked at my bike said roughly a 2200uF capacitor should suffice, but 1000uF was all he had in the back of his car.
Next time I'm at a decent electronics store I'll get one.

[johnnybizz]

Ok, I'm still around, fettling here and there with the RMX as time/money/interest allows.

Everything was fun and rainbows, I'd taken a few short trips around the area.









A friend of mine even bought a KDX220 for a while which was cool.

Road legal RMX lasted about a month till it went POP.
Was going for a ride to the beach on my lunch break and had a few seconds of warning 'death rattle', then that feeling everyone hates.
Seized.

[johnnybizz]

I'm no expert so I can only assume, but I'm guessing the open road unloaded RPM caused the edge of the top of the piston to pop off.


The rings flailed around a bit, met some ports, and the fun stopped.





So anyway, it sat dormant for 6 months while I shifted flats and tried to get my shit together. Barrel was repaired and replated, new std size Wiseco piston, new bearings throughout the bottom end + replace a worn gear or two.
And it went again, Being as paranoid as I am I hardly used it outside of town after that, being too afraid of killing it again at an expense I couldn't afford.

Decided if I wasn't going to use it I'd better sell it. SO in a last ditch effort, have upped the gearing to 15:44, fitted a carry rack on the back (for fuel), got a new WOF, and tomorrow I'm going to attempt to ride to Napier for the long weekend, and back again.
https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?saddr=whakatane&daddr=Waikaremoana,+Urewera+National+Park,+Hawke's +Bay+to:Napier,+Hawke's+Bay&hl=en&sll=-38.352495,176.94232&sspn=1.145865,2.469177&geocode=FXzgvP0dUqqMCil3CeAjTgBvbTFgGqNDYe8ABQ%3BF Y6fsP0dRSKPCimfaZ5kxchobTEZn5LvlF8XLg%3BFRRjpf0dkn aLCimZyrFP1slpbTFQ6KJDYe8ABQ&oq=Napier&t=h&mra=ls&z=8

I was going to go tonight and spend a night in the Ureweras, but its raining and I'm a giant blouse.

[NordieBoy]

A giant pink blouse.

Just watch out for that Tama Iti fulla...

[johnnybizz]

I'm alive!
I ended up going on Thursday afternoon once the rain cleared. Came off briefly/slowly and broke a clutch lever up around Lake Waikaremoana.

Spend the weekend in and around Hawkes Bay, returned via Gisborne this afternoon. Had wanted to go right round the coast on the way home but the RMX seat is awful/3 day accumulative hangover. That can happen another day.

Picture proof