'ello

**thehollowmen** · 4th June 2005, 18:35

Congrats on the big one :-)
You enjoy yourself in the madhouse here

**250learna** · 4th June 2005, 18:43

Originally Posted by boomer

Hi Speedmedic,

Thanks for the welcome, I got her from cyclespot. http://www.bikepoint.co.nz/DesktopDe...as=bikepointnz

hopefully its not a lemon

welcome to the site

thats a very nice bike you got there

**boomer** · 18th June 2005, 17:21

Well, i've been over the moon with the bike and troll'ing through this site has helped heaps !!

Last weekend i thought i'd fix the heated grips that weren't working and found the cables/connectors had come totally loose. So i had a play and found the combo that got the grips working

The next morning i come out and find i've left the ignition on all nite and killed the battery. So off i go and get a new one ( i tried to jump the bike and did but even after 20mins riding the lights and indicators still wouldnt work propery

So, over the last week the bike has been 'choking' almost stalling when setting off, lots of revs sort it out but i was concerned... and friday morning hop on the bike to go to work and she chockes and stalls. Umm ok, then i find the battery absolutely deeed.

I left it till today and thought i'd jump her, push her up the drive with the mrs ( she wasnt too happy ) and go to turn around and drop the bike .. FARK !!!!!! FARK !!!! FARK!!!!! scratch the indicatorm the foot peg and break the front break lever.... FARK !!!! ( lucky i have the slidders on her )

So, ive got a battery charger, also bought some dinky indicators and a new break lever. Hopped on teh web to understand which wires are what ( live and ground as they are all different colors ) and also to check the correct wiring combo for the grips.

Fixed the indicators, the grips and the lever and the batterys charging ( i did a quick check to see if teh charge would start her, and it does ) and im wondering if i've fixed the chocking or its a problem else where... we'll see tomorrow. Probably as well to get a service soon and have her looked at properly

Well... owning a bike is fun but time consuming too .. but worth it !!!!

* sorry for the long post but i thought i'd let you know the trials and tribulations of a noob on a bike !

**MSTRS:Me** · 18th June 2005, 17:39

Welcome. Sounds to me like the heated grips have a short somewhere which explains why your battery goes flat. With a flat battery it will be sucking up so much of the current from your alternator that the coils are not getting quite enough juice (explains low-rev 'choking'). Also, you can't use your bike as a charger - the battery has to have a certain amount of charge to start with. Sounds strange but that is what happens ie the battery will suck current but will not charge up

**boomer** · 1st July 2005, 19:14

Well i had the baby serviced today; and the alarm fitted. Michael at Bikepoint is a top bloke.

He changed the front bearings for me as i told him the brakes seemed to be biteing but its still happening and he wondered if it was because the forks had been raised about 17mm; anyone got any ideas ( the front brakes are ok )

The bikes a ripper !!!!! had a good run last weekend upto welsford and then back via Puhoi ( for a beer ) with a mate. Might have seen some of you guys (about 10-15 riders) heading south about 1, 1:30...??

ps. mstrs; thanks for the headsup; teh grips had been wired direct and the battery connections were a tad loose; all checked out and shes charging fine now with no more 'chocking'

cheeers !