Three days in and time for a boo boo

[Stylo]

Brand new shiny ZR750K1. Ride out of dealer, straight to petrol station to fill tank. Go to leave, stop across gutter. Back wheel on footpath, front wheel on road; I'm 6'3" but came flipping close to dropping it - tip-toes just on ground. Lesson learned.

A year later, laid it down gently in the garge, just lost balance wheeling it around. Scratched engine side cover. Frack.

It happens.

Similar thing, pulled up at my mate's place on the Hayabusa, stopped and put my right foot down, as you do.

Problem was my foot landed on a small tree branch which rolled like a pencil on a table and took my foot with it. Bike slowly went down as I struggled with the increasing weight ,probably about 600 to fix the scratches , I'm told from the body shop.

One of those things and, shit happens.

[Mom]

What or where is "PNC"?

Papua New Guinea Cuz?

[TheTengTheory]

Okay so after I got back from work I wanted to go for a ride. Possibly to apiti and back. However, one of my main issues was the brake pedal situated too high for my foot to comfortably rest on it without activating it. Anyways so i pulled apart the brake pedal unit and screwed it down lowering the height previous owner had bent it dropping the bike. After adjusting the switch i noticed that the brake light was constantly on. After an hour of troubleshooting testing different parts fuse connector etc etc etc. We decided to look online. Instead brain wave. What if it was the front brake.
true to form, the brake switch was on the front lever was cracked. Pulled the micro switch apart which then promptly exploded into tiny pieces.
Took me and my friend half an hour to figure it out.

result: piece of bread clip thingy super glued to the tip of the switch so the front lever can actuate the switch. pictures soon to come

Actually it just came off. Attempting to weld a needle to it.

[FJRider]

Okay so after I got back from work I wanted to go for a ride. Possibly to apiti and back. However, one of my main issues was the brake pedal situated too high for my foot to comfortably rest on it without activating it. Anyways so i pulled apart the brake pedal unit and screwed it down lowering the height previous owner had bent it dropping the bike. After adjusting the switch i noticed that the brake light was constantly on. After an hour of troubleshooting testing different parts fuse connector etc etc etc. We decided to look online. Instead brain wave. What if it was the front brake.
true to form, the brake switch was on the front lever was cracked. Pulled the micro switch apart which then promptly exploded into tiny pieces.
Took me and my friend half an hour to figure it out.

result: piece of bread clip thingy super glued to the tip of the switch so the front lever can actuate the switch. pictures soon to come

Actually it just came off. Attempting to weld a needle to it.

There is a brake light switch attached to back of) the back brake (well usually is) and adjusting the back brake lever will often change the tension on the (usually) spring loaded switch. (Also usually easy to find)

Front brake switches are time bombs ... if you pull one apart. E.mail a bike wrecker .... cheap as ... or buy a new one. Jury rig a switch and it may not last until the next WoF.

[Hitcher]

Papua New Guinea Cuz?

Sounds more believable than the alternative.

[Berries]

However, one of my main issues was the brake pedal situated too high for my foot to comfortably rest on it without activating it.

Why would you want to?

[Glowerss]

Okay so after I got back from work I wanted to go for a ride. Possibly to apiti and back. However, one of my main issues was the brake pedal situated too high for my foot to comfortably rest on it without activating it. Anyways so i pulled apart the brake pedal unit and screwed it down lowering the height previous owner had bent it dropping the bike. After adjusting the switch i noticed that the brake light was constantly on. After an hour of troubleshooting testing different parts fuse connector etc etc etc. We decided to look online. Instead brain wave. What if it was the front brake.
true to form, the brake switch was on the front lever was cracked. Pulled the micro switch apart which then promptly exploded into tiny pieces.
Took me and my friend half an hour to figure it out.

result: piece of bread clip thingy super glued to the tip of the switch so the front lever can actuate the switch. pictures soon to come

Actually it just came off. Attempting to weld a needle to it.

Just curious, was this the hornet on TM with the dual carbon exhausts? Was looking at a few hornets in wellywood a few weeks back. Was a couple of decent ones down that way.

[TheTengTheory]

Fjrider: yea to be honest I don't expect it to last long anyways. I'll probably get a new one soonish. Gotta pay for rego first haha. I think i will slowly upgrade the parts as a long term project.

Glowers: i wish. This was the one with the painted fuel tank and Ventura rack. Paid a reasonable price for it. Not the tidiest but some TLC and a good paint will get it back to normal. Engine runs well so far though.

Ended up riding to pahiatua and back through the gorge. Much more fun when you're abit more comfortable with the bike.

Berries: haven't worked out that one. I just figured if it was useable it would be more use than not.

[Glowerss]

Fjrider: yea to be honest I don't expect it to last long anyways. I'll probably get a new one soonish. Gotta pay for rego first haha. I think i will slowly upgrade the parts as a long term project.

Glowers: i wish. This was the one with the painted fuel tank and Ventura rack. Paid a reasonable price for it. Not the tidiest but some TLC and a good paint will get it back to normal. Engine runs well so far though.

Ended up riding to pahiatua and back through the gorge. Much more fun when you're abit more comfortable with the bike.

Berries: haven't worked out that one. I just figured if it was useable it would be more use than not.

Nah mate. You're lucky. I was looking at the dual exhaust one and so had it checked out at Welly motorcycles. It was an absolute dog with the amount of shit wrong with it Just wanted to make sure you weren't on it! Was dangerous from what they were telling me

[TheTengTheory]

Nah mate. You're lucky. I was looking at the dual exhaust one and so had it checked out at Welly motorcycles. It was an absolute dog with the amount of shit wrong with it Just wanted to make sure you weren't on it! Was dangerous from what they were telling me

oh right. Lucky I am because yollthe hornet I've got while isn't cosmetically nice. I'm pretty sure its more or less mechanically sound....so far.

is the wind blast suppose to be so dam bad on a hornet. I reckon my head will feel like ita getting dragged back at 130. Not that I have been that fast. and my friend keeps saying it shouldn't be too noisy wearing my helmet at 100k but I can hear alot of turbulence in my neck area especially at the collar. FYI I'm wearing a shoei Qwest.

If its normal I'm going to have to get some earplugs pronto. Just a 1 hour ride got my ear abit numb.

[swbarnett]

I too have "dropped" my bike on more than one occasion. My foot slipped off the centre stand once and I nearly went down with the bike.

I suffer from short leg syndrome and am always at risk of dropping my bike.

Do you know the workshop at Cyclespot? Serious sideways slope on the exit and you have to stop on it so you don't get taken out by anyone coming down the driveway. I was there yesterday on the Hornet thinking "no way Irene could do this". Later she told me that's the main reason she doesn't go there anymore.

Nothing beats an arrival like that

Yes, that was rather spectacular.

is the wind blast suppose to be so dam bad on a hornet. I reckon my head will feel like ita getting dragged back at 130. Not that I have been that fast. and my friend keeps saying it shouldn't be too noisy wearing my helmet at 100k but I can hear alot of turbulence in my neck area especially at the collar. FYI I'm wearing a shoei Qwest.

If its normal I'm going to have to get some earplugs pronto. Just a 1 hour ride got my ear abit numb.

First time I rode my wife's Hornet 600 anything over 80k was an absolute nightmare (felt like my head was being ripped off). Going from a faired bike to a naked took a bit of getting used to. Now I don't have a problem. I also wear a Qwest.

[TheTengTheory]

Gusty wind seems to affect me alot more. I wore some earplugs for the last ride. Great stuff...Only sound is the sweet whine of 16k revs.

I shall now store them in my front pocket.

Do those naked bike screens you can get from trademe work quite well? Anyone with any experience?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-535151054.htm

[Glowerss]

In truth mate, if you're just starting out riding, give it a few weeks/month. I'd be willing to bet a lot of your discomfort is simply getting used to being out in the open at 100km/h full stop. I felt the same way on my first bike, then went to a half faired, then fully faired, and then back to the hornet. About 6 months between my first bike (which was a scorpio) and the hornet.

Honestly, I don't know why it bothered me the first time around now. The air passing over you and your helmet is much cleaner without fairings stuffing it up. I noticed a dramatic drop in wind noise going from a fully faired ZZR to the hornet.

Give it a wee little while before you go horribly disfiguring your poor little hornet Might find it bothers you far less/not at all in a months time.

[TheTengTheory]

Disfiguring? I've already sanded the back fairing off and added primer to it. Wanted to do the front fender as well but I think I need to remove the wheel.

[kevfromcoro]

i have been riding for over 40 yrs
dumped my TDM in the middle of a gas station in surfers paradise
just gased up, an it became top heavy.
broke 3 bones in my foot
darn>>