Bike's spluttering

**knight rider** · 15th April 2007, 21:16

tonight one of the mirrors was loose so had to tighen that aswell. Anyone else have daily problems? Maybe I'm just not meant to have a bike????

**Madness** · 15th April 2007, 21:20

It's called Suzuki Ownership

**xwhatsit** · 15th April 2007, 23:12

Lol! Yes. You never see me having any problems with my Honda, do you...?

That's the trouble with a `middle-aged' bike, I suppose. Always need a bit of fettling from time to time. I suppose though that it's just like anything -- all the problems arrive at once.

**knight rider** · 16th April 2007, 12:40

I also had lots of problems with my old cbr250rr -which was a honda

**MWVT** · 16th April 2007, 16:27

I got the aforementioned supercheap 3.95 spark plug removing gadget. I found it completely useless because try as i might I couldn't get one of the plugs out, the angles were just wrong (and this is after grinding the OD down enough to fit).

One 1/2" flexidrive from repco with a conventional spark plug socket. Cost me a little more, but now i can get em out easy as you like.

Interestingly, after getting all four out (87 CBR600) the one that was a total prick to get out, was also completely rooted. I figure the last owner found that one difficult too......

**knight rider** · 17th April 2007, 00:52

I went to supercheap and they had a gadget the is sorted on a spring with a handle to turn it. thought great idea sold. got home went to try it & couldn't get the bloody thing to fit in the hole. it was too fat. so now my brother has a flash looking new tool in his tool box

**surfer** · 17th April 2007, 13:47

Sounds like your bike is in need of a mighty damm good service and a lot of TLC.

Usually when one thing starts to go other things also start to notice at the same time making the original problem harder to fault find and fix. I suggest looking at both fuel and electrical and checking everything out throughly.

Start with the electrical stuff first. If you are changing the plugs, change the ht leads and caps too. Check the charge that the battery is kicking out, also check the battery levels. If it runs well after this, fine but if not keep going and test the charging circuit.

After you have gone through the electrical stuff start on the fuel. There was some good advice about the choke in this thread. You could check the float bowls first for debris as this may indicate whether you have crap in the jets.

Good luck

**knight rider** · 18th April 2007, 00:57

yeah will be getting the air filter & proberly carbs cleaned to. runs sweet now that it has new spark plugs init. has 9s init but if they clog up I'll be using 8s next time. am no mechanic & don't know anything about the electrical side of things either. So it's an expensive tihng to have checked out lol

**knight rider** · 18th April 2007, 01:02

Originally Posted by Madness

They should do

ask for these ones then the tool to suit.

thats the ones that were in there & have put the same ones in again. was told it may be better to use 8s if the 9s clog up again

**knight rider** · 22nd April 2007, 20:36

today I noticed the enigine coolant was spilling onto the motor. bloody clp thingy was stuffed on the hose so replaced that today aswell. Maybe it's time to sell it????

**Crisis management** · 23rd April 2007, 14:41

The GSXR's are good, strong bikes, so unless it is a complete dog (drinks oil & blows smoke) spend a couple of weekends, and I mean 8 hours a day weekends, working over the bike from front to rear.
Get the fairings off and clean everything.
Poke and wiggle every thing, if it's lose, tighten it up.
Service it, oil, filters and tune.
Clean it and check again.

As you have already found there are heaps of little silly things that can stuff up and on an old bike you have to spend time on it.

Enjoy it and learn!

**knight rider** · 23rd April 2007, 15:33

Originally Posted by Crisis management

The GSXR's are good, strong bikes, so unless it is a complete dog (drinks oil & blows smoke) spend a couple of weekends, and I mean 8 hours a day weekends, working over the bike from front to rear.
Get the fairings off and clean everything.
Poke and wiggle every thing, if it's lose, tighten it up.
Service it, oil, filters and tune.
Clean it and check again.

As you have already found there are heaps of little silly things that can stuff up and on an old bike you have to spend time on it.

Enjoy it and learn!

Thanks Chris

**knight rider** · 24th April 2007, 17:47

dropped bike in to bike shop to get seals replaced. Not good news. one of the forks has a grove init which is the reason for the warn fork seal. Anyone have any lying around I can buy? They are the usd forks. bloody hard to find

**surfer** · 25th April 2007, 08:05

Originally Posted by knight rider

dropped bike in to bike shop to get seals replaced. Not good news. one of the forks has a grove init which is the reason for the warn fork seal. Anyone have any lying around I can buy? They are the usd forks. bloody hard to find

If you are really pushed to find a fork you could try 'forkin by frank' also known as Franks Engineering, in the USA. They have a website but this is no more than a brochure. You can email or deal with them over the phone. Can't remember email address but google them.

They supplied me with 10" over fork tubes which were cheaper than having them made in NZ. They carry a wide range of stock. Really quick service and easy to deal with.

I am sure others with more knowledge on this will provide options for you to consider also.

**Kickaha** · 25th April 2007, 08:17

Tarozzi would do them as well
http://www.motorcycle-parts.com.au/Tarozzi.htm

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