Electrics whizz in Auckland?! URGENT!

[Ragingrob]

I think the ignition was bolted to the underneath of the top triple clamp. Will make for an interesting time if you cant get a ratchet/spanner behind it without taking the front apart.

When i was thinking about it today i realised that i assumed because we had power going to the 10A fuse for the fan motor (when holding the key over), that we should have power going through the blue\orange wire to all the other fuses, when that in fact was the problem. If only we had found some spare wire i reckon we could have hotwired it pretty easily.

Fingers crossed the replacement ignition fixes the problem. I doubt it will arrive on wednesday if it has to come from chch, but then again i am a bit of a pessimist.

Hey yeah well I'm paying for overnight courier which will get sent tomo morning so hopefully make it on Wednesday! Went to Red Baron today and they quoted me $280 for an ignition , so yeah $50 aint too bad I guess! Second hand though...

Yeah I asked the guy for tips and he reckoned I may have to detach the front fairing and instruments to get at that triple clamp to detach and install the ignitions... Also that the bolts may have star heads which would add to the nastiness! Not sure how well I'd handle taking the front end apart...

So on that note :

Anyone free on Wednesday morning/midday to give a helping hand maybe taking the front end off and installing the new ignition?!



I'll check the bike tomo quickly and see if I can spot the bolts but it's pretty tight in there

[shingo]

If you dont get it done on wednesday, I can give you a hand on thursday or friday avo if your free.

[Ragingrob]

If you dont get it done on wednesday, I can give you a hand on thursday or friday avo if your free.

Lol next day I'm properly free would be Sunday , so Wednesday I need to try my hardest! I'm gonna have a study of the manual so hopefully I'll know how to detach everything from the beginning, and it should say what style bolts they have I'm thinking huh? And then I have to put EVERYTHING back together and not forget ANY nuts, bolts, wires or fuses

[shingo]

I had a look through a service manual and it didn't have any info any dismantling the front end. You'll just have to play it by ear, take your time and dont lose any of the bolts.

[Ragingrob]

Alright the main bolts are definitely star shaped so does anyone happen to have some star shaped drivers or sockets I could borrow for Wednesday??

Or if not, where would I go to get these?

And Shaun I may be lucky ay, depending on the tool I get for the star shaped bolts I may get away with not having to detach anything else!

[shingo]

Those star shape bits are called torques bits, i can get them from work but i wouldnt be able to get you some for tomorrow tho.

[Ragingrob]

True I think Stephen has some ay, gonna give him a call soon see what he's up to tomorrow... He mentioned a fuse may be under the dash which would cause problems but we'll see!!!

[shingo]

Did the ignition turn up today? Any luck getting it fitted?

[Ragingrob]

Alright, ALL IS GO GO GO! Yeeha everything's working fine. Only problem was one bolt was too worn to come out with my tools so I rode the motorway with the new ignition hanging off the side off the petrol tank . But last night went and saw my mate at the local garage and he managed to get it out and we chucked the new one on. Bike runs mint as.

Also, filled up with 96 to see if it would make any difference so I'm gonna see how many k's it gets me, does seem a bit more zippier already though!

Damn I love my bike.

Hey and I was thinking, all the problems over the last month or two could actually be caused by just the damn ignition?! The cutting out and all could've just been the barrel slowly getting worse and worse and losing connection. Well here's to hoping!