Wednesday Evening Cruises 2008-09

[Transalper]

wouldnt hurt to splash ot a hundred bux for a service manual. Coz i know everyone has spare money at times like this! or look for it on the net it helps a lot

Are we talking a RG150 manual? if so there's a thread with download links (if they still work) here.

Actually no the first links don't work anymore but you might be able to get a copy from one of the locals that did download it.....
Post #25 there has another version still active.
Cheers
TA.

[SpeedMonger]

I don't honestly know it's just the least entertaining thing in the world to ride right now. The revs were messing up all over the show, sort of slipping up and down of the powerband and not really giving the right power at the right time.
For all I know it's common and easy to fix, but with my (lack of) mechanical intuition I'll just let the workshop at Trevor Pierce figure it out. Should really do a mechanics course or something sometime.
Anybody have any suggestions for courses, ways etc to learn more about that side of things?

I mcthink your mcclutch might be mcfecked - when I was behind you going up dyers it she sounded like an automatic mcscooter - ie like the clutch was slipping

My history with two strokes is that you can often tell what is going on just by checking the spark plug condition. I you get a w/shop manual from the mclibrary they usually have a good section on plug condition and the causes.

Your bike seemed to be mcrevving freely but it was poking out a fair amount of mcblue - the question is, is it running rich ( or oil pump seeting out of whack) or are you also burning engine oil due to excessive gap twixt rings and the bore which means you will be down on compression - mcgrunt.

If your plugs are oily your oil/fuel ratio is too low (too much oil) and you get blue smoke
If you have the above and are losing crankcase oil and low power across the rev range then probably the rings are stuffed
If you have the above and a misfire then you may have ignition issues
If your plugs are tan then the air/fuel/oil mix is ok - maybe powervalves?
If your plugs are white then you are running too lean - blocked jet in carb

Anyway, this is my experience from RD days (they didn't have powervalves then though, just reed valves).

PM me if you want to have a yarn about it.

[mj_scorpio]

thankx 4 the gr8 ride guys, was good fun 4 my first time, hope i didn't hold 2 many ppl up wif my lil bike!! i'll improve wif practise i'm sure. it was great meeting so many friendly ppl, hope to meet sum more of ya'll in a couple of weeks (will get lots of practice in b4 then )

[Bren_chch]

thankx 4 the gr8 ride guys, was good fun 4 my first time, hope i didn't hold 2 many ppl up wif my lil bike!! i'll improve wif practise i'm sure. it was great meeting so many friendly ppl, hope to meet sum more of ya'll in a couple of weeks (will get lots of practice in b4 then )

which one was you... was two of ya on them bikes

[Dave-]

which one was you... was two of ya on them bikes

one was a chick and one was a dude...mj_scorpio has the female logo thinger beside her name so im pretty sure she was the chick.

she had the floppy pants which looked like tassels :P

[Mr Triple]

one was a chick and one was a dude...mj_scorpio has the female logo thinger beside her name so im pretty sure she was the chick.

she had the floppy pants which looked like tassels :P

Trust you to spot all that young fella

[phoenixgtr]

Well I made it to the petrol station. Thanks for your concern Dave and co. I quote: "well it's a flat walk from Tai Tap to Halswell". I pulled into the servo with about half a litre left in the tank. Oops!

Once again, great to see new faces. It's hard to believe that every week there's someone new coming along.

Our thoughts are with Roger. I hope he makes a quick recovery. Thank you to those who were first on the scene. You did an awesome job.

[imdying]

are you also burning engine oil due to excessive gap twixt rings and the bore

If you have the above and are losing crankcase oil

lulz wut?

[Mikkel]

she had the floppy pants which looked like tassels :P

Not like you to let your eyes wander that far down Dave...

You should keep your eyes up - it'll stabilise your bike as well

[Flip]

Whats the matter with tassels?

[Dave-]

I'm glad I deleted 90% of that post before I hit submit.

[SpeedMonger]

lulz wut?

Ok so it was late At least some wan read the mcpost hehe.

Rodney Rudes McDonalds sketch is one of the all time classics....

[McWild]

Wow, so much feedback. Cheers all.
As said, I'll leave it to the workshop for now, but with the amount of spare time I have coming up (high school -> uni holidays) I think I'll have to have a poke around the bike myself. It's a shame I only got the bike once maintenance evenings were finished, especially since everyone seems so keen on helping out. Suppose I have to lose my mechanical virginity sometime though, so guess I'll just have to get stuck in.

Another note, I notice a Gymkhana thread taking root in the sportsbike forum. Although we hardly need any more things to try and organise, would anybody on giving it a go here sometime? Seems like an awesomely fun/cheap/challenging event.

[dangerous]

Our thoughts are with Roger. I hope he makes a quick recovery.

Ohh yes thats for sure, family man and all... and not in to good a shape, but in good hands.

This is one of the reasons I am aprehensive about heading out on these rides when they end that time of night.

correct... I started riding with this group as it was a newer group to riding, I offered advice but a lot got a shit on with me and thought they knew beter... I saw a acco on nearley every ride, still what I had to say fell on def ears.
Im unsure if Rogers acco was KB related but know he was with a KBer, all the same I have been waiting to here whats been very lucky arse ups go bad, very bad.

The group has changed a bit of lat so before I upset people Ill come along next WNR, for no other reason than to ride.

[Bren_chch]

Ohh yes thats for sure, family man and all... and not in to good a shape, but in good hands.

correct... I started riding with this group as it was a newer group to riding, I offered advice but a lot got a shit on with me and thought they knew beter... I saw a acco on nearley every ride, still what I had to say fell on def ears.
Im unsure if Rogers acco was KB related but know he was with a KBer, all the same I have been waiting to here whats been very lucky arse ups go bad, very bad.

The group has changed a bit of lat so before I upset people Ill come along next WNR, for no other reason than to ride.

look forward to seeing you there grandad!