A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)
Discussion
Yazza54 said:
podman said:
Conclusion to the problem with my GSXR.
The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
Bloody hell what a nightmare, don't you have a multi meter mate? Seems like this has snowballed into some major ordeal, anything battery related is a piece of piss to check yourself and you can get a basic meter for about a tenner.The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
According to the autoelectrician , the battery appeared to be fine and tested OK until a load was put on it, then it failed.
I then complained to the original dealer and to their credit, they did compensate me.
Andy, the autoelectrician, had a customer bring an R6 into him that a dealer had persuaded the customer to spend best part of £2000 on curing a electricial fault wiith a new ECU and much more to cure a running problem,
Andy found a broken T piece( cost 0.29p) connecting some vacuum tubes from the airbox to be the cause of the stuttering revs...
Bloody main dealers.....at least they owned up!
I had to go to the main dealers for my MS recall on the K7, they did a top job....but I was surprised when I arrived back at the dealer and seeing the mechanic riding my bike into the workshop, didn't realise a master cylinder required a road test!
He loved the bike, said it was the best K7 he'd ridden and wanted to buy it, and appeared very jealous.
Alas...Just spoke to the mechanic, who usefully also has a K1 1000, they have checked battery and swapped all components over from mine to his 1 at a time and they all check out fine, he seems to think I have a break/short in the loom somewhere.
The bike will sometimes come to life briefly (split seconds) with the kill switch off and sometimes even with the ignition off..wont start either way.
Now have to decide between calling in an auto electrician or replacing the loom, a loom may well be a cheaper option.Conclusion to the problem with my GSXR.
The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
I had to go to the main dealers for my MS recall on the K7, they did a top job....but I was surprised when I arrived back at the dealer and seeing the mechanic riding my bike into the workshop, didn't realise a master cylinder required a road test!
He loved the bike, said it was the best K7 he'd ridden and wanted to buy it, and appeared very jealous.
podman said:
podman said:
Iang84 said:
podman said:
'Kin GSXR broke down this morning , couldnt quite believe it, must have been the threat that it was going to pastures new the other week.. Real random electrical fault developed after I stopped around 40 miles into our journey, when I turn the ignition on, everything lights up on the dash as normal for a split second, then dies, if I take the ignition fuse out, the lights come on the dash as normal but of course, no start.
The rev counter makes a sweep of the dial on these GSXRs when you turn it on but now mine does when you turn it off, fuel pump isnt priming either..Im hoping its the battery as its quite possibly the original but thats being optimistic I think.
My GSXF did the same a little while ago chased earths which were all fine, I knicked my dads battery which is much newer 2yrs as opposed to 7yrs and its been fine ever since, I can only think that my old battery can no longer take any stress at start upThe rev counter makes a sweep of the dial on these GSXRs when you turn it on but now mine does when you turn it off, fuel pump isnt priming either..Im hoping its the battery as its quite possibly the original but thats being optimistic I think.
The bike will sometimes come to life briefly (split seconds) with the kill switch off and sometimes even with the ignition off..wont start either way.
Now have to decide between calling in an auto electrician or replacing the loom, a loom may well be a cheaper option.
The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
podman said:
Yazza54 said:
podman said:
Conclusion to the problem with my GSXR.
The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
Bloody hell what a nightmare, don't you have a multi meter mate? Seems like this has snowballed into some major ordeal, anything battery related is a piece of piss to check yourself and you can get a basic meter for about a tenner.The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Whilst the bike was with back with them to replace bodywork and install a new set of plugs(part of the "compensation"), they managed to damage an indicator and a graphic ,which they where up front with and have been as decent as they have always been but with the indicator damage and Suzuki sending the wrong replacement graphic in the first attempt, its added a further 2 weeks to it being off the road but its running as sweet as ever, good to have it back.
According to the autoelectrician , the battery appeared to be fine and tested OK until a load was put on it, then it failed.
I then complained to the original dealer and to their credit, they did compensate me.
Andy, the autoelectrician, had a customer bring an R6 into him that a dealer had persuaded the customer to spend best part of £2000 on curing a electricial fault wiith a new ECU and much more to cure a running problem,
Andy found a broken T piece( cost 0.29p) connecting some vacuum tubes from the airbox to be the cause of the stuttering revs...
Yazza54 said:
podman said:
Yazza54 said:
podman said:
Conclusion to the problem with my GSXR.
The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
Bloody hell what a nightmare, don't you have a multi meter mate? Seems like this has snowballed into some major ordeal, anything battery related is a piece of piss to check yourself and you can get a basic meter for about a tenner.The Suzuki dealer again advised me to buy a second hand loom, luckily the loom I went to see was so badly damaged , I didnt buy it.
At that point I thought Id try and auto electrician, recovered the bike and delivered it to this chap.
http://www.electro34.co.uk/main/
Who 2 days later rang me and diagnosed............a faulty cell in the battery.!..It gave 12.5 volts on meter but as soon as a load was put on it, it failed.
I went back to the dealer and asked that they compensate me for not finding the fault with the battery in a reasonable time, with them being a main dealer with access to all the tools and expertise etc, which to be fair to them, they agreed to.
According to the autoelectrician , the battery appeared to be fine and tested OK until a load was put on it, then it failed.
I then complained to the original dealer and to their credit, they did compensate me.
Andy, the autoelectrician, had a customer bring an R6 into him that a dealer had persuaded the customer to spend best part of £2000 on curing a electricial fault wiith a new ECU and much more to cure a running problem,
Andy found a broken T piece( cost 0.29p) connecting some vacuum tubes from the airbox to be the cause of the stuttering revs...
Appreciate dealers can't keep spare batteries for everything but a sound & tested one just to eliminate problems - bet the auto-electrician had one to try.
@ PODMAN glad you got it sorted and it was just the battery like mine and nice of the main dealer to put their hands up and say that they missed it by not doing a stress test on the battery, mine showed fine as well with a multimeter but blew its brains out when pressing the start button, to be fair my bad battery is still actually in use in my shed running 12v led lights which it can take the stress of the small electrical pull
jaf01uk said:
RemaL said:
Plus they are dafty fast
And crazy thirsty 
mate took his to Knockhill BSB last week and we were stopping every 80 miles for fuel, stunning bike that attracts lots of attention anywhere he goes...around 100 miles give or take to a 17ltr tank.
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Left yesterday morning at 4:30am for a trip to Ireland.
Was headed to the edge of Dublin.
It rained and rained then rained some more. I had light drizzle, fine rain, sideways rain, big fat b
ding rain, rain that only comes in with the wind and lands on your visor like birdst. At one point I couldnt see my dash it was that heavy. The only time it stopped was when I got to the football id traveled to see.
Lots of rainbows though.
Got in at midnight, soaked from 500 miles in the pissing rain.
Got back from a 5 day, 1200 mile trip through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany on Friday.
Cochem and the Moselle valley was awesome, 28 degrees in the valley. Did a top speed run on an autobahn, 110mph was all the CB400 could manage (GPS speed, was showing 118mph ish on the clocks). Sitting at 130kph (ish
) on the motorway to get to the eurotunnel on time wasn't that fun, 9k rpm for a couple of hours straight! Bigger bike needed for any longer distance stuff.
Cochem and the Moselle valley was awesome, 28 degrees in the valley. Did a top speed run on an autobahn, 110mph was all the CB400 could manage (GPS speed, was showing 118mph ish on the clocks). Sitting at 130kph (ish
) on the motorway to get to the eurotunnel on time wasn't that fun, 9k rpm for a couple of hours straight! Bigger bike needed for any longer distance stuff.Tall_Paul said:
Got back from a 5 day, 1200 mile trip through France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany on Friday.
Cochem and the Moselle valley was awesome, 28 degrees in the valley. Did a top speed run on an autobahn, 110mph was all the CB400 could manage (GPS speed, was showing 118mph ish on the clocks). Sitting at 130kph (ish) on the motorway to get to the eurotunnel on time wasn't that fun, 9k rpm for a couple of hours straight! Bigger bike needed for any longer distance stuff.
Fab trip and great pics.Cochem and the Moselle valley was awesome, 28 degrees in the valley. Did a top speed run on an autobahn, 110mph was all the CB400 could manage (GPS speed, was showing 118mph ish on the clocks). Sitting at 130kph (ish
) on the motorway to get to the eurotunnel on time wasn't that fun, 9k rpm for a couple of hours straight! Bigger bike needed for any longer distance stuff.I guess a CB400 (restricted to 112MPH anyway?) wouldnt do anymore than 110MPH but thats a sweet looking bike, dont see many of those about.
Been on the bike all weekend, VJMC run out yesterday, dodging the showers on the smaller A and B roads of Northants and Beds, great route, not one section of dual carriageway or m'way.Put a smile on my face listening ,watching and smelling the likes of KH250, 750s and a slection of smaller strokers screaming away and bobbing around the lanes.
Mrs P enjoyed it even thou she was (genuinely) concerned that they may not welcome her on her British bike.....(a CBR600!)
Bless.
Was out on the LC today and bumped into this stunning bunch.
I was thinking a Scott would be great to run alongside the LC...! The SS80 may be a little out of reach..
Mrs P enjoyed it even thou she was (genuinely) concerned that they may not welcome her on her British bike.....(a CBR600!)
Bless.
Was out on the LC today and bumped into this stunning bunch.
I was thinking a Scott would be great to run alongside the LC...! The SS80 may be a little out of reach..
podman said:
Fab trip and great pics.
I guess a CB400 (restricted to 112MPH anyway?) wouldnt do anymore than 110MPH but thats a sweet looking bike, dont see many of those about.
Thanks I guess a CB400 (restricted to 112MPH anyway?) wouldnt do anymore than 110MPH but thats a sweet looking bike, dont see many of those about.
They're not restricted, just not much power 
I think they were 53bhp when new, that was 38k miles and 15 years ago mind you! 
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