Zzr11 to cbr600fx
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The zzr11 went and I got outbid on a few things, including a cbr900 street fighter that was previously crashed and went so far over what I thought it was worth it was silly.
Thought that around Xmas I'd bag a bargain....
The cbr had been advertised a while ago for 2k, the ads still up I found it on another add no MOT and had been down the road on one side,it was running rough but had been standing, I made a offer and collected it on the Monday.
I rode it home, it was horrible, rough running so no power, probably on two.
Mirrors which I hate and probably only 20psi max in each wheel.
Friday I took the carbs off, I loosened to outer two and they popped off, it took me the rest of the daylight hours to refit them including dropping a 10mm socket behind them and taking them off again.....
I bought some long reach screwdrivers and other bits, as there are slots in the frame to allow long screwdrivers to get to the carb rubbers, at one point I had two or three extensions to reach the bolts.
The screws for the floatbowls were very tight and even with jis screwdrivers it was touch and go, I've replaced them with stainless Allen head ones.
I took the main jets, emulsion tubes and the pilot jets out, into the ultrasonic cleaner, refitted and replaced some of the fuel hose and it has two fuel filters fitted, one in-between the tank and fuel pump and another in-between the pump and carbs, I replaced both.
New fuel, charged battery and it turns over but not even a cough, I could see the pump was working as the filters filled with fuel, still nothing and a dead battery.
Removed it, on charge and sulked
Next day armed with easy start (my last one rusted through)
First squirt and a cough...next squirt and we have life, after a minute or so I could leave the throttle alone, it took a few mins for the choke to be switched off.
Runs nicely, no nasty noises.
I had to replace brakes on the car so tried to start after that and once again we had Life.
I checked this morning and it still works.
Tomorrow it will be wire in the rubbish tiny indicators for the MOT which Will hopefully be Tuesday
Thought that around Xmas I'd bag a bargain....
The cbr had been advertised a while ago for 2k, the ads still up I found it on another add no MOT and had been down the road on one side,it was running rough but had been standing, I made a offer and collected it on the Monday.
I rode it home, it was horrible, rough running so no power, probably on two.
Mirrors which I hate and probably only 20psi max in each wheel.
Friday I took the carbs off, I loosened to outer two and they popped off, it took me the rest of the daylight hours to refit them including dropping a 10mm socket behind them and taking them off again.....
I bought some long reach screwdrivers and other bits, as there are slots in the frame to allow long screwdrivers to get to the carb rubbers, at one point I had two or three extensions to reach the bolts.
The screws for the floatbowls were very tight and even with jis screwdrivers it was touch and go, I've replaced them with stainless Allen head ones.
I took the main jets, emulsion tubes and the pilot jets out, into the ultrasonic cleaner, refitted and replaced some of the fuel hose and it has two fuel filters fitted, one in-between the tank and fuel pump and another in-between the pump and carbs, I replaced both.
New fuel, charged battery and it turns over but not even a cough, I could see the pump was working as the filters filled with fuel, still nothing and a dead battery.
Removed it, on charge and sulked
Next day armed with easy start (my last one rusted through)
First squirt and a cough...next squirt and we have life, after a minute or so I could leave the throttle alone, it took a few mins for the choke to be switched off.
Runs nicely, no nasty noises.
I had to replace brakes on the car so tried to start after that and once again we had Life.
I checked this morning and it still works.
Tomorrow it will be wire in the rubbish tiny indicators for the MOT which Will hopefully be Tuesday
MOT passed today, stupid indicators were a pain, had tiny led ones with a resistor inline, but still flashing far too fast.
Normal indicators fitted and still flashing far too fast, turns out they were 10w bulbs not 21w so I fitted a no load/led relay
Working straight away.
It's probably been on the track at some point, jacked up at the rear with a nitron shock fitted and the front end is pretty firm
I'll check the spring fitted to the shock and see what nitron suggest, a new spring is from £35-65 depending if you go nitron or just a correctly rated one from someone else.
It's a bit chilly to be outside too long currently, so that' will have to wait
Normal indicators fitted and still flashing far too fast, turns out they were 10w bulbs not 21w so I fitted a no load/led relay
Working straight away.
It's probably been on the track at some point, jacked up at the rear with a nitron shock fitted and the front end is pretty firm
I'll check the spring fitted to the shock and see what nitron suggest, a new spring is from £35-65 depending if you go nitron or just a correctly rated one from someone else.
It's a bit chilly to be outside too long currently, so that' will have to wait
So it's being a pain, I was supposed to start using it to commute this week, so £15 fuel in, home to a whiff of fuel.....
The tank to tap flange is leaking, so tap off to discover no seal, no internal filter and that's it.
Off to the local bike shop, £1 for two rings that may work.....they didn't.
The one tap isn't available and it's model specific.
The flange nut appears to be M22 so I'm hoping the cbr900 pattern part I've bought is the same, it's a vacuum type, so I'll run it on the red position which should be open all of the time, the CBR hasn't got a reserve just a light to warn you.
Supposed to be here Monday
The tank to tap flange is leaking, so tap off to discover no seal, no internal filter and that's it.
Off to the local bike shop, £1 for two rings that may work.....they didn't.
The one tap isn't available and it's model specific.
The flange nut appears to be M22 so I'm hoping the cbr900 pattern part I've bought is the same, it's a vacuum type, so I'll run it on the red position which should be open all of the time, the CBR hasn't got a reserve just a light to warn you.
Supposed to be here Monday
New tap fitted the other evening in the dark, did it so I could check for leaks, next morning no leak.
I took the vacume side of the tap off and gutted it if anything that wasn't a Flexi rubber type seal thing, tap works as off and res which is now on all of the time as per the original tap.
I took the vacume side of the tap off and gutted it if anything that wasn't a Flexi rubber type seal thing, tap works as off and res which is now on all of the time as per the original tap.
Yesterday I took my two different sealants and hopefully fixed the tap.
The flange fitting tank to tap was treated to Permashield Fuel Resistant Gasket Dressing and Flange Sealant 85420
I removed the original oring and placed a smear of the stuff on the mating face and thread, then put the oring back and added a bit more
Then i put some on the tap mating face and left it for 10 or so mins.
The tap is a vacuum type meant for a 1997-98 blade, the Cbr is only off or on, I'd taken the tap to bits and removed the vacuum bit and put the seals back in, this now leaked where the vacuum bit bolts on.
I'd bought JB weld tank sealer epoxy stuff as it's fuel resistanant, I removed the original seal and used a small sausage of the jb weld stuff in the groove meant for the original seal.
Just had a open the window and sniff for petrol test no smell.... unless it's all leaked out.
And ....I did this on Friday, it's Sunday today.
I've been to work twice, about 60 miles, no damp patch under the bike, no fuel smell whilst riding.
I've bought a spare tank with the original tap still fitted, I'll probably swap them over and keep the modified one as a spare
The flange fitting tank to tap was treated to Permashield Fuel Resistant Gasket Dressing and Flange Sealant 85420
I removed the original oring and placed a smear of the stuff on the mating face and thread, then put the oring back and added a bit more
Then i put some on the tap mating face and left it for 10 or so mins.
The tap is a vacuum type meant for a 1997-98 blade, the Cbr is only off or on, I'd taken the tap to bits and removed the vacuum bit and put the seals back in, this now leaked where the vacuum bit bolts on.
I'd bought JB weld tank sealer epoxy stuff as it's fuel resistanant, I removed the original seal and used a small sausage of the jb weld stuff in the groove meant for the original seal.
Just had a open the window and sniff for petrol test no smell.... unless it's all leaked out.
And ....I did this on Friday, it's Sunday today.
I've been to work twice, about 60 miles, no damp patch under the bike, no fuel smell whilst riding.
I've bought a spare tank with the original tap still fitted, I'll probably swap them over and keep the modified one as a spare
As for riding, it's no slower than the zzr11, in fact it's much better in corners as it wants to go round,a 55-60 one on the zzr11 is now a 70 one on the CBR .
I've adjusted the suspension a fair bit, just adjusted not measured as of yet.
The nitron shock had at least 45mm of preload instead of the 15mm it should have, the front forks had everything screwd dowvto the max, preload and damping.
I've set the preload to about 15mm and half way at the front.
Damping half way at the front and 12 out of 20 at the rear
I've adjusted the suspension a fair bit, just adjusted not measured as of yet.
The nitron shock had at least 45mm of preload instead of the 15mm it should have, the front forks had everything screwd dowvto the max, preload and damping.
I've set the preload to about 15mm and half way at the front.
Damping half way at the front and 12 out of 20 at the rear
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