21 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Ali at mo a lot cheaper and free carriage.

I've ordered some stuff of Lazada, but there's always a problem with shipping. 

I've checked my float level by using the "clear tube method."

 

   It's working well and you only have to put a clear tube over the bowl outlet, hold the tube up, next to the bowl and open the screw.

 

    You'll see your float level without pulling the carbs and you'll know if it's getting too much ( risk of overflowing into the cylinders), or not enough fuel. 

On 11/23/2019 at 1:49 PM, Isaanbiker said:

Synced my carbs. 

Your lovely wife  didn't smile though ????  maybe her arm was aching from holding the meter ?

Had the Duke serviced with parts ordered @ EBay.

Air, fuel & oil filters;

1.4 l  Amsoil.

Installed hand-guards;

the plain metal bar type, no plastic.

Looks swell.

 

Tried getting seat covered with venting mesh, but old guy was out

and young mechanics, ... cannot ...  ??

 

 

On 11/25/2019 at 3:51 PM, johng said:

Your lovely wife  didn't smile though ????  maybe her arm was aching from holding the meter ?

Nope, I should have told her to make a fake smile. 

 

I was kidding.

 

My lovely wife did a lot more things, cleaning the carbs when I overhauled them and we were both done and dusted. 

On 11/24/2019 at 3:55 PM, Isaanbiker said:

I've checked my float level by using the "clear tube method."

 

   It's working well and you only have to put a clear tube over the bowl outlet, hold the tube up, next to the bowl and open the screw.

 

    You'll see your float level without pulling the carbs and you'll know if it's getting too much ( risk of overflowing into the cylinders), or not enough fuel. 

 

My apologies. I just saw that the tube goes from the fuel inlet to the carb bowl. To make that properly, just leave the fuel line attached to the carb, use a clear tube that goes over the bowl outlet, then open the bowl fuel outlet screw and hold the tube up next to the bowl. 

Then you see when the float closes the valve and doesn't let more fuel in. This photo shows the right level you see from outside. 

Running out of air filters on a Virago?

 

No problem, everybody can now afford a K & N! 

 

   Seen at a Buri Ram biker's website. Better than riding without one!!!

I've changed the older breather tubes with shorter sintered ones (for my Diaphragms.)

 

  Dirt cheap on e-bay. 

 

( Older bikes have some stuff inside that falls apart and gets into the carbs)

 

  

Good job I luv this bike, dash lights all working now although not as OME but working,  and tacho connection good now, indicator stays static at rpm instead of fluctuating.

High beam works and light indicating too.

Found loads of bad connections but will renew complete harness next year. 

The thermostat position is such a pain I guess Honda don't think they can go wrong. 

 

Found there wasn't a thermostat fitted so good, was gonna throw it away anyhow.

Found problem at water pump, so much <deleted> (rubbish), cleaned and flushed out, maybe OK now I will see on the next blast.

16 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Good job I luv this bike, dash lights all working now although not as OME but working,  and tacho connection good now, indicator stays static at rpm instead of fluctuating.

High beam works and light indicating too.

Found loads of bad connections but will renew complete harness next year. 

The thermostat position is such a pain I guess Honda don't think they can go wrong. 

 

Found there wasn't a thermostat fitted so good, was gonna throw it away anyhow.

Found problem at water pump, so much <deleted> (rubbish), cleaned and flushed out, maybe OK now I will see on the next blast.

I really admire your patience , just one look and that wiring mess would have totally defeated me and put me into a meltdown 555. Good luck with on the ongoing project very commendable 

Treated the versys to new sprockets as chain was replaced in emergency roadside repair 3000km ago.geez front sprocket nut absolute bitch to get undone.

8 hours ago, Randell said:

I really admire your patience , just one look and that wiring mess would have totally defeated me and put me into a meltdown 555. Good luck with on the ongoing project very commendable 

Thanks almost there with the abandoned 25 year old Blade.

These bikes are history and a peach and being dumped for 6 years this bike in particular shows that,.

Luv riding it and test riding at the moment, wiring is not a problem but will need to renew all for reliability.

The mechanics are good as far as my checkouts and at 72,000k (46,000 miles) and thats nothing for this type of bike knowing from experience as an owner of a 1992 UK one.

Mates who had them in UK at the time as courier riders going all over UK I use to help servicing their bikes for them, just normal maintenance was required they just kept going.

On my one until some part at 25 years old gives up the ghost, no worries a 5-8 year old bike can make you renew, fix or replace parts just the same. 

 

 

papa's 11-year-old cbr150 just turned 50-million meters

so had new OEM windscreen installed.

B850.

She's running fine as wine.

Wire brush clean the oily chain, wiped the grit and grease away... the chain looks righteous now..

On 11/29/2019 at 5:48 PM, taninthai said:

 

Fishy is swimming the wrong way

////////////////////

the connecting split-link is on the wrong way.

Could be a safety issue.??

[this was pointed out to papa

by a fanatic who ain't here no mo.]

5 minutes ago, papa al said:

Fishy is swimming the wrong way

////////////////////

the connecting split-link is on the wrong way.

Could be a safety issue.??

[this was pointed out to papa

by a fanatic who ain't here no mo.]

Yes I read something about that this week ,probably somewhere on here or on a you tube video,,will look into it????

7 minutes ago, papa al said:

Fishy is swimming the wrong way

////////////////////

the connecting split-link is on the wrong way.

Could be a safety issue.??

[this was pointed out to papa

by a fanatic who ain't here no mo.]

Yeah if the wind got under it could be blown off the chain link.????

7 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah if the wind got under it could be blown off the chain link.????

This video gives a fair enough explanation admits probably won’t cause problem ,but on a dirt bike with chain guide underneath could be an issue.

 

4 hours ago, taninthai said:

This video gives a fair enough explanation admits probably won’t cause problem ,but on a dirt bike with chain guide underneath could be an issue.

 

OTT buddy if you want to change it do it with a new master-link clip.

 

After post #639 the 25 year old blade continuing scenario. ????

Road test went well and temperature gauge working with internal light as well now, whow.

Temp shows normal now on a 36 kilo run so stopped and let her tick over at a standstill for quite while to check on rad fan connections, all good fan kicked and out and temp stayed good.

Coolant levels stable and oil levels stable.

Clutch not so noisy with new clutch lifter pin bearing renewed but inner clutch bearing still needs doing, which I'll do when I find a 32mm socket and when I change the clutch friction plates. 

Dash lights all good as they can be, dash unit has been messed with quite a bit in her time but still serviceable.

The rev range started playing up won't go over 4.5k rpm now without cutting out, I was waiting for carb problems which I pretty sure it is as electronics all check out, so that's gonna be next job, that said surprised she started in the first place after 6.5 years.

Waiting for brake hose parts to make up front brake lines renewal, a must, pumping the front brake lever for heavy braking is not much fun or a good thing.

Got new grips coming, new foot pegs, new ignition switch, new adjustable brake & clutch lever with a new fluid reservoir also a new gear shift lever set up so I can convert gear change.

Will keep test riding locally until goodies turn up, the carbs can wait till then unless it gets worse. ????

 

Always interesting. Thanks. Have always been impressed with those that have the knowledge no matter how great and aren't afraid to jump in. Being an old industrial carpenter am limited to " if it can't be fixed with a hammer it's truly broken" 555 Good luck with the ongoing project.

5 hours ago, Randell said:

Always interesting. Thanks. Have always been impressed with those that have the knowledge no matter how great and aren't afraid to jump in. Being an old industrial carpenter am limited to " if it can't be fixed with a hammer it's truly broken" 555 Good luck with the ongoing project.

" if it can't be fixed with a hammer it's truly broken"

???? you can't beat the " Irish Screwdriver " it fixed my fuel pump. ????

Haven't seen posts from Thai guzzi but thought he might like this because parked my 25 year blade near this the other day.

A Spanish young lady turned up on riding this 50 + year old Bonnie with her partner from Switzerland riding on a 34 year old BM flat 4 1000 in my village.

I asked her if it was a T120 or T100 she said she didn't know but had had no problems riding all the way from Spain into Switzerland and on and on into Thailand.

Just having respect seems a too little for her.   

 

2 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Haven't seen posts from Thai guzzi but thought he might like this because parked my 25 year blade near this the other day.

A Spanish young lady turned up on riding this 50 + year old Bonnie with her partner from Switzerland riding on a 34 year old BM flat 4 1000 in my village.

I asked her if it was a T120 or T100 she said she didn't know but had had no problems riding all the way from Spain into Switzerland and on and on into Thailand.

Just having respect seems a too little for her.   

 

thaiguzzi has left the building.  I, for one, wish he'd come back.

Snapped the chain adjuster of half the thread is still in swingarm☹️☹️☹️

1 hour ago, taninthai said:

Snapped the chain adjuster of half the thread is still in swingarm☹️☹️☹️

If it sheared off while trying to turn it then the stub must be pretty tightly embedded in there.  If you want to attack the problem yourself you could try taking the wheel off to give a better angle to drill it, but would then need to decide whether to drill it out totally and rethread the swing arm, or try drilling a smaller diameter hole and get the correct reverse threaded tap to screw into it and try to budge it that way.  Otherwise, take it to an engineering shop and see if they can do it.

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

If it sheared off while trying to turn it then the stub must be pretty tightly embedded in there.  If you want to attack the problem yourself you could try taking the wheel off to give a better angle to drill it, but would then need to decide whether to drill it out totally and rethread the swing arm, or try drilling a smaller diameter hole and get the correct reverse threaded tap to screw into it and try to budge it that way.  Otherwise, take it to an engineering shop and see if they can do it.

Will be a complete bitch to try and drill out will need some longish drill bits ,might order some drill bits and give it a try keep drilling out with bigger drill bits until it collapses in on itself,,,it will have to stay as it is for the time being.

11 hours ago, taninthai said:

Snapped the chain adjuster of half the thread is still in swingarm☹️☹️☹️

Yeah gonna be a bitch, so many things need maintenance on a bike to stop corrosion it doesn't stop at oil change intervals.

Still waiting for carb kits so job of the day was cut braided brake hose lines and makeup a front brake hose assembly.

Before knackered 25 year old rubber brake hoses.

 

And after my own brake hose assembly.

 

 

7 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah gonna be a bitch, so many things need maintenance on a bike to stop corrosion it doesn't stop at oil change intervals.

Never Seez is your friend