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    More Tornados

    GaryZ replied to Monty's topic in Watering Hole

    I live southwest of Tinker AFB, between Moore and Del City. My mother, daughter and her kids came over to my house to ride out the storm. Quarter-size hail piled up in yard and the wind really whipped for a bit. The three major tornado events missed us . . . One went north of us One leaped over us One went south of us
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    We need updates on your recovery . . . If you will be unable to get on line, please have someone else keep us in the loop. I expect to go riding with you one day soon!
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    What does the voltmeter read when cranking? If the voltage drops too much, my theory is the ignition is weak or intermittent.
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    Running "rich" at elevation means it actually runs cooler . . .
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    My experience with front tire cupping; Handle bars "wag" at approximately 50mph. Feels like it could easily turn into a full-blown tank slapper. Scary stuff. I have experienced this three times on my Ninja using Dunlop tires (D220, D207, D208) and I have had one experience on my VR (Dunlop E2). The Ninja D207 and D208 tires were soft compounds and I think the weight of the ZX11D Ninja could be contributing to the cupping after only 3.5k miles. The E2 on the VR tire was simply wore out. I now have an E3 on the VR and a Metzeler M1 on the Ninja.
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    Spotted on 11 May 2011 a little after noon; Red 1st Gen on SE 29th Street and Air Depot in Midwest City, OK Anyone from here?
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    Gary, I have de-linked my brakes and presently have the rear master hooked to the rear brake using the original port and the front port blocked. My rear brakes barely function. Assuming the stock rear master is a 30/70 split (rear/front), I am thinking moving the rear brake to the 70% port might be a good improvement . . .
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    That . . . is . . . beautiful I am sooooo jealous!
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    Barbie thru the years . . .
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    Sounds like it's not hitting on all four cylinders. Start it cold, run it for a minute or two. Lightly touch the exhaust flanges. They will all be hot if all cylinders are firing.
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    Yes, makes sense. This follows the electric fuel pump safety shut-off concept that I described on a previous comment. If an accident occurs and the engine is no longer running, the safety-squad wants the fuel pump shut off to prevent a great big ball of fire.
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    That's interesting . . . I wonder if the 5 second delay is absolutely needed? There is a similar looking device on my Ninja. When I got the bike the fuel pump would not run. Pump tested OK. I replaced this funny looking relay ($40) and still no pump. I finally figured out how to engage the relay with a jumper wire and it has been working fine for three years.
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    "Shorting out" would likely blow a fuse. A poor contact will drop available voltage. Relays can have bad internal contacts. Have you replace the fuel pump relay? Just about any 12V relay rated at the same current will work . . . Connectors to the relay can get corroded. Have you cleaned the connectors? Does your battery measure 13.5 - 14.5V when the engine is running?
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    The typical electric fuel pump set-up has an electric pump connected to power through a relay, and some kind of safety device that will shut off the fuel pump in case of an accident. For example, a Chevrolet fuel pump will run only 2 seconds when the ignition key is turned to "on". This is long enough to pressurize the fuel rails for the injectors to be able to spray fuel. After the engine starts an oil pressure sensor tells the fuel pump relay to stay engaged. If an accident occurs and the engine dies, the oil pressure drops, the oil pressure sensor switch opens, and the fuel pump relay stops the pump. It appears that the 1983 - 85 VR has a relay and an emergency shut-off switch. The pump will run when the key is turned on (stopping when it reaches max pressure). If the motorcycle falls over, the emergency shut-off switch cuts power to the fuel pump relay and the pump stops.
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    I checked two service manuals (1983 and a 1983 - 1985). There is a pressure sensor used to control timing advance. There is a fuel pump relay. There is a tip-over switch. I could not find a fuel pressure switch. As has already been said, the fuel pump self-limits. It will run until fuel pressure exceeds a set level and then shut off. Most, if not all, fuel pumps are this way.
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    10-4 on the nice warm air. My ride last November in Texas Hill Country started out around 40 degrees F. The warm air hitting my feet an legs made the ride much more comfortable.
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    Yes, it sat for months with 10% ethanol in it and was gummed up when I got it. I filled the carbs with Sea Foam and let it sit a couple of times before it would start and run normal. Two tanks of 100% gas have been run through it now. I agree that the low speed circuits are probably the cause of the stumble. The screws for these are on the bottom (!) of each carb and they are still capped. On my Venture I was able to remove the screws and shoot carb cleaner straight into the circuit. These will need to come off the bike if they don't clean up soon. Thanks for the input!
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    Been thinking about going to Eureka Springs meet. Waiting until it gets a little closer to see what my work looks like . . .
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    They sit on top of the carb boots (intake side). 1 & 2 have rubber plugs, 3 & 4 have vacuum lines (one line goes to the petcock, the other goes to a mysterious device above the cylinder head). After adding a shim to each needle and syncing the carbs on this Bandit, I still have a hiccup right off of idle. Any ideas?
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    Difficult "hot starting" is very common with the early Ventures. My experience and this forum suggests that starter motors are not usually bad . . . Poor battery cable connections will cause voltage sag and turn the starter slower (I have experienced this problem) Many believe the battery cables are too small causing voltage sag and the starter turns slow A battery that will not hold a load turns the starter slow Test this by watching the voltage when pushing the starter button, voltage should not drop below 9V under load (I have experienced this problem) A comment was once posted that the starter is sealed and bikes with lots of miles need to be opened up and the cleaned, my starter looked fine inside at 68,000 miles BTW: Sagging voltage when the starter is engaged means the ignition system may not have the volts it needs
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    I wonder why my '85 has the 86 - 93 combo described above . . . (oops, I guess I should have read the whole thread before jumping in!)
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    The size is limited for uploading different type files. You may need to reduce the file size of the photos.
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    OK, here are a couple of pictures of the backside. I marked the shape and mounting holes with a magic marker and cut the shape with a jigsaw. The fractures were from trying to use tin snips. The mounting holes are slightly bigger than the plastic stand-offs. This allows the panel to slip down tight to the side cover. Flat washers on all mounts and plastic hose as spacers on a couple of mounts. Installing the side covers takes a little more effort because the clear panel has to be carefully slipped behind the lower side panel to properly align with the rubber mounts. Update 4/28/11: I removed the clear panels and trimmed them where they were interfering with the lowers. The side panels now fit like stock!
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    OK, here are a couple of pictures . . .
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    I assumed that I could put one-piece panels on the VR since the stock panels closed up tight. My initial testing shows no additional water temperature build-up . . .
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