KilroyCD
Active Member
Not down for the count anymore!
"Thumper" has been down for the count since the East Coast Rally at Cape Henlopen last year. The clutch and drive belt pulleys were at odd angle and were causing the belts to shriek like I was strangling a cat (or two) when starting out. Just ask anyone who was at Cape Henlopen or even those in the next zip code. I'm sure they heard it during last year's rally. It turned out that the clutch arm was out of square so during the winter I decided to grind it square. To my amazement, all went well. But I was still having issues with the pulleys being at a cattywhompass angle. The other day I pulled the bike out and decided I was going to get things solved.
I quickly discovered the cause of the continued pulley wierdness. I had forgotten to completely tighten the bolt holding the pulleys to the arm (doh!).
I got that taken care of, adjusted the clutch cable and then turned my attention to the sticking throttle. Oh yeah, the pulleys weren't the only problem.
After some minor disassembly I discovered that the little rubber gasket that sits under the throttle cable cap was misaligned, and once properly aligned my sticking throttle went away. Things are looking up!
Now, it was time to change the oil. Why can't I ever change my oil without spilling some of it? At least it wasn't as bad as this time: http://www.motoredbikes.com/showpost.php?p=133841&postcount=1
Next, I decided to address the brake light. My tail light worked, but my brake light didn't. I had a new LED tail/brake light bulb that RdKryton gave me, so I decided to put that in. After starting it up the bulb flickered twice and then I had no tail light or brake light. Okay, it must have been a bad bulb. So I got a twin pack of standard 1157 bulbs and tried them. Neither one worked! It's gotta be something else. After troubleshooting much of the aft electrical system I took the license plate off and discovered the ground wire connector behind it came undone.
I fixed that, put everything back together and the lights now work. Now Thumper is running (and riding) like a champ! Now I can't wait to get it inspected so I can ride it around more.
"Thumper" has been down for the count since the East Coast Rally at Cape Henlopen last year. The clutch and drive belt pulleys were at odd angle and were causing the belts to shriek like I was strangling a cat (or two) when starting out. Just ask anyone who was at Cape Henlopen or even those in the next zip code. I'm sure they heard it during last year's rally. It turned out that the clutch arm was out of square so during the winter I decided to grind it square. To my amazement, all went well. But I was still having issues with the pulleys being at a cattywhompass angle. The other day I pulled the bike out and decided I was going to get things solved.
I quickly discovered the cause of the continued pulley wierdness. I had forgotten to completely tighten the bolt holding the pulleys to the arm (doh!).
I got that taken care of, adjusted the clutch cable and then turned my attention to the sticking throttle. Oh yeah, the pulleys weren't the only problem.
After some minor disassembly I discovered that the little rubber gasket that sits under the throttle cable cap was misaligned, and once properly aligned my sticking throttle went away. Things are looking up!
Now, it was time to change the oil. Why can't I ever change my oil without spilling some of it? At least it wasn't as bad as this time: http://www.motoredbikes.com/showpost.php?p=133841&postcount=1
Next, I decided to address the brake light. My tail light worked, but my brake light didn't. I had a new LED tail/brake light bulb that RdKryton gave me, so I decided to put that in. After starting it up the bulb flickered twice and then I had no tail light or brake light. Okay, it must have been a bad bulb. So I got a twin pack of standard 1157 bulbs and tried them. Neither one worked! It's gotta be something else. After troubleshooting much of the aft electrical system I took the license plate off and discovered the ground wire connector behind it came undone.
I fixed that, put everything back together and the lights now work. Now Thumper is running (and riding) like a champ! Now I can't wait to get it inspected so I can ride it around more.
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