Odo. 39750
Repaired 4 broken wires:
- left turn indicator
- brake check/failure indicator light
- oil pressure indicator light
- right heated grip
Everything works now!
Checked tire pressure. Set to 36 PSI front, 42 PSI rear.
Changed oil. Used BMW 20W50 dinosaur oil and K&N filter.
The leak at the final drive/drive shaft boot has not dripped anything on the ground or shown any visible drips hanging off of it in a long time. I'm assuming the earlier drips were due to it sitting for a while. Perhaps the fluid level was a little too high after the last change (last July, I believe) and some fluid was pushed passed the seal.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Preparing for Spring Ride
Preparing for a roughly 2000 mile ride through Southern CO, AZ and NM.
Odo. 37398
Checked transmission fluid level. GOOD.
Checked tire pressure. Set to 36 PSI front, 41 PSI rear.
Changed oil. Used BMW 10W40 dinosaur oil and OEM filter.
There's a leak at the front of the boot covering the connection of the tail end of the drive shaft with the final drive. This has been there for years, but there were visible drips this time. Will probably have to deal with this soon.
The right heated grip no longer works. Preliminary poking around with a volt meter makes me think that the heating element has a short. There is a small voltage at the wire delivering power to the element that changes slightly when the switch is moved from off to low to high. The voltage is about a tenth of the voltage read at the other (working) grip ( about 0.5V on high).
There are still issues within the wire bundle going to the console indicator lights. Don't want to take the time to deal with that one right now.
Odo. 37398
Checked transmission fluid level. GOOD.
Checked tire pressure. Set to 36 PSI front, 41 PSI rear.
Changed oil. Used BMW 10W40 dinosaur oil and OEM filter.
There's a leak at the front of the boot covering the connection of the tail end of the drive shaft with the final drive. This has been there for years, but there were visible drips this time. Will probably have to deal with this soon.
The right heated grip no longer works. Preliminary poking around with a volt meter makes me think that the heating element has a short. There is a small voltage at the wire delivering power to the element that changes slightly when the switch is moved from off to low to high. The voltage is about a tenth of the voltage read at the other (working) grip ( about 0.5V on high).
There are still issues within the wire bundle going to the console indicator lights. Don't want to take the time to deal with that one right now.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Starter
It was the starter that was causing my bike not to start. Apparently, if the starter is really dirty, it can draw too much current which leaves the bike with insufficient power to pulse the injectors. Weird for the starter to be the problem when the starter cranks just fine...
Cleaned starter.
(35700)
Cleaned starter.
(35700)
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Gas & maintenance.
168 mi. 3.79 gal. Shell premium.
(35393)
Valve adjustment: adj. rt. side exhaust, all others ok.
TPS: adj. from .25 V to .36 V and reset Motronic.
Checked plugs and air cleaner seal. All ok.
Throttle sync: adj. rt. side idle. Otherwise looked good up to 4000 rpm.
Previous service (34000):
Oil & filter: BMW 20W50 (reg).
Trans. & final drive oil (BMW) change.
Air filter (BMW) change.
New plugs: Autolite 3922.
Tires: Michelin Pilot Roads (orig).
Brakes bled.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sun going down
...time to change visors.
Can see Mt. Timpanogas toward Provo Canyon.
(34620/487)
(US 40, US 189 JCT)
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