101 bike maintenance/repair tips
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since there is a 101 biking tips so i tot maybe one like this will also help newbie like me lor. can do DIY ourself mah, dun everything let the motor tiam do. save $$$
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wah! copy my style eh?Originally posted by daniuge:since there is a 101 biking tips so i tot maybe one like this will also help newbie like me lor. can do DIY ourself mah, dun everything let the motor tiam do. save $$$
But basically the only things we can DIY (at least from what I know) are changing engine oil, spark plugs and some misc repairs... for the rest (e.g. rejetting, changing tyres, washing carburettor, etc.) we just don't have the necessary equipment. -
danigue if u c tis message, maybe u like to add me in icq.. just wanna make some friends tat's all. icq:3090291.Originally posted by daniuge:since there is a 101 biking tips so i tot maybe one like this will also help newbie like me lor. can do DIY ourself mah, dun everything let the motor tiam do. save $$$ btw, i'm a ger also.
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i know u ger lahOriginally posted by hana00:danigue if u c tis message, maybe u like to add me in icq.. just wanna make some friends tat's all. icq:3090291. btw, i'm a ger also.
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can include some simple troubleshooting tips? like bike cannot start, look where? like battery flat, spark plug wet, blah blah...then if got strange sound in the chain,exhaust pipe, what is happening? or if always si chia on the road but not due to cold start then what is happening? all this kind of thing mah
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bike cannot start->turn on choke, and kick a few times, then turn off choke, and then kick again.Originally posted by daniuge:can include some simple troubleshooting tips? like bike cannot start, look where? like battery flat, spark plug wet, blah blah...then if got strange sound in the chain,exhaust pipe, what is happening? or if always si chia on the road but not due to cold start then what is happening? all this kind of thing mah
battery flat -> add some distilled water loh, this can DIY.
strange sound in chain -> chain loosened? tighten it in mototiam
si chia out of nothing -> this one got experience. it's due to the idling point of your bike, there's a screw normally near your carburetor, just have to adjust it to a higher idling point. ask mototiam to do it or DIY if you know where is it.
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bike cannot startOriginally posted by daniuge:can include some simple troubleshooting tips? like bike cannot start, look where? like battery flat, spark plug wet, blah blah...then if got strange sound in the chain,exhaust pipe, what is happening? or if always si chia on the road but not due to cold start then what is happening? all this kind of thing mah
likely possibility
-plug foul
-recifier spoil
-batter flat or batt water low
-coil spoil
-starter motor spoil or carbon problem(electric start)
-carb flooded
-check engine kill switch(most stupid mistake)
HOW TO CHECK FOR FOULED PLUG
-remove plug wif plug coil still in place, press starter switch or kicstart.if got spark means ok, no spark means screwed, wet plug also screw
-wet plug got something to do wif jettings or if ur doing premix,ur running too rich
COIL and RECITFIER and BATT
this 3 works together
coil and recetifier if screwed sometimes can start sometimes cannot start or start liao die,
batt flat confirm cannot start
but somtimes its not the batt, its the coil or recifier which cause it not to charge or produing not enuff current
trouble shooting not much ways, unless its an aprilia where there is a volmeter on the LCD panel
SOUND ON CHAIN AND PIPE
chain maybe due to damage link,chain out of lube or jus ur chain roller wear out
pipe mostly is leakage of air, start engine n feel for air around the pipe, esp around the end can and the mouth of the pipe connecting to the exhaust block
-HOLE IN EXHAUST
big hole must take go weld, i tried plastic steel for high temp also no use
if it is at the mouth connecting to the engine block or small hole at connecting parts,either changer the gasket or seal it up wig high temp sealent
BIKE DIE
check ur choke is close or idling too low
-idling low then turn up abit,but if problem persist then better check it up, for those using power filters mus be extra careful coz sand and water enter carb more easily than air box
my RS has a habit of weak idling on cold n rainy days
sometimes bike die dosent mean bad thing, it could be a pre warning for piston jammin or other problem inside engine,
OTHERS
in all situation when feeling engine brake rough or bike start to beahve weirdly and starts to vibrate, u squeesze throttle also no response , pls dun hesitate to clutch in, could bery well save ur life, piston seizure at high speed is no joke.
the above is all wad i have learn in my months of riding, i am still a newbie so pls correct me if i m wrong
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one thing, where is carb, coil, rectifier, batt,spark plug? then batt water how to add just buy distilled water and add?
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carb is near the top of the engine block
spark plug is on top of the engine block
batt level low just add distilled water not acid
if i wrong pls correct
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recitfier n coil r responsible for ur electronics, they control the charging and the output of the electronic currentOriginally posted by daniuge:one thing, where is carb, coil, rectifier, batt,spark plug? then batt water how to add just buy distilled water and add?
spark plug is suppose to ignite the combustion in ur engine
josean posted a link which i felt is really good, do take a look
http://www.howstuffworks.com/two-stroke2.htm