Dropped bike, interesting faults
Posted: |July 31st, 2015|, 5:25 am
While pretending and failing to be Sammy Miller I dropped the bike at walking speed on a washed out track, The LHS switch cluster / chock lever took a dunt and the dip switch and choke cashed their chips in. Clutch lever snapped as well.
luckily the bike was still rideable but the low speed running was a bit strange.
Got some new bits on ebay, the new clutch lever is now doglegged and matches the brembo brake.
Found that the low speed fault was caused by the front pot choke hanging up at the siamese bit. Now AOK, rebalanced carbs and fitted new air filter as well.
The switch was rebuilt using bits from a 2001 SV650 cluster, which would have been a straight swap except for the 2 pin connector for the clutch switch which was different, I robbed the guts out of the new one and restored my original. Cheap fix, £10 for the lever , £20 for the switch.
There is a wee dent in the LHS can to remind me to act my age in the future.
Cheers
Pod
luckily the bike was still rideable but the low speed running was a bit strange.
Got some new bits on ebay, the new clutch lever is now doglegged and matches the brembo brake.
Found that the low speed fault was caused by the front pot choke hanging up at the siamese bit. Now AOK, rebalanced carbs and fitted new air filter as well.
The switch was rebuilt using bits from a 2001 SV650 cluster, which would have been a straight swap except for the 2 pin connector for the clutch switch which was different, I robbed the guts out of the new one and restored my original. Cheap fix, £10 for the lever , £20 for the switch.
There is a wee dent in the LHS can to remind me to act my age in the future.
Cheers
Pod