a problem with my CBR

**ChiangMai noon** · 31-08-2006, 05:48 PM

that was after I told you to call me.

see the little time things in the left top of the posts.
well they tell you the time the post was made.

**machangezi** · 31-08-2006, 05:52 PM

Check your e-mail.

**mrsquirrel** · 31-08-2006, 08:17 PM

Interestingly Macha.

The ZX-9 was one of the first production bike with USD forks. Yet they changed back to conventional forks in the updated version of it to save weight and improve handling.

I am also pretty sure it had a titanium exhaust, but that might have been the R1

**Rigger** · 31-08-2006, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Macha

Rigger I know a lil bit about bikes! Have a looksie.

Sorry Macha I had you pictured as a short fat little guy with stumpy legs

**ChiangMai noon** · 01-09-2006, 06:32 PM

OK.
managed to get my bike down to the shop this morning.

the regulator was burned.
thanks to all of you that gave advice and help and stuff.

I suspect this thread will be revitalised every time something happens that i can't deal with.

Good to know that some of you are quite bright.

**machangezi** · 01-09-2006, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Macha

Rigger I know a lil bit about bikes! Have a looksie.

Sorry Macha I had you pictured as a short fat little guy with stumpy legs

You mean 4' 10"?

**Rigger** · 01-09-2006, 06:56 PM

Originally Posted by Macha

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Macha

Rigger I know a lil bit about bikes! Have a looksie.

Sorry Macha I had you pictured as a short fat little guy with stumpy legs

You mean 4' 10"?

Yeh sorted figured you were just like Danny devedoe but darker

**mrsquirrel** · 01-09-2006, 09:10 PM

the regulator was burned.

What did I say??????

WHAT DID I SAY in the initial PM before you asked on here?

Another Quirrel online diagnostic correct.

**mrsquirrel** · 01-09-2006, 09:14 PM

How much are they charging you for the regulator?

**ChiangMai noon** · 01-09-2006, 09:16 PM

1,100 baht.

i snapped it up cos it works now.

should i have paid less?

**mrsquirrel** · 01-09-2006, 09:27 PM

NO that's ok

**friscofrankie** · 01-09-2006, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

1,100 baht.

i snapped it up cos it works now.

should i have paid less?

After how many bateries and going back how many times????
Shoulda stuck the olg one up the dude's ass.

**Eliminator** · 01-09-2006, 10:36 PM

I don't know FF, I think it would be better to stick the supposed mechanic with the bill, batteries and the regulator where the sun don't shine. If nothing else, I'ld find another mechanic.

**mrsquirrel** · 01-09-2006, 10:40 PM

CMN

I will speak to my mate Sumo who used to do bikes up your way and see if he knows of any better mechanics in CMN city.

**friscofrankie** · 01-09-2006, 10:46 PM

Got a great one bout 100 meters from my place, but Cmn thinks all mechs are teh same and one "close by" is better.
BTW CmN, you change the battery leads Like I told you? Weird as it sounds, old leads can cause all kinds of problems, they get corroded inside the insulataion and raise resistance throught eh roof, can cause othe components to overwork and fail prematurely.
change 'em. cheap insurance.

**Marmite the Dog** · 02-09-2006, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

BTW CmN, you change the battery leads Like I told you?

Of course he bloody didn't!

**Sanuk Canuk** · 09-09-2006, 03:58 AM

Honda's have a history of bad rectifiers (I lost one on my old VFR500 and another on my VFR800FI). Does the rectifier get real hot? Are you boiling the battery? Is it an open cell type battery that you add water to or is it a closed cell?

Check the voltage at various RPM the rectifier should maintain the volts at 13.5-14.5 volts regardless of RPM. One way to kill a rectifier is to routinely charge batteries from dead using the alternator rather than a battery charger.

**Sanuk Canuk** · 09-09-2006, 03:59 AM

Oh shit I just noticed that I only read to the bottom of my first page prior to posting...ooops.

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-09-2006, 05:26 PM

Originally Posted by Sanuk Canuk

Oh shit I just noticed that I only read to the bottom of my first page prior to posting...ooops.

I wouldn't worry. CMN completely ignores any advice anyway.

**kingwilly** · 10-09-2006, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Mhz

I think your bike aint charging the battery.I forgot the name of that part that charges the battery as the bike is ON and running.Therefore the battery gets discharged after some time.

its called an alternator - and somebody already mentioned that.

**kingwilly** · 10-09-2006, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by Macha

Rigger I know a lil bit about bikes!

Have a looksie.

owning a nice bike doesnt mean you know anything about them Macha (just a comment - you may well have a great mechanical knowledge!)

And it is a nice bike also.

**kingwilly** · 10-09-2006, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

the regulator was burned.

What did I say??????

WHAT DID I SAY in the initial PM before you asked on here?

Another Quirrel online diagnostic correct.

you are da man.....

**medallion** · 28-09-2006, 08:27 AM

Japanese bikes have good electrics at first, but they don't seem perfectly designed for hot climates. They must do the summer testing in northern Hokkaido. One year at a place like Thailand can fry those electricals.

My mate bought six Japanese bikes new from dealers, and two of them had really cheap substitute batteries in there from the git-go. The one in Thailand lasted 8 days, but the dealer got honest after that, and my mate hasn't had to replace it yet, three years later.

On a typical day on a busy street in the tropics, the macadam can be 46 degrees. A wee bit warmer than Hokaiado in December.

**mrsquirrel** · 28-09-2006, 09:20 AM

What sort of brand new bike?

A Honda wave?

**ChiangMai noon** · 28-09-2006, 09:22 AM

My bike has been dreamy since I got the regulator changed.
I'm so clever to have thought of it myself.

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