The - NFG's First Monster - thread.

[NFG]

It's working again!  Learned all kinds of new things.  Drained carbs (well, one of them - the other was kinda hard to reach).  Nought there but gas, yay.  Pulled the plugs, they were wet.  Flooded?  Likely.  Both still sparked, but on the advice of dad I bought new ones and, a few hours later, put the new ones in.  It worked!

Conclusion: It was probably flooded, and needed a long time to clear.  New plugs probably didn't hurt.

Battery was so weak from farting around that I'm really quite surprised it cranked over the last time before starting.  =)

Now, off to ride!

[Justo]

Back riding you say. So what about the online manuals!!!!

He he

[NFG]

Back riding you say. So what about the online manuals!!!!

On hold for two reasons:
1. Bike works
2. Wrists hurt.

After writing my book <cough>here</cough> I found I couldn't do prolonged typing, especially combined with bad posture or a crappy keyboard, without long term discomfort in the wrists.  Well, typing 40 pages from the manual without paying attention to my wrists = bad.  Give me a week, I'll get back into it.  =)

Also, learned a lesson: New plugs makes the bike go sooo much better.  Starts in the morning wtihout choke, no trouble.  Very happy about that.  =)

[NFG]

Bike Progress Report #43

After ~25 days wait, my slot at EuroTwins finally came 'round and wouldn't you know it, the day before my appointment I was summoned to Sydney by the boss who needed help for an install.  I phoned Bev @ ET and left a message on the machine, which he didn't get so he called Monday morning asking where I was.

Well, I was in Sydney. 

I asked him if there was any chance he could swing 'round and get the bike 'cause it was only 5-10 minutes down the freeway from his shop, and after a few hours he called and said he could meet my wife there to get it.  She goes home from work, Bev arrives, and the bike wouldn't start.  Battery's totally dead (later turned out it was producing about a Volt and a half, which you electricians will recognize as a tiny bit too low to start a bike.

The next morning he again arranges to meet my wife, this time with a trailer, and he hauls the bike into the shop.  Later that day I get back from Sydney and pop in to see how it's going.  The battery was replaced, he's nearly done tuning the carbs and it'd be ready in a couple of hours.  While there I asked about the clutch, and he popped the cover off to show it to me.  Turns out it was pretty much ready for replacement, the slop in the splines was about 30%.

I had a ton of questions as a new rider, and he answered them all.   A short while later I picked up the bike, with its new battery and clutch plates and general workover (a couple of the valves were a bit off, but not bad) and my new Monster's a whole new bike.  Many many thanks to Bevan for the work he did, and for going way above and beyond, picking up my bike (twice) rather than make me reschedule.

Very much a rewarding transaction for me, and the bike rides like a dream now.

Thanks to you guys for recommending him to me.  I will do the same to anyone who asks.  =)