SO YOUR BIKE WON'T START EH!!

aidybest · Post by **aidybest** » Feb 4th, '06, 15:20

Well what can I say, still f_ _ _ all. The new solinoid clicks over rapidly, but with that the rev counter goes up to the three thousand revs position. I have just about given up. Any of you guys mechanically / electrically aware and live around the Bristol area and want to have a go you are quite welcome. Id gladly pay somebody for their time. As it is a non starter I cant take it anywhere. Very pi_ _sed off now so I'm going to have a sherbert

speedy(delboy) · Post by **speedy(delboy)** » Feb 4th, '06, 15:50

aidybest wrote:Well what can I say, still f_ _ _ all. The new solenoid clicks over rapidly, but with that the rev counter goes up to the three thousand revs position. I have just about given up. Any of you guys mechanically / electrically aware and live around the Bristol area and want to have a go you are quite welcome. Id gladly pay somebody for their time. As it is a non starter I cant take it anywhere. Very pi_ _sed off now so I'm going to have a sherbert

I ain't no qualified mech like age but I am in Bristol on wed 8th for the night if you want me to have a gander at it. I can always ring age whilst stood next to it, if i can see anything Might be worth a try. My mob No is on my signature, drop me a text if you want me to have a look.

aidybest · Post by **aidybest** » Feb 4th, '06, 16:01

That would be great, Im just about to go and have another tinker about. I will give you a text in a bit to let you know how I get on

thanks again

kindest regards

aidy

georgie_d · Post by **georgie_d** » Feb 4th, '06, 17:21

mate, sometimes its good to have a fresh set of eyed look over it (even if it is speedys

)its probably staring you right in the face.
i think mine will be ready tommorrow, hopefuly, cant wait to roll her out the garage again

georgie_d · Post by **georgie_d** » Feb 6th, '06, 20:26

Well its pretty much all done, andrew even took down my road and back, well chuffed

sort mt fairings out now and other little bits and pieces and she will be ready to go again yay!!!

Big shout out to Andrew OBE, MBE And a knigthood on the way......

The engine was siezed and to make it work again was pretty dam good, and it is probably better than when i first had it, hats off Andrew, cheers buddy

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Feb 6th, '06, 20:31

georgie_d wrote:Well its pretty much all done, andrew even took down my road and back, well chuffed sort mt fairings out now and other little bits and pieces and she will be ready to go again yay!!!

Big shout out to Andrew OBE, MBE And a knigthood on the way......

The engine was siezed and to make it work again was pretty dam good, and it is probably better than when i first had it, hats off Andrew, cheers buddy

great news mate

CBR_LOVER · Post by **CBR_LOVER** » Feb 6th, '06, 20:44

Brill News m8 - well chuffed for ya,that Andrews a top bloke!

speedy(delboy) · Post by **speedy(delboy)** » Feb 7th, '06, 11:24

speedy(delboy) wrote:I ain't no qualified mech like age but I am in Bristol on wed 8th for the night if you want me to have a gander at it. I can always ring age whilst stood next to it, if i can see anything Might be worth a try. My mob No is on my signature, drop me a text if you want me to have a look.

I havent heard anything so will presume a no then

Am leaving Barnstaple for Brizzal in about 2 hours

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Feb 7th, '06, 11:49

georgie_d wrote:Well its pretty much all done, andrew even took down my road and back, well chuffed sort mt fairings out now and other little bits and pieces and she will be ready to go again yay!!!

Big shout out to Andrew OBE, MBE And a knigthood on the way......

The engine was siezed and to make it work again was pretty dam good, and it is probably better than when i first had it, hats off Andrew, cheers buddy

My pleasure mate (well sort of

) We will be taking it for a proper test ride on sunday so look out for georgie-d returning to a rideout near u in february

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 7th, '06, 11:53

way to go Andy!! When can i book you in for a top end rebuild on the gsxr? ;)

aidybest · Post by **aidybest** » Feb 27th, '06, 23:43

andrew wrote:have to say gerogie-d has helped as much as he could and has been more than generous in feeding my alcohol habit

aidy - to save u spending any more money I would suggest testing the solenoid with a multimeter.

If u don't know how to use the meter tho then try and change the starter solenoid with one u know that works - if that still doesn't work let me know and i'll come up with some more ideas. Also i will try and have a look at my GPX manual tonight and see if I can spot anything else in the wiring diagram that could be at fault.

Sorry speedy, tied up with work and all that crap, plus been off line for a while, Got the bike sorted in the end, had a last dashed attempt at changing all the cables (batery to solinoid and solinoid to starter) pressed the button and yehaa im cooking on gas!! Tightened the chain up and took her out for a good well earned spin. Chuffed to bits. quick polish and now she is ready (just in time for the big freeze!!!!!) Thanks again to andy for all the advice and particular thanks to speedy for the offer of help, very much appreciated (as I was starting to let the thing get to me), it just perks you up a bit when guys on the forum, you have never met go out their way to offer assistance. Great stuff. Regards to all with a bit of luck will bump into some of u soon (not literally as i am sure that would hurt)

regards

aidy

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Feb 28th, '06, 10:02

aidybest wrote:
andrew wrote:have to say gerogie-d has helped as much as he could and has been more than generous in feeding my alcohol habit

aidy - to save u spending any more money I would suggest testing the solenoid with a multimeter.

If u don't know how to use the meter tho then try and change the starter solenoid with one u know that works - if that still doesn't work let me know and i'll come up with some more ideas. Also i will try and have a look at my GPX manual tonight and see if I can spot anything else in the wiring diagram that could be at fault.
Sorry speedy, tied up with work and all that crap, plus been off line for a while, Got the bike sorted in the end, had a last dashed attempt at changing all the cables (batery to solinoid and solinoid to starter) pressed the button and yehaa im cooking on gas!! Tightened the chain up and took her out for a good well earned spin. Chuffed to bits. quick polish and now she is ready (just in time for the big freeze!!!!!) Thanks again to andy for all the advice and particular thanks to speedy for the offer of help, very much appreciated (as I was starting to let the thing get to me), it just perks you up a bit when guys on the forum, you have never met go out their way to offer assistance. Great stuff. Regards to all with a bit of luck will bump into some of u soon (not literally as i am sure that would hurt)

regards

aidy

no worries mate glad to hear you're back on the road - always try to help people out if i can.

And Chris i can honestly say i'm in no rush to volunteer to rebuild another bike

- besides which u know just as much (if not more) about bikes than i do mate.

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 28th, '06, 10:56

ah well worth a try....

andrew · Post by **andrew** » Feb 28th, '06, 12:58

chris_1127 wrote:ah well worth a try....

if you ever need a hand mate just let me know. i will always try to help if i can just not sure I want the resposibility for rebuilding another engine. Why does your gixxer need a rebuild anyway??

oh and i should point out my mind can always be changed by hard cash

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Feb 28th, '06, 13:49

dont worry andy i was just being lazy ;) its approaching 30k miles and is weeping a bit round the head gasket so it was just going to be a preventative maintenence thing really, and possibly attacking the ports with a dremel