Great you got her running Henry and glad to hear the healing process is well under way.

I've managed to get one teeny little ride in, mainly been tiling the kitchen

 

Got two of three Hurricanes "awake" yesterday but my 87 being the cold blooded
Beeeeatch that she is sucked the battery to it's knees going back out there in a
few to throw some blarney at it and might even give her a shot is the azz with some
ether if she still won't play nice then I'm going to take here out since the ice has
finally melted enough to be able to get out and she's going to get a spanking for all
this aggro !

 

I can sympathise Sprock,

It's cold here today 29 c and cloudy with a 5% chance of

What will I do? The '91 is all clean and raring to go!

Cheers, SB

 

Sounds like you get more bushfires than rain in SA Seb.

 

Yep, had our fair share this season. Now it's Autumn it will be interesting to see if we get those late storms combined with a hot spell.

And to get back on-topic. I polished the '91 today with Mr Sheen - came up a very shiny treat!

Cheers, SB

 

hi all,
installed new motobatt battery.
seems to have a bit more power when starting bike.

 

Newly rebuilt carb's put on my 1990

 

New rebuilt carbs for my 87 - extra needle shims a hair up in the jets

She's a screamer now

 

Today we (mechanic and I) had to clean the carbs as there was fuel leak from the carbs after storage of the bike for long. Got a new battery and the bike started right up. After running and a few revs , reg rec was quite hot and some wires leading to it seemed singed. Mech suggests i need a new reg rectifier before i hit the road . Bike not over heating though. Thats what i did to my CBR today.

 

Continuation!

So i look for an alternative cause of my problems apart from a fried reg rec by calling up on my pal who had a CBR and sold it. He reckons i should not change anything before confirming what the problem actually is. So i check the wires for a short circuit, and on disconnecting the reg rec from its connector, i find that one of the connections was bad and black . we remove the gunk , CBR OK...service tomorrow and riding!!