dirty_leppa Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 is that a brake lever operated throttle cable? if so, work alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 it works awesome. so much nicer to ride with too, doesnt hurt your wrist from continuous pressure on weird angles. and it also makes the bars symmetrical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felixx Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 And the bike looks baas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 im aiming for a bike night debut in 2 weeks time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty_leppa Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 does the standard throttle cable fit into the lever ok? been thinking about doing this with a sweet bmx brake lever ive had for ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 I can't even remember what cable I used. But it was a throttle one and it had the metal cylinder end on like a bike cable. So it went in pretty easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 i see myself grabbing a hand full of stop and end up running some old lady over/its too engraved into my man genes/i occasionally go to pull the clutch in and change gears on scooters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRK Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 ^yeh my brain can't get its head around brake lever throttle on my drome bike or my stupid hondas backwards gearbox. tis hard to teach an old dog new tricks/my brain is dumb. have to make sure i keep thinking about what i'm doing otherwise brain decides to revert to default settings of twist grip and 1 down and the rest of gears are up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtkp61 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Loving the twin head lights... looks mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 After a few weeks of thinking how im going to set it up, ive got the rear brake sorted, minus a return spring and a coat of paint. this was to be the finally problem to sort before its road ready, but then i discovered someone years ago has stripped the thread in the crank case, for the bolt that has something to do with the gear selector. i dont really know the best way to sort this out is, maybe a helicoil, but they are fucking expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtkp61 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 helicoil repairs kit going for 20-50 on trade me? just had a quick flick through. edit: or maybe get the tap and die set onto it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 didnt know you could get them that cheap on trademe, will work out what the thread is and order a kit. cant use a tap, cause the 'bolt' is a specialise adjuster and i cant just put an oversized bolt in there. Im looking at ordering the helicoil, and while im waiting for that to arrive, ill strip it down and paint it, then that just leaves wiring up the lights, which are being a little strange, the wire that comes from the engine, that is meant to run the lights, only puts out 3 volts and doesn't run the lights at all, i can wire a single light to it and sometimes ill get a flash from the bulb. is there meant to be anything between the engine and the lights? or should i just run the lights from the battery since i get a healthy 7.5v charging voltage? might need a resistor to drop the voltage to the lights to closer to 6v? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 What thread is it you need? There are a quite a few helicoil sets at work. Run your lights as is, don't use a resistor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 What colour is your wire from the engine? is it white? If you go back to the wiring diagram you can see that the head lights are run off the battery. Also if the wire is white it looks like it gets connect into the yellow wire from the engine when the lighting switch is turned on to boost that circuit. You can run this bike without a battery it just means that it would blow your bulbs all the time as it not regulated like Sam said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtkp61 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 ahh yes that makes perfect sense. also im 98.4% sure i actually need a battery to excite the system to begine with? just like a real car, becausei have an alternator and not a DC generator? either way, its runing and staring great so im not gonna mess with that side of things haah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 18, 2012 Author Share Posted August 18, 2012 eh fuck jack, leaving your account signed it at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 we had dons ct90 going yesterday with no battery, going to put it back in as per the wiring diagram though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtkp61 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 haha sorry Josh will sign out next time lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted August 19, 2012 Author Share Posted August 19, 2012 that video of dons bike make my day tbh, how was it wired up with no battery out of curiosity? though yeah, having it all regulated is way nicer. also side note, was his loss of gears due to the clutch adjuster not set right? that was my first guess when he asked me about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horse25 Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 The DC from the rectifier straight to the coil, the battery is just connected in parallel to this anyway. I should properly check what its putting out from the rectifier, too excited with getting it running. Got the bike going a lot better today with an airfilter pipe on the carb, which creates the vacuum in the carb or something, But idling without anything on the accelerator cable it would just randomly rev up and then just die haha. any ideas? So what colour is the wire that comes from the engine that puts out 3v? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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