Why me?

[orionburn]

Well yet another wonderful night for me...<br><br>Was working on the car last night to replace the thermo and oh-lucky-me happened to have one of the bolts shear in half. So, was forced to ride the bike in today since I couldn't get the bolt out last night (will have to tap & rethread tonight). Been avoiding riding since the chain has very little life left in it. So this morning I fire it up and notice one of the brake lights is out. Pull the seat to check the bulb and see that it's broken. BUT...what happened is some how the socket slipped out and the light was laying against the back of the plastic mounting holes. Well, Mr. Bulb got hot enough to melt a good chunk of the hole so now the socket can't screw back in.<br><br>Oh the joys of being me... <p>Nate<br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>87 FZR 1000</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--><br><br>We got clearence, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?</p><i></i>

[Nbot]

Congrats Nate, at least you have Family Guy on Adult Swim to pick you up!...<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v237/ ... riend_.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>

[orionburn]

<br><br><br>Welcome ladies & gents to the next installment of: "Why I'm a dumb@$$" <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>Since it's been snowing like mad here, I realized "oh yes it is winter now" and decided to get off my butt and start doing some put-off work to the bike.<br><br>Have been planning on paint job and all that so was going to pull the tank & bodywork off. Thought I'd get the bike running a for a few days to make sure everything is still running fine. So let the tank be and went to work on pulling the clutch slave off to put new seals on it. Got the bike going, pulled slave off and called it a night.<br><br>Get home from work the next day and figure I'll get going on the bike right away. Head out to the garage and go to get the bike fired. Sitting on it and get her running. Few seconds later I hear a "ping/clang/clang" and look down on the left side.<br><br>This is the part where I go <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :eek --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> then <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :soap --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... oapbox.gif ALT=":soap"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> followed by <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> and coming to the conclusion that I am now <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :sad --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... ng_sad.gif ALT=":sad"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>As I look over I'm seeing oil pour out the bottom of the bike. And I don't mean dripping fast, I mean it looks like somebody knocked over a quart of oil on the floor. Immediately shut the bike down and jump off. Luckily I have my hair buzzed short becase I would have pulled out enough for a wig for somebody.<br><br>As I'm standing there looking at the pool of oil I'm thinking the block cracked, oil pan exploded, seal blew out...something major. Then I notice that the clutch pushrod is laying on the floor (see above: CLUTCH SLAVE REMOVED). Then a moment of clarity bestowes me and come to the conclusion: no pushrod + open hole X compartment that holds oil = OIL LEAK!<br><br>So... after that I was like <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rock --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... ock_On.gif ALT=":rock"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> and I can now start breathing again. <br><br>Well, be sure to check back for more brilliant moments of mine. At least I entertain you guys <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :rollin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :stupid --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... Stupid.gif ALT=":stupid"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">Nate - 87 FZR1000</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><br>Have <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>you</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> seen my fairing?</p><i></i>

[FZRDude]

<!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :poke --><img src=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... e_poke.gif ALT=":poke"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>So..... what's the latest-greatest that you have to tell us this week, Nate? <p><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:red;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;">There are some who call me........Tim?</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:white;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;">Director of Entertainment <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://eddieandthecruisersmc.com" target="top">Eddie & the Cruisers</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;">1994 FZR 1000</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p072.ezboard.com/bexupbrotherhoo ... FZRDude</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/ ... snoopy.gif" BORDER=0> at: 7/1/05 8:28 pm<br></i>

[orionburn]

Finally decided to take a chance and unlock this thread, huh? <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :lol --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> Don't worry I won't do any creative editing. Nothing new lately...been to damned busy at work. Put 65 hours in this week so if something stupid happened to me I was too tired to take notice. <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">Nate - 87 FZR1000</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">Have <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>you</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> seen my fairing? Who cares...I got new ones!!!</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[orionburn]

Figured I might as well post on here so I can b!tch about the night I had.<br><br>Over the weekend I noticed some electrical woes. Front brake switch didn't seem to be working and bulbs were acting haywire. On top of that my high beams stopped working.<br><br>So, when I would switch the from low to high the lights actually turned off. Now I know how sensetive the wiring is on these bikes, so figured maybe (though odd) if one high beam filament burned out then maybe that would cause the other one to not work as well.<br><br>I was in the left handlebar switch housing a week or so ago when my turn signal switch was acting funky. Thought maybe a wire was getting pinched and that was causing the high beam failure. Welp, one of the screws stripped out and said the hell with the switch. In order to get to the bulbs you have to pull the entire upper fairing off to get to them. Go through the hassle of pulling it off and check the bulbs. The right bulb had a big black mark on it, but none of the filaments seemed to be broken. Head down to the parts store and pick up new bulbs. Get back, put the bulbs in and nothing. Doing the same as before.<br><br>So now I know it's wiring. Decide to try to get the screw out one more time. Took some work but finally got it to come out. Pull the housing apart and whadyaknow. Broken wire at the switch. Got the soldering gun out and got it working again.<br><br>So because of one pesky little screw I ended up wasting all that time taking the cowl off. Oh what fun... <p><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">Nate - 87 FZR1000</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:navy;">Have <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>you</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> seen my fairing? Who cares...I got new ones!!!</span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></p><i></i>

[jjs777]

nothing matters now....<br><br>its just about GEE PEE TIME !!!!!! <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:steelblue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:medium;">-John </span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/ ... <!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... cement.jpg" target="top">1995 FZR1000</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... 00x600.jpg" target="top">1990 FZR1000</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:blue;font-family:times new roman;font-size:small;"> <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/ ... resize.jpg" target="top">1990 FZR1040</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--></em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i></i>

[FZRDude]

I wondered where this was.

[Yamaman]

a mate of mine hit a bird at 120kph with his CBR400 and it tore the entire lower fairing off

[orionburn]

Thanks, Tim :sad

I had hoped this thread got left behind or lost from the other board

[orionburn]

Well, I figure this little story would make a worthwhile addition to the thread....

Headed down to a friend's house for the weekend (good hour away from me). About halfway down the bike started to sputter out on me. Ok, no big deal, switch to reserve. Make the switch and bike still wants to keep stalling out. Ok, still no big deal, has happened before. Get about a mile down the road from that point and it stalls out on me. Pull off to the side and try to start it back up. Fires up with a nice shotgun-esque backfire.

Get back on the road...starts doing it again...and again...and again. Fup I say, now this is a concern. I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how all of a sudden things are going to hell. Fuel filter isn't old...maybe the pump? Electrical problem somewhere? (on a FZR...yeah right )

Nurse it over to the next town and pull into a gas station. Wondering if maybe it's some bad gas left in the tank. Maybe when it started getting low I had some crap in there that managed to clog up the pump...I don't know. Fill up and bike fires up fine. Get back onto the road and.....same thing happens again. Luckily I manage to make it the last 20 miles to his house though this probably took 30 minutes to do. Run, stall, run, sputter, run, sputter, stall, run, stall....on and on this goes. Get to his house and pull off a tail pannel to check some wiring. Fire the bike back up and runs fun while sitting still. Turn off the ignition and go to pull the key out...and the key housing seems like it wants to come out with it. "I wonder..." me says, and turn the bike back on. While it's running I jiggle the key, and sure enough, bike cuts out right away.

Upon further inspection I find out that the two screws that are supposed to hold the ignition down have managed to run away. Probably in a better place with my fairing now. Anyway, with my new found edumacation in engineering I grab a role of electrical tape and "secure" the ignition down.

Granted I am a bit concerned that somebody has been fupping with the bike. However, given my history with the bike because of the previous owner I really wouldn't be surprised if he only used one screw to hold the ignition down when he replaced it, which had been done shortly before I bought the bike. Either way I had been meaning on investing in some security for the bike so will be doing that this week to be safe.

Bike does run fine after my "fix"

[barneyfzr600]

Nate, I don't know what to say except that it could only happen to you!

[WickedFZR1K]

www.bikebolts.com

They have a complete kit for the FZR1000 (and tons of other bikes) with fastners, well nuts and all the body screws/bolts. You can even get them in different colors. The stainless "complete" kit is less than 40 bucks WITH shipping!

[dragracer1951]

You MAY want to think about editing the size of that avitar......



How strange...just a second ago, it was HUGE.......

[jjs777]

oh great....now he's seeing things

can just imagine what he's been seeing whilst looking at me motor


ahhhhhh.....sigh

ah well....still better than me doing it!

[orionburn]

Well look at it this way - if he's seeing thing larger than what they actually are it's a good thing. At least that way he can tell what the hell he's working on.

[jjs777]

[WickedFZR1K]

<------- Is that better bro? LOL I was messing around with resizing on photobucket and made it a tad small, deleted and reentered and resized, got it right on the first try, sometimes a challenge to me when there arent hand tools involved (hand tools, I USUALLY get it right the first try) LOL

[FZRDude]

snerk

[orionburn]

Gee...how did I ever guess this would get bumped up again

You know, I've had many a chance to go back and hit the almighty edit button, but I haven't for your guys' amusement. The sacrifices I make for you guys.....