Bearman
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Hey guys.
I've been chasing around an issue on my bike now for a while, basically, it starts fairly ok when cold, but has not a hope in hell when its warm. We put it down to something going wrong in the carby and tidied that all up, runs great, but still would not start hot. Put new rings in, pulling like a train, but do you think it will start hot? Nope.
So we've been doing some electrical testing, surprise, not spark when hot, and minimal when cold. For a while there, roll starting was all good, would get the engine turning enough to fire it over, not these days. Its gotten worse.
So, everyone's thinking Stator right? Thats what we thought, but the Stator looks fine, no wear or marks or anything. The bloke that owned it before my mate that I bought it from was a little rough, and left a lot of work to be desired... It came with the stock speedo, and I tried to wire it up but it was knackered, and the wiring behind the headlight is an absolute mess. I'm running a Trail Tech Vapour, and this problem may have happened not long after I installed that unit. We're thinking that maybe the unit is drawing power from the ignition system?? I'm pretty sure dad wired it up to the wire from the kill switch? This seemed like a good idea at the time? Also, we unravelled the mess around the CDI, and there is a loose WHITE white hanging around there, coming up from the stator.
From dad's limited knowledge of electrics (he's a diesel mechanic from way back) he reckons the stator appears to be a two phase unit, but only one phase seems to be in use for motor and ansillaries (spelling?). Can anyone shed any light on this?
What we want to know is,
A) How do people hook up after market speedos? (wire colours and stuff would be fantastic)
B) Is hooking the speedo unit up to the kill switch wire a baaad idea?
C) What is that white wire supposed to do?
D) Should that second phase be doing anything to help drive things like lights and speedo units?
E) Does anyone have any other random bits of information that could help on this issue? As a GasGas Rider, I understand that there quite likely is haha.
Thanks heaps guys,
Ben
I've been chasing around an issue on my bike now for a while, basically, it starts fairly ok when cold, but has not a hope in hell when its warm. We put it down to something going wrong in the carby and tidied that all up, runs great, but still would not start hot. Put new rings in, pulling like a train, but do you think it will start hot? Nope.
So we've been doing some electrical testing, surprise, not spark when hot, and minimal when cold. For a while there, roll starting was all good, would get the engine turning enough to fire it over, not these days. Its gotten worse.
So, everyone's thinking Stator right? Thats what we thought, but the Stator looks fine, no wear or marks or anything. The bloke that owned it before my mate that I bought it from was a little rough, and left a lot of work to be desired... It came with the stock speedo, and I tried to wire it up but it was knackered, and the wiring behind the headlight is an absolute mess. I'm running a Trail Tech Vapour, and this problem may have happened not long after I installed that unit. We're thinking that maybe the unit is drawing power from the ignition system?? I'm pretty sure dad wired it up to the wire from the kill switch? This seemed like a good idea at the time? Also, we unravelled the mess around the CDI, and there is a loose WHITE white hanging around there, coming up from the stator.
From dad's limited knowledge of electrics (he's a diesel mechanic from way back) he reckons the stator appears to be a two phase unit, but only one phase seems to be in use for motor and ansillaries (spelling?). Can anyone shed any light on this?
What we want to know is,
A) How do people hook up after market speedos? (wire colours and stuff would be fantastic)
B) Is hooking the speedo unit up to the kill switch wire a baaad idea?
C) What is that white wire supposed to do?
D) Should that second phase be doing anything to help drive things like lights and speedo units?
E) Does anyone have any other random bits of information that could help on this issue? As a GasGas Rider, I understand that there quite likely is haha.
Thanks heaps guys,
Ben
