Winter update #3

Do you guys remember my Preliminary winter Todo-List? If not, here it is:


* Fix blinker issue

• The blinkers aren't working properly. Most likely a grounding fault. Nothing done about this yet.

* Buy and install new battery

• Battery picked out, but still awaiting the buy. I am going for a gel battery

* Fix more rotten hoses

• Again: Nothing done as of yet. This is fiddle work, and I don't want to do that in the cold. I have, however, bought the replacement hoses =)

* Buy and mount top box break light

• I have ordered this, and It is something I can do a lot of the work on indoors. I will probably do the mounting on the bike at the same time as I fix the back blinkers.

* Buy a loud-ass horn

• I need this after being backed into. The horn I have now sounds like a small bird farting under a thick blanket, so I was in need of a replacement. Again: Roger to the rescue! I got a horn from his collection of BMW-spares!

Apparently it is loud. It looks like a siren, hopefully, looks aren't deceiving this time!

* Change oil

• Probably get someone to do this for me!

* Change oil filter

• Probably get this done for me too!

* Clean properly

• As soon as spring hits!

* Buy new helmet

• Going to germany. I hope I can buy a decent helmet there cheaper than in Norway!

* Buy new trousers

• Going to Germany for this as well!

New items: Changing the break hoses and break fluid up front. Had a look at it last week, and boy is it brown :p

Winter update #1

Yes, WINTER has hit Norway.

This morning I was met by a horrible sight

I put my bike away three weeks ago. She got a quick wash, and nothing more. She is stored in a dry and ventilated, albeit a bit cold, place. The room is big, and there is room for me to work on her there, but I think I will bring an oven and some more light...

Night frost hit us about three weeks ago, and there was a lot of rain. Driving was not really appealing, so I decided to put her in storrage.

Two days after, I got a lovely present from my mothers friend:

It is a Halvarssons Shadow Leather jacket, and it is quite nice. I haven't had the opportunity to test her yet, but it is a near perfect fit, and a present. He bought it for himself after his own jacket got torn this summer, but realized that it was too big after riding with it a couple of times.

Very lovely present, and completely unexpected =) - Thank you very much!



And what are my plans for the winter-season?
Well.. The season is long here in Norway.. I seldom get the bike out before April first. Damn snow!

However! I do plan to fiddle around a bit with my XJ!

Preliminary winter Todo-List:

* Fix blinker issue
* Buy and install new battery
* Fix more rotten hoses
* Buy and mount  top box break light
* Buy a loud-ass horn
* Change oil
* Change oil filter
* Clean properly
* Buy new helmet
* Buy new trousers

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The epic, heroic, astronomic, colossal, considerable, enormous, gigantic, ginormous, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mega, monster, monumental, prodigious, sizeable, tremendous, vast, very big, very large and whopping tale of the non-working indicators.

Or not..

Are you ready for the tale of the epic, heroic, astronomic, colossal, considerable, enormous, gigantic, ginormous, humongous, jumbo, mammoth, massive, mega, monster, monumental, prodigious, sizeable, tremendous, vast, very big, very large and whopping fail that is me?

Sure?

I. Used. The. Wrong. Bulbs.

And while most of you probably sit like this now, let me explain myself! Please?

Pretty please? With sugar on top?

I cannot dig myself out of this hole of fail, but I must try!

I got a new relay through ebay a few days/weeks back, and changed it, without much luck. I just didn't think about me changing the bulbs a few days before. You know, the ordinary 12v21W bulbs... The ones I bought at Biltema, rather cheaply.. (15,- NOK apiece, $2) That weren't 12v21w but 24v21w?

Who knew that 12v systems required 12v bulbs? I DID!!! Who knew that you had to read the big lettering on the package to see that it was 12v and not 24v? I DID!!!

Who is going to be ridiculed for this for a long time?

I am...

*sigh*

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My friend just got a new motorbike!

After crashing his XJ600s in Holland last year, and spending to much money on trying to get her back into shape, he finally crumbled and bought this CBR1000F. I got to see it today, and it looks GREAT. It is an 91', but with only 45000km on the clock.

And the exiting news? While riding with him today, I finally solved the mystery of the faulty turn signals =)

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The indicators need fixing!

Whenever I try to use them, they only light up in the back and do nothing else. The old relay blinks a little when I smack it, but it is split and busted.


I assumed that it was a busted relay or similar. I bought a new relay at http://www.mcartikler.no/ for 39,- NOK ($6,5), but to no avail. It does nothing.

I needed a different one, and wemoto had in stock just what I needed! I thought.....

...I was wrong...

I called yamaha, and they told me that a new relay could be ordered for 902,- NOK ($150). Apparently there is a special relay for this bike =(

Luckily, I found someone on €bay willing to sell me a relay for 200,- NOK ($33). Now I must play the waiting game...

To-Do

• Change bulbs in instrument panel
• Change clutch wire
• Change fork seals and oil
• Install heated grips
• Change airfilter
• Order keys for givi boxes
• Fix indicators