Once Again…

Posted on March 25, 2010


Once again the bike’s in the shop and has been since Monday. I just want it to run properly and it’s still acting up. After much research I’ve come to the conclusion it’s either the stator or the “dreaded green plug”. Either way it’s probably a sensor of some kind and not a fuel problem. Here are the symptoms:

After running for at least a half an hour the idle becomes erratic and bounces between 1000 and 2000 rpms. If it reaches the 1k rpm area it acts like (and sometimes does) it’s going to die. I have to keep the throttle open to make sure it doesn’t just shut off.

If it does shut off there’s a strong fuel smell coming from the exhaust. This may just mean the mixture is too rich but it runs just fine cold. I’ve adjusted the idle to around 1400 instead of the 1200 that the shop adjusted it to. This at least keeps it from dipping below the 1k mark and causing a complete failure of the bike.

At this point I just want it fixed. If I don’t get a call from the shop by 3pm today I’m just going to go pick up the damn thing and ride it till it dies. If it’s the stator there’s nothing I can do about it. The steps involved in replacing that are far beyond my capabilities and require a complete engine teardown. No way I have the tools or know-how to get that done.

The hard part is it only acts up once the engine is good and warm which means simply putting it on the dyno won’t show much unless it’s been run for awhile.

Crossing my fingers I get some good news today.

Man, I Hate Mondays

Posted on March 15, 2010

Today was no exception. After a pretty decent weekend I woke up this morning and rode out to my CPA on PGA Blvd to pick up my taxes. The bike’s been running odd lately so I was just taking it easy.

As I pull off the exit for PGA I downshifted to first, then neutral (my bike doesn’t show what gear it’s in). Neutral felt kind of loose to get in the shifter under my left foot was acting weird. So I took off in first and tried to go to second when nothing… it wouldn’t shift. The entire pedal assembly had lost a bolt so pulling the shifter up did nothing.

Ensue cussing… After pulling over I walked back about a half mile or more to the exit and looked for the bolt. I found two along the walk and somehow one actually fit. It wasn’t the one I lost but it fit so I picked my taxes up and headed home….gently. Picked up a bolt from the bike shop on the way home and finally got it all put back together.

What a nightmare. The damn Gremlins are pulling my bike apart!

Real IE6 Usage Reasons

Posted on March 11, 2010

From theChive.com

Found this on the Chive and it made me smile so I thought I’d share with all you good people…unless you use IE6 and in that case upgrade already would you!?

The Long Walk

Posted on March 9, 2010

Yeah, today was kind of interesting. After a quick ride out to the beach yesterday doing just a surf check the bike began acting up once again. Mother fucker! So when I finally got the SV650 home I called the bike shop. They were kind of swamped so I said I’d take it in this morning.

So I head down to the garage and fire it up, completely expecting it to not run well but oddly it ran just fine. I decided to head over to the shop anyway and see if it would act up on the ride over….nothing. After a quick conversation with the mechanic I decided to just put some fuel treatment in the tank in hopes it would help.

Autozone is only a few blocks away so I headed over there and dropped some fuel treatment in the tank and immediately it began acting up once again. Back to the shop to drop it off but just as I get there it runs just fine once again….son of a bitch!

I decided to leave it there and just have them run it on the dynamometer and hopefully they’ll find and fix the problem.

The bike shop is about three miles away and I wasn’t about to pay a damn cab driver $15 for a three mile ride. Fuck that. So I bit the bullet and walked back.

OK Go’s Amazing “This Too Shall Pass” video

Posted on March 3, 2010




An incredible Rube Goldberg that took four months to build. I just keep watching it over and over.

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