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I've got a good spare pattern one on the shelf, bought as a precaution when the bearing in the alternator cover kept of shitting itself and taking out the windings.
Did a couple of slightly longer rides around the Peaks before I toasted the alternator.G.P wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:45 pm ^^^^^ Good on you. Massive respect. Is that the longest run you've done on it?
HID and intelligent dipping and wavelength/colour adjustment and steering, more processing power in each headlight than was used to get man on the moon...or something....Supermofo wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:16 pm Good news on the bike.
Not so good news on the car. Can't get my head around the cost of parts nowadays, but there you are.
Plus the front of modern cars typically have radar and ultrasonic sensors too. Even a slow-speed nudge can be expensive.millemille wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:31 pmHID and intelligent dipping and wavelength/colour adjustment and steering, more processing power in each headlight than was used to get man on the moon...or something....Supermofo wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:16 pm Can't get my head around the cost of parts nowadays, but there you are.
Surely these things only cost pence if manufactured in volume? They're probably the same (Chinese) unit on all the cars. Isn't it wonderful, we have all these aids that stop us damaging things, but then, if you do....the whole car is written off because of them. It's bonkers.Horse wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:35 pmPlus the front of modern cars typically have radar and ultrasonic sensors too. Even a slow-speed nudge can be expensive.millemille wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:31 pmHID and intelligent dipping and wavelength/colour adjustment and steering, more processing power in each headlight than was used to get man on the moon...or something....Supermofo wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:16 pm Can't get my head around the cost of parts nowadays, but there you are.
Bugger!millemille wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:03 pm 8 months or so since the last update on the multi...
The bike has been awesome, everything I wanted and more. The power above 7,000 rpm is epic, picks up the front and holds it in any gear.
Handling is as it was before, very fast steering, falls on its side, a bit flappy at higher speeds, equally at home pootling along as knee out hanging off or foot off supermoto style.
Done about 4,000 miles on it.
But, the last few rides it's started to have problems with shifting into 5th and 6th.
Fitted the service update to the selector mechanism and reset it using the proper tool, which seemed to make a difference initially and then it went back to being impossible to get it higher than 4th with any certainty. Not that this made a massive difference to my riding, as 4th is over 130 on the limiter....
Did some more investigation and had the idea that the problem may stem from excessive play in the shift lever pivot and too much movement in the selector shaft lever, because the lever clamp bolt that Healtech supply for the quickshifter strain sensor to fit over is only torqued to 6Nm (the oem bolt is torqued to 10Nm).
There's also, I thought, too much misalignment in the shift linkage, between the gear lever and the selector shaft lever. The linkage on any standard bike runs straight front to back, but the melding of a multi frame and 1098 engine means mine, even with spacers, has about 30 degrees of offset.
So I bought a new gear lever and pivot bolt and also a 916 selector shaft lever, which is cranked, to remove the play and improve the alignment. The plan was to recheck the selector mechanism alignment, which requires the alternator side cover to be removed, and fit the new parts and take a test ride this weekend in preparation for some mates coming up for a weekend of spirited riding next weekend.
And I dropped the oil in preparation for the alternator cover coming off...
Well, that explains the shifting problems. That's the remains of a gearbox shim.
So, that's this year's riding done. Drop the engine and full strip down to assess what damage has been done internally and figured out what to do after that....