Multimeter

Great stuff, where abouts are you and whens best to pick it up? Ill get hold of the new one soon next month just got the radiator this time lol

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Thanks for info the amount of times I could have done with one and put it off. I really need to get one!

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i had a look in the garage for my spare oem one and fk nose where it is lol.
so if you like i can LEND you the later finned one off my other bike as its off the road atm.
no rush for it back as long as you dont forget and leave me stuck lol.

it'll give you time to get one sorted. if the other one turns up in the meantime you can have it.
i'll pm my addy - anytime is good for me but i'll be out later, after 10

 

Martin u have parts for everything, u got any pads for the rsv been sent wrong ones they sent me 2 pads per side instead ov 4 little ones grrr. eBay the tw&t there for pre 2000 models but listed as 2002 .

 

no mate ive got no brembo bits at all. rick might have some or daz

found some more firestorm / sp ebc pads yesterday tho lol so thats me sorted for the year

 

no mate ive been pre-occupied lol.
powder coating first and finish the race fairings, then finish putting the 2 engines together lol.
its getting warmer now so rainy weekends i'll be in the garage working on it

 

Hi Martin its ok I can pick one up of flee bay or get that better one you suggested, do have any info on that one, any honda 125? Taking the girls swimming this morning really need to change the day to Saturday's now im bsck on the bike dont grt home till half 12!! If you do find it though let me know a spares always useful just let me know what you want for it or i owe you a pint and a buger if I ever see you on a ride out! Don't want to borrow yours and leave you stranded and for what they cost might as well get one asap
Just have to use my car for a day or too.

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wont be stranded mate, the bikes in a thousand pieces atm and im not rushing to build it.
just thinking of getting you sorted - if the reg's gone it could fry the battery, ignition, genny etc.... and leave u stuck in the middle of nowhere!

 

Ive just ordered the upto date one £25 delivered. Should be here by Friday latest so ill use the car for now. Dont wont to fry the battery or anything else. Think I need ro start saving for a newer bike lol.

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Thanks Lee managed to get one of ebay, it says for my model/year so should be ok hopefully. Just wait for the post man now!

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well update, i bought a multimeter and a new reg/rec. the battery seems good but something in the charging system is not right still. when i tested the voltage putting the revs to 5000 it was reading only around 13.5 at best. in my cb500 haynes manual it should be 14 to 15.5 @5000. looks like im in for a wire search test. never done this before so im trying to read up where i put what and what setting i use for the multimeter! any help appreciated. also trying to work out how to test the old reg/rec off the bike to see if it was knackered.
ive got a feeling with the bike being a 97 theres a rusty or loose wire somewhere, i know i have to test the ends of the wire where the plastic clips are put need to find out the colours and precedure, i.e ignition on/off live on first then negative?? bit lost with all this but i guess im learning!!

 

just re charged the battery of the bike and used the multimeter. its reading 12.75 for a 12v batterry. the haynes manual says a fully charged 12v battery at 20c should be over 13 and discharged 12.3??
what do you think im thikning the batteries good based on this?

 

Battery good at 12.76v, anything above is surface charge.
The main point is wether the battery can maintain the voltage when using the starter. Expect a drop, but shouldn't drop below 8 volts on average.
As a test put the head light on for 30 seconds then turn everything off and recheck the battery voltage.

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righty, put it back on reading 12.59 ish, then put lights on for 30 seconds. turned it off checked battery still above 12v. then turned it on got it warm got revs to 5000 and it read 13.59. haynes says it should be 14-15.5. so whats everyones thoughts? is that ok? seems to show its charging then and it started better after i was farting about with it off and on. after all that i turned it back off and still reading around 12.25. maybe before i put on the new rec/reg i drained the battery a bit messing. its been on charge at work on my optimate so all being well it will start nice later on and tomorrow morning! otherwise i got more fault finding :banghead:

 

ok so i got it home and re tested the battery, 12.57 whilst turned off. put it on and got it to 5000 and it hit 14 which should be perfect so touch wood if it starts in the morning problem solved and i can play out again!!

 

yeh it should be fine with the new rr on.

let us know if youve still got problems.

 

Seeing as you've said its an old bike why not cleanup and lub all the connections on the charging cicuit photograghing them first and checking the colour coding, can't do any harm, think it highly unlikely you've got a broken cable ,at least then you will have removed one future problem!

 

thanks much appreciated i just tried it this morning and it started with one touch-yay!
i also tightened my chain the other day and i think its getting uneven wear as it was tight in some parts than in others. after i tightened it again one part had no play in it except for a few mil but after using it for work yesterday it seems to have even itself out again! hopefully thats another issue sorted until i can change the chain and sprockets!! might actually get out on it!