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Re: New LC project

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:47 pm
by nokturnal
delete... crisis averted

Re: New LC project

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:11 am
by nokturnal
Found the lights...

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Had to get the wiring diagram and multi meter out...

Re: New LC project

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:59 pm
by nokturnal
and now this... soooo close.

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Re: New LC project

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:23 am
by nokturnal
Found the electrical problem that was dimming the headlight, and glowing the signals was a bad ground to the headlight. Separate ground run to frame and all is good now.

I'll dig into the harness in due time to fix the problem at the source.

Bike is safetied now, and insured. On the road ish... now running into some fuelling problems... not sure if its the jetting or not. Investigations pending. Checking on jetting, tank vent, compression etc. It's falling flat at 6000, same old story...

Re: New LC project

Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 11:51 am
by nokturnal
Interestingly when I took the stator cover off to check the sprocket, it was very clean. Cleaner than ANY used RD/RZ I have bought...

Re: New LC project

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:12 am
by nokturnal
New problems:

1. oil leak from right side. Enough to put a coating on the leading edge of the side panel, some on the pipe, and a drop or two on the rear wheel (can see the "fling")
2. bunged up tacho, not reading right
3. that rear over-size tire is 18 years old
4. new ground issue with signals

Hopefully will have 3 of 4 sorted today... Need to ride the shit out of it this weekend.

Re: New LC project

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:39 pm
by Hooligan
I would seriously caution you against riding an 18 yo tire. That is a recipe for disaster.

Re: New LC project

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:21 am
by OldTZracer
Did you get a LH switch sorted out? It has a ground running to the main harness as well...

Re: New LC project

Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2018 7:05 am
by nokturnal
new tires are on.

i did get the switch sorted. it's between that and the signals... will take a look this morning.

Re: New LC project

Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 10:11 pm
by nokturnal
She’s leaking. Electrically challenged. Some sort of front end weirdness.

I’ve put about 500km on it in the last day...

RuZty joined yesterday for a rip. Sweetest handling RZ I’ve been on.

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Re: New LC project

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:57 am
by hondaror
That yellow LC. Memories. The RZ looks great Russ!

Re: New LC project

Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:04 pm
by OldTZracer
I think the electrical issues are due to a sticker imbalance. There is not enough blue on the RH side...

Re: New LC project

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:35 am
by Hooligan
RuZty wrote:I have a rectangular tailight that I think is from an RZ500 that might be close/same. I can probably sort out a usable left switch from something else that will get you by as well.
Turns out that the Suzuki DRZ 400 tail light is exactly the same as the LC tail light. And I don't mean close, it is EXACTLY the same part number.

Re: New LC project

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:53 am
by nokturnal
OldTZracer wrote:I think the electrical issues are due to a sticker imbalance. There is not enough blue on the RH side...
Possible. They did their primary job though, which was to distract from/cover the dings and scratches in the tank.

Re: New LC project

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:08 am
by nokturnal
I am back from my weekend riding trip... The bike functionally did about 800 problem-free twisty-road crank-stressing km (depending on your definitions), like a mf champ.

Electrics are still F'ed. I took apart the gauges in the hotel, redid the ground in that harness, but they are still not working properly. The tach problem is electrical too I think (even though its mechanical drive), as I believe it works at a standstill, but not while riding, which is the same with the signal idiot lights and temp guage. There is another bad ground somewhere.

There was a small oil leak, I believe at the front case joint, which was a consistent few drops per ride all weekend, enough to spray in the wind on to the carb, case and leading edge of the side cover, but not on me thankfully. This will hopefully be fixed when I do the clutch soon, I had some rare slippage at HIGH rpm.

The new battery-tender lithium battery, did not explode, catch fire, or otherwise, and worked as expected all weekend, even with a questionable electrical system.

Front end is making weird noises at slow speed (maybe I can only hear them at slow speed)... I think it may be the cable drive for the speedo. Sounds like a cable slapping a fender, a sort of clunkyness, but that is defo not what is happening.

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