NC23 electrics
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NC23 electrics
are as bad as i remember.
I have tripped my (used to be) lovely triarm back to frame, engine and swingarm taking everything to bits as i go. "How bad can i be" I think "I have done this twice before and it always went back together"-what an idiot!
Brand new battery, tried on another bike and it will spin up the starter like a goon un on both but i have no other power. No lights, horn, idiot lights etc. Checked every connection and fuse (i think), switchgear is soaking in contact cleaner as we speak and am hoping that will sort it. If not, anyone got any ideas???
I have tripped my (used to be) lovely triarm back to frame, engine and swingarm taking everything to bits as i go. "How bad can i be" I think "I have done this twice before and it always went back together"-what an idiot!
Brand new battery, tried on another bike and it will spin up the starter like a goon un on both but i have no other power. No lights, horn, idiot lights etc. Checked every connection and fuse (i think), switchgear is soaking in contact cleaner as we speak and am hoping that will sort it. If not, anyone got any ideas???
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Re: NC23 electrics
So do you not have any power at all?
Have you checked your main fuse on the starter solinoid should be a 30amp fuse under the main plug, also the fuse box connections can be a bit shit give them a clean with some sand paper and put new fuses in, double check your earths to frame and engine are good aswell.
Adam
Have you checked your main fuse on the starter solinoid should be a 30amp fuse under the main plug, also the fuse box connections can be a bit shit give them a clean with some sand paper and put new fuses in, double check your earths to frame and engine are good aswell.
Adam
xivlia wrote:because i can smell and see petrol squirting out from the exhaust. like little droplets
porndoguk wrote:That will be condensation, if you think its petrol get a lighter bellow the exhaust and see what happens?
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Re: NC23 electrics
You don't say if you put the bodywork back on. As the fuse box lives in the top fairing, have you removed it and plugged it back in the loom? Easy mistake to make
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Re: NC23 electrics
Cheers for the advice lads! Wondered if i was stupid enough to forget to put the fusebox back on, turns out no i wasn't! I took that stupid, bought it a pink hat and matching heels then laughed at it with my super extra stupidness...
Every connection cleaned with solvent and wet and dry. Battery topped up with the optimate. Fusbox removed, no spares so cleaned up the originals and all the terminals. Had a brew and three roll ups, swore a lot and muttered.
Decided *insert other word for men's danglies* TO IT, i'll find the volt meter and show it a thing or two. Started taking the connectors apart before wondering why i had one connector with different coloured wires coming out than i had going in........................
I remember thinking as i took it apart the first time "easy to put back together, it has no common connectors"
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Every connection cleaned with solvent and wet and dry. Battery topped up with the optimate. Fusbox removed, no spares so cleaned up the originals and all the terminals. Had a brew and three roll ups, swore a lot and muttered.
Decided *insert other word for men's danglies* TO IT, i'll find the volt meter and show it a thing or two. Started taking the connectors apart before wondering why i had one connector with different coloured wires coming out than i had going in........................
I remember thinking as i took it apart the first time "easy to put back together, it has no common connectors"
-cretin.
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Re: NC23 electrics
Woudl that connector you are on about be either the neutral or oil switch plug as they are the same connectors and i have got them mixed up once before lol, they sit next to each other in the wire holder under the tankbodge-no-more wrote:Cheers for the advice lads! Wondered if i was stupid enough to forget to put the fusebox back on, turns out no i wasn't! I took that stupid, bought it a pink hat and matching heels then laughed at it with my super extra stupidness...
Every connection cleaned with solvent and wet and dry. Battery topped up with the optimate. Fusbox removed, no spares so cleaned up the originals and all the terminals. Had a brew and three roll ups, swore a lot and muttered.
Decided *insert other word for men's danglies* TO IT, i'll find the volt meter and show it a thing or two. Started taking the connectors apart before wondering why i had one connector with different coloured wires coming out than i had going in........................
I remember thinking as i took it apart the first time "easy to put back together, it has no common connectors"
-cretin.
xivlia wrote:because i can smell and see petrol squirting out from the exhaust. like little droplets
porndoguk wrote:That will be condensation, if you think its petrol get a lighter bellow the exhaust and see what happens?
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Re: NC23 electrics
Nope....sorry for the delay been a busy boy cocking up the forks, headstock and losing bits that i REALLY need to progress. It was hanging around at the front behind the headlights... I have now worked my way down from cretin to moron!
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Re: NC23 electrics
And your user name is bodge-no-more?
It happens to us all at some point, don't worry.
I've done dozens of stick coil conversions for customers without a hitch. Then I do my own bike and wire them up completely wrong
I blame the flu (not man-flu as the wife's been off with real flu the last week so it's her fault lol).

It happens to us all at some point, don't worry.
I've done dozens of stick coil conversions for customers without a hitch. Then I do my own bike and wire them up completely wrong

Conventional wisdom says to know your limits. To know your limits you need to find them first. Finding your limits generally involves getting in over your head and hoping you live long enough to benefit from the experience. That's the fun part.
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Re: NC23 electrics
Im thinking about stick coils for the 23, not sure what ones to go for though, any ideas?thunderace wrote:And your user name is bodge-no-more?![]()
It happens to us all at some point, don't worry.
I've done dozens of stick coil conversions for customers without a hitch. Then I do my own bike and wire them up completely wrongI blame the flu (not man-flu as the wife's been off with real flu the last week so it's her fault lol).
xivlia wrote:because i can smell and see petrol squirting out from the exhaust. like little droplets
porndoguk wrote:That will be condensation, if you think its petrol get a lighter bellow the exhaust and see what happens?
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Re: NC23 electrics
R6 5EB or 5SL, GSXR600 K1-K5, ZX6R P6-P8 should all do the job 

Conventional wisdom says to know your limits. To know your limits you need to find them first. Finding your limits generally involves getting in over your head and hoping you live long enough to benefit from the experience. That's the fun part.
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Re: NC23 electrics
Exactly what advantages would you hope to achieve with the stick coils? Everyone seems to be doing the mod, also, is it just a matter of wiring them up in series or do you need owt else?
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