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I tried again to get the damn thing started but still no joy. It turns over fine, I have a spark so the only thing left is fuel right? I haven't got time today to pull the carbs off and check for blockages, have to do that on Thursday. Am I missing anything else?

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Others with more CCT experience will be along shortly but my experience says that's normal and fine. No need for a new chain. The stock engine is in a pretty low state of tune and there's plenty of valve clearance. A half tooth out won't make much of a difference to a stock engine. Sent from my Pixe...

Brought the bike into the garage so I can try and sort the ignition issues without freezing to death. I just stared at it for a while and it felt good.

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The reg rec has been replaced under warranty and I've finally got the bike turning over - seems like a combination of old starter solenoid and dodgy jump leads. Now I've got no spark. I'll have to find a day when I can pull the bike out of the shed and into the garage for a proper look at the wiring...

Short-shifting 1st to 2nd is definitely the best thing with a 'Storm gearbox. 1st is very low; just use it to get rolling.

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Shame they're not serviceable. I have to say I'm surprised. For the sake of an hour or two and a few pence it might be worth pulling it apart and cleaning out the seal grooves. Use new copper washers and maybe you'll fix the leak.

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When you're turning the wheel on the paddock stand is that with the bike in gear? I think that would turn the engine over in 1st or 2nd. It wouldn't necessarily mean the clutch isn't engaged but it'd be with some resistance. Check behind the sprocket cover too. If the clutch pushrod seal or gearbox ...

New starter solenoid on order. The old one was probably there from new so might as well be replaced. Starter checked and all good except I get slightly different continuity readings between commutator bar pairs. Most go down to virtually zero but a few are around four. Checking the same on resistanc...

So after a few attempts to work out what's going on this is where I'm up to: Reg Rec is being replaced under warranty. Milliamp draw means it's not right. I've been through the starter wiring and there's continuity from the starter solenoid to starter and the same to ground. Not sure the later sound...

I forgot about the resistance in the meter. That's 0.4ohm so subtracting that from the alternator reading leaves me in spec. So it's the battery and or RR.

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Pull all of the fuses and check again. A reg/rec has two functions, one side (the rectifier) allows current to flow one way only (into the battery) from each of the alternator's three windings using a diode, and the regulator part turns any excess voltage over what's safe for the battery to be turn...

sirch345 wrote:Have you checked what voltage is showing at the battery when the bike is running Nick?

Chris.

Yes Chris it was around 14.4v.

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My new battery is dead. Having found it dead before heading to the MOT I jumped it and got the bike going. At the MOT station it was started twice and then nothing when I came to leave. Another jump got me home. The battery got changed, didn't take very long, and I checked for a parasitic drain. The...

Winter jobs for me:

Ride the bike as much as possible before the weather gets too bad

Copy the Spondon rear subframe I've borrowed from GLSR so I can fit the Spondon seat unit

Rebuild the loom with an Ignitech ECU

Do something else other than work on the bike

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AMCQ46 wrote:I think Kev left his old job with most of the kit we need, we just need to move next door to him and we are sorted.

Lol. Conveniently he lives very close to me.

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