Honda RVF400 Riders

[Shay]

Originally posted by ProjectD@Mar 14 2005, 08:38 PM

tian di you qing.....

[ravenSP]

Originally posted by Non Stop Racing@Mar 14 2005, 05:30 PM

fork , suspension related stuff , go bikelab. no regrets .

amba, you could try k&t also lah! he did up ken's bike that time also

[ambasnakeman]

i need a left air duct. my current one the screwing point damage.

[Shay]

Originally posted by eugene_kips@Mar 14 2005, 09:06 PM

I got a pair of spare airduct

 

but the base no rubbers

Hey Eugene!

 

Thanks man! No rubber nevermind! we'll take those from you. Will arrange a time to meet up with you.

 

Now all we need is a tank and a sai tao. Anyone?

 

Iz for a good cause! heehee......

 

[eugene_kips]

Originally posted by Shay@Mar 15 2005, 12:37 AM

Hey Eugene!

 

Thanks man! No rubber nevermind! we'll take those from you. Will arrange a time to meet up with you.

 

Now all we need is a tank and a sai tao. Anyone?

 

Iz for a good cause! heehee......

 

ok let me noe when u guys need it......but can let me noe the results as well...me interested too...thks.

 

My hp 93680672. cheers

[BeowulF]

Originally posted by Shay@Mar 14 2005, 07:17 PM

Hey Guys,

 

If any of you have the following spares in whatever conditions, good, bad, scrapable;

 

1) RVF Sai-Tao ( Head fairing)

2) RVF air ducts

3) airbox

4) tank (dented, scratched, rusted badly wana throw away liao oso nvm...just make sure the front plastic part is still intact)

 

Can consider lending them to us. promise to return them in the whatever conditions they came in. can contact me, tachi or Melv. we are planning on conducting a test of the RVF's NACA or NASA air ducts and its effectivity.

 

Amba...not to gloat over your recent misfortune but do you have any of the above to contribute to our little project??

I got a spare SaiTao:cheer:

 

But I interested to know how you are going to conduct this experiment.:

:

 

Mind if i tag along? PM me:smile:

[Shay]

Originally posted by BeowulF@Mar 15 2005, 01:53 AM

I got a spare SaiTao:cheer:

 

But I interested to know how you are going to conduct this experiment.:

:

 

Mind if i tag along? PM me:smile:

Oh righty! Thanx Beowulf! looong time no see your nick in here liao!

 

Well.... This experiment is actually to find out whether air is effectively flowing from the sai tao thru the ducts and down through the Fuel tank's plastic cavity at speeds. Abit of reverse engineering if you will.

 

Wana find out once and for all for ourselves and be able to say; " HEY! RVF's AIR DUCTS are really useless! Even if buang, we can save the $60 each of replacing them!"

 

So now that we have your Sai Tao, Eugene's air ducts...we are still short of the the single most impt item.....the tank itself!

 

Of course we dun mind another helper. More the merrier. Pics of the experiment will be taken and hopefully documented here. Methods to this experiment is open to discussions as well.

 

 

 

[dashz]

to diablo busa.. know who is the rider y??

[dashz]

sorry may i know where you go guys(riding rvf usually hang out)?

[ambasnakeman]

i riding without the air ducts since last night....no difference

 

by the way guys, i dun understand why u need a tank and head as well for testing....r u gonna use fan and gauges

[Biker82]

i prefer Corona extra design..purple and yellow.. :lovestruck:

[GhostRider17]

Originally posted by Shay@Mar 15 2005, 03:08 AM

Oh righty! Thanx Beowulf! looong time no see your nick in here liao!

 

Well.... This experiment is actually to find out whether air is effectively flowing from the sai tao thru the ducts and down through the Fuel tank's plastic cavity at speeds. Abit of reverse engineering if you will.

 

Wana find out once and for all for ourselves and be able to say; " HEY! RVF's AIR DUCTS are really useless! Even if buang, we can save the $60 each of replacing them!"

 

So now that we have your Sai Tao, Eugene's air ducts...we are still short of the the single most impt item.....the tank itself!

 

Of course we dun mind another helper. More the merrier. Pics of the experiment will be taken and hopefully documented here. Methods to this experiment is open to discussions as well.

 

 

 

:goodluck:

[ambasnakeman]

The air ducts are for show only and have no affect at all on the tuning of

the bike.

 

Paul

 

this is the reply i got from tyga after enquiring from them about the cover

[ambasnakeman]

this thread is dying again.......

[ambasnakeman]

hey tachi, what happened to ur plan on force v4.........

[WW]

Tomorrow a trip to kulai makan tim sum or nasi lemak.

 

Anyone here want to go.

 

Organise by the SG no.1 CBR 1 k jerry7007.

[GhostRider17]

Originally posted by ambasnakeman@Mar 16 2005, 06:20 PM

The air ducts are for show only and have no affect at all on the tuning of

the bike.

 

Paul

 

this is the reply i got from tyga after enquiring from them about the cover

yeah u r right

[Xiao_Di]

Originally posted by GhostRider17@Mar 17 2005, 03:26 PM

yeah u r right

:thumb:

[ambasnakeman]

u think 95 bucks for ek x ring is ok

[eugene_kips]

Originally posted by ambasnakeman@Mar 17 2005, 06:17 PM

u think 95 bucks for ek x ring is ok

sounds ok to me

[Shay]

Originally posted by ambasnakeman@Mar 16 2005, 06:20 PM

The air ducts are for show only and have no affect at all on the tuning of

the bike.

 

Paul

 

this is the reply i got from tyga after enquiring from them about the cover

Sure..and if they tell you people your bikes can fly if you guys take out the end can, you guys would believe?

 

People tell you something and you believe without any conscious effort in ensuring its truth, what convictions are behind your statements?

 

Seriously, Tyga guys may be great in thier aftermarket products but they did not have a hand in the design and conceptualization of the RVFs. How can they know for sure? Only the bike designers can tell us. Not you, not me, not the tyga guys.

 

sometimes, what you hear may not necessarily be true. So why not find out for ourselves thru this little experiment?

 

Even if you or anyone who has taken out thier air-ducts and felt no difference in performance, it does not necessarily mean the airducts are "for show only".

 

Thank you very much.

[Lao_yang]

need urgent help...

 

my bike batt been goin low for the last one wk...

 

had my dad cab to charge my batt twice in a wk already....

 

firstly there is totally no cranking of my starter....

 

den when my dad jump start my bike for me i hear TA TA TA TA sound from my rectiflier....

 

wat is wrong wif my bike?

 

rectiflier or batt up the lorry?

 

or is it the magnetic coil?

 

how do i know when my coil is up the lorry?

[Xiao_Di]

Originally posted by Lao_yang@Mar 17 2005, 09:42 PM

need urgent help...

 

my bike batt been goin low for the last one wk...

 

had my dad cab to charge my batt twice in a wk already....

 

firstly there is totally no cranking of my starter....

 

den when my dad jump start my bike for me i hear TA TA TA TA sound from my rectiflier....

 

wat is wrong wif my bike?

 

rectiflier or batt up the lorry?

 

or is it the magnetic coil?

 

how do i know when my coil is up the lorry?

i think is time for u to change the batt n rectiflier:thumb:

 

so how ur headlight......

[Shay]

Originally posted by Lao_yang@Mar 17 2005, 09:42 PM

need urgent help...

 

my bike batt been goin low for the last one wk...

 

had my dad cab to charge my batt twice in a wk already....

 

firstly there is totally no cranking of my starter....

 

den when my dad jump start my bike for me i hear TA TA TA TA sound from my rectiflier....

 

wat is wrong wif my bike?

 

rectiflier or batt up the lorry?

 

or is it the magnetic coil?

 

how do i know when my coil is up the lorry?

Yo Lao Yang...

 

Mai Huang Zhang. Lez take this step by step.

 

When you say your bikes Batt went low for the past week, how did you know? Did you use a mutimeter to measure? how are the lights? Dim? None?

One note on Batteries, when they are nearing the end of their chemically-dictated life, no amount of charging or jump starting is going to rejuvenate it, so dun have the wrong impression. The best solution is to replace it asap if its really flat.

 

2ndly, electrical rectifiers do not make noises la. Unless its crackling and melting under high heat generated from current oversurges.

Remove the tail fairing, do a visual check on the rectifier for burnt marks.

 

I suspect the "TA TA TA" sound u hear did not come from the rectifier. Its actually the starter relay contacts latching when u push the start button. Its located near the battery compartment. very normal. And very loud when you remove the seat.

 

There is a way to rule out the magnetic coil.

Use a multimeter, set to OHMS.

Disconnect your Rectifier connector. identify the pins that each have a yellow wire attached to it. There are 3 yellow wires. Measure 2 of this at a time using the multimeter probes. the readings u get should be around 1 ohm, between any 2 of the yellow wires. make sure u go thru all 3.

U are actually measuring the 3 windings of the magnetic coil outputs this way.

 

Next, if all turns out well, suspect the carbon starter.

When it doesnt start again.... clutch in, kick bike to 2nd gear,let clutch out, roll bike backwards. Clutch in, press starter button again to start. If it starts this way, your carbon brush is worn and should be replaced.

 

[Lao_yang]

Originally posted by Xiao_Di@Mar 17 2005, 09:50 PM

i think is time for u to change the batt n rectiflier:thumb:

 

so how ur headlight......

my headlight ah?

 

juz change lo found a 2nd hand de liao

 

anyway tink my rectflier belong to S4 de...

 

so will it cos any problem or not ah?

 

my batt i juz change half a yr ago oni lei...