-=BabyBlade=-(CBR)

[number17]

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Originally posted by jeriwajac@Apr 20 2006, 06:53 PM

Great to finally see CBR riders opening up. But u guys never leave ur number... Then how to contact you to meet up? Aniwei, tmr me and derek going JB via woodlands, in the afternoon. An1 wanna join?

 

Cheerios.

Isn't there a CBR thread already?

 

Anyway, here goes...

 

400 Riders

 

1. Derek CBR 400RRL 98759408

2. Zheming CBR 400 RRR 90186287

3. Kalam CBR 400 RRL 91441545

4. Lass CBR 400RRR

5. FuLL of SoRRoW 400RRL

6. number17 NC29/ RXZ

7.

8.

[FuLL of SoRRoW]

was at tamp to meet my fren...

then i park my bike...

then i saw..

a bike same2 like mine..

yipee..

 

wondering whether the rider is here in this thread..

the bike was at blk 223 or 221.. something like that lah

at tampines..

bike black and red color..

plate FN

[xiaogary]

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Originally posted by Chocolate@Apr 20 2006, 08:16 PM

Pardon me but I don't get why is it bad for fuel consumption when your brakes are lousy?

U may have to rev a lot to get the bike moving. The friction is wasting energy for those caliper pistons which seize badly.

[Prankster]

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Originally posted by xiaogary@Apr 20 2006, 04:41 PM

Its not bad for engine, only that you will waste petrol. But its not good for the brake pad and brake disc since u create unnecessoary wear and tear. Brake pad cheap still ok, but brake disc is ex.

 

U should go and service the brake. I cannot pin point which is causing the error becos a brake have many mechanism. From the brake pump to brake line to brake piston to brake pad to brake disc. Common faults are as follow:

 

1) damaged brake pump, due to wear and tear, the rubber and spring not that effective and springy. Sometime jams after u release. Some symtoms is u press press press nothing happen, suddenly the braking power come in and it jerks hard and give u a shock, more common for front brakes. Brake pump have a rubber and a spring. MOst cases is rubber dried and hard already or spring not springy enuf.

 

2) brake line is old already. If change might as well change to steel braided hose. Also check the brake fluid oil level, sometimes is oil not enuf so no braking power. Sometime is too much and oil pressure to great.

 

3) Brake piston is like a circular barrel stainless steel. If its rusty or its sticking onto the rubber o ring, then it might cause jams. MOst slightly its this causing problem. If only change rubber seal cheaper, if change the barrel also more ex.

 

4) Brake pads may be already out of shape due to out of shape disc as aged bike have heavily worn brake disc with contours on the brake disc surface. Then when u adjust the brake pads, u might adjust in such a way the protruding part of pad touches the protruding part of disc and it cause friction even u never press brake. Take out pads and sand evenly. Brake disc if too worn, change them.

Thx for al this info XiaoGary....

 

Really appreciate it alot....

 

 

And my guess for the prob that i'm experiencing is number 3. The brake piston thing.

 

I'm not that sure yet. But cannot be brake pump, coz i just change it not even 1 month ago, and when chaging the brake pump, they hafta change the brake oil too. So, that is y i'm so sure that its not number 1 or 2.

 

Guess i hafta stop riding till i get the progress package, than go JB do full servicing for my front and rear brake, even muz change brake pad or disc i aso change. N aso wanna service my carb, radiator and flush my coolant.

 

Hopefully it wun cost over $600rm....

 

[Prankster]

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Originally posted by Chocolate@Apr 20 2006, 08:16 PM

Pardon me but I don't get why is it bad for fuel consumption when your brakes are lousy?

 

Anyway, prankster already figured one of the problem might be with brake disc, so he would have to change the brake disc.

 

To Prankster: Only problem is if your brake disc is spoil and you are using a new brake pad, you will spoil the brake pad. But since you r changing brake caliper or brake disc, might as well change brake pad... since its all opened up and brake pad is the cheapest of all brake problems (as mentioned in detail above).

 

Ya and its better to check out all possible brake problem if you are unsure what is causing the problem. An unsolved problem inevidebly leads to a faster wear and tear of other parts and you discover u have to change something you just changed again...

 

To check if your brake disc needs changing, touch along your brake disc, it should be one smooth surface, if you feel trenches and humps (up and down), it means that your brake disc has uneven wear off.

 

I even came across one case during one of my readings when the brake disc had undergo a form of warping and though it was mild, it is pretty devasting to safety. Warping happens to metal which have a certain thickness, and the thickness of the metal has millimeters errors in the thickness. Then when this piece of metal is exposed to high heat, it expands and then contracts unevenly and it warps. Meaning it bends ever so sightly.

 

This means that the brake caliper is extremely close to one part of the disc and extremely far on the other. So f your brake disc had worn off unevenly with humps and trenches, its thickness is very much different too, so warping may occur... But warping is a rare case... Mostly in winter countries where heating of brake disc and its cooling is of extreme differences.

 

But do be careful if your brake disc heats up a lot due to other problems, and if it happens to rain halfway through the journey, your brake disc is expanding and contracting differently. So its better to change ASAP whatever brake problems you encounter...

 

O and to know if your brake caliper is spoil... you may experience some kind of jumping feeling when you press your brake. Like for one moment it connects, the next it skips out again kind of feeling...

 

Hopes this helps... Sorry my bike knowlegde is not extensive n wide...

Thx for ur advises and infos too chocolate....

 

 

Dun worry bout my wear and tear of my brake parts. I just got this bike, not even 2months yet. So more or less most of the parts of my bike are mostly old and hafta change soon... Best is change the whole braking system... Once and for all settle the prob... Den no nid headache so much...

 

And from ur given info, i thinks my calipers are alrite, coz i never experience the jumpy feeling while braking... N my disc are still smooth, no humps or anything... But if hafta change the whole thing, i'll gladly do so...

 

Anyway, thx for ur help and info shared wif me and other bladers.... Dun say ur knowledge is no good, mine worse.... We all come here to share and learn about our bikes from each other....

[vtec88]

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Originally posted by number17@Apr 20 2006, 10:04 PM

Isn't there a CBR thread already?

 

Anyway, here goes...

 

400 Riders

 

1. Derek CBR 400RRL 98759408

2. Zheming CBR 400 RRR 90186287

3. Kalam CBR 400 RRL 91441545

4. Lass CBR 400RRR

5. FuLL of SoRRoW 400RRL

6. number17 NC29/ RXZ

7.

8.

Pls add in your CONTACT NO so that i can call u guys for meeting or outing...thanks!!!

[Lass]

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Originally posted by Flaky_Boi@Apr 20 2006, 02:04 PM

Lass, shld add a (2 Bro exhaust) behind....

i am law abidding citizen

[Flaky_Boi]

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Originally posted by Lass@Apr 21 2006, 08:48 AM

i am law abidding citizen

Law abiding???

 

Den how come ur 2 Bro still on ur CBR

[Blueblood]

400 Riders

 

1. Derek CBR 400RRL 98759408

2. Zheming CBR 400 RRR 90186287

3. Kalam CBR 400 RRL 91441545

4. Lass CBR 400RRR

5. FuLL of SoRRoW 400RRL

6. number17 NC29/ RXZ

7. zongahan cbr400rrr 97554686

8.

[Prankster]

400 Riders

 

1. Derek CBR 400RRL 98759408

2. Zheming CBR 400 RRR 90186287

3. Kalam CBR 400 RRL 91441545

4. Lass CBR 400RRR

5. FuLL of SoRRoW 400RRL

6. number17 NC29/ RXZ

7. zongahan cbr400rrr 97554686

8. Prankster CBR 400 RRR

[Ghost00]

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Originally posted by xiaogary@Mar 27 2006, 07:41 PM

Yah...sold off 1 year plus already. Wanted to buy back from the owner, but he not selling...If he sell, maybe I will buy back if the price is right.

 

I still remember u, your bike no more problem already? Managed to get the alarm to work?

I also regret selling of your FP 7***....Should have kept it....sigh, so sad.....ask ur friend sell me hurricane quick!!!!

[xiaogary]

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Originally posted by Ghost00@Apr 21 2006, 05:30 PM

I also regret selling of your FP 7***....Should have kept it....sigh, so sad.....ask ur friend sell me hurricane quick!!!!

Nevermind la, I believe there are a few good condition fireblade around too, just keep eyes open and search patiently. Recently saw a few FQ plates around. Got one FQ plate even original paintwork and milege 24k only. Left contact for that owner, hope he will contact me if he selling.

 

My friend's hurricane is undergoing major diy now. Rebuilding it slowly. Spraying header, and small accessories part by part. Changing those old parts one by one also. When it is completed, maybe he wil sell u.

[NightKid]

hi guys... im back wif another question to ask le.... is rvf gear the same as fireblade's gear??? my mechanic say his shop got 1 rvf for scrap... and he say if the gear is the same den he will take out the rvf gear 6 and put it on my cbr... if its the same will it affect or cause any complications??

[Tronicans]

any 1 going 2 nd link today? wanna join?

[Junyi]

Guys, when i reve arpund 7k rpm there something like a rubber sound coming from the fuel tank there.. any1 knows wat it is?

[NightKid]

haiz guys... think my fireblade has been cursed... new problem today... my rpm needle is stucked at 5rpm all of a sudden... even off engine the needle still stay there... the needle can move above 5rpm but cannot go lower den dat... stupid needle...

 

izzit cable problem? anyone noes??

[Blueblood]

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Originally posted by honam24@Apr 20 2006, 12:15 AM

haha!! up to u lo.. u decide a dae so tat we got enough time to prepare all the stuff...

 

hahaha hope is as soon as possible la.hope can do it in maybe abt 2-3mths time?

[xiaogary]

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Originally posted by NightKid@Apr 21 2006, 09:15 PM

haiz guys... think my fireblade has been cursed... new problem today... my rpm needle is stucked at 5rpm all of a sudden... even off engine the needle still stay there... the needle can move above 5rpm but cannot go lower den dat... stupid needle...

 

izzit cable problem? anyone noes??

Since u off engine and needle still stuck at 5k, its the problem with the speedometer already. Where u got that speedo from? Maybe its problematic thats why people change new set of speedo and u happened to ask for 2nd hand speedo and the shop sell u that.

 

I dont think its cable problem. Cable when spoil, needle will be at zero and no matter what speed u travel, the speedo cable internal dont turn. It works by turning whenu travel. When u travel faster, it turn faster and it will spin a magnet coil inside the speedo meter which produce a current to move the needle up. Faster it spin, more current and higher the needle go. Since now is oddset problem, check the speedo internal for clue.

[Blueblood]

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Originally posted by vtec88@Apr 21 2006, 05:52 AM

Pls add in your CONTACT NO so that i can call u guys for meeting or outing...thanks!!!

frm experience,not many cbr rider is keen on outing which i dunno y. hai..........

anyway all the best in ur effort la

[alpha82]

hmmm.... 2nd link for petrol this sat night (tomorrow).... anyone?

 

and maybe.... maybe going to perling for dinner/supper with this guy called zod from ntu.... maybe only... but i'm definitely going for petrol~ =D

[Me_No_Money]

contemplating

[alpha82]

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Originally posted by Me_No_Money@Apr 21 2006, 10:04 PM

contemplating

haha... contemplating...

 

ya... me too... not decided yet. but defintiely going to pump tmr. remember to come say hi to me when u see me! (or rather, my bike... ha)

 

 

cheers

[Me_No_Money]

haha ok. will say hi to u( or hi to ur bike...haha)

 

i sld b gg in wth my fren.dunnoe gg wth them for dinner anot.

[Lass]

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Originally posted by Flaky_Boi@Apr 21 2006, 01:45 PM

Law abiding???

 

Den how come ur 2 Bro still on ur CBR

hehe take out loh..er btw u haben seen my bike leh

[Kanariya]

http://www.singaporebikes.com/forum/index....T&f=11&t=116734

 

Hi guys... selling my CBR400RR.. .quitting riding

 

comes with freebies...