Varadero 125

[Niti]

Originally posted by mnemonic@Oct 1 2004, 05:30 PM

Niti...u staying around Teck Whye issit???Cos the other day i saw ur bike at a Teck Whye carpark.

really ah, saw me?! y never call me sia... where were u? u stay there izzit?

 

i'm staying at bedok bro but i frequently go teck whye to meet my fiance. i tink dat time when u saw me, i was probably waiting for my gf to send her to werk...

[Niti]

eh bros....

 

today while riding at jb i made a right turn at a t-junction. when i shifted my gears from 2 to 3, dunno y but suddenly the chain came loose from the rear sprockets. i stopped my bike for a while and sumhow managed to fixed the chain on the rear sprocket again. i realised that the chain slacked too much and went to the nearest workshop to tighten it. at first, no prob. but on the way back home, realised that the rear part of my bike vibrate a little. i knew coz i can feel the vibration while resting my feet on the footpegs. then there is this "wooing" sound eveytime i close throttle and pull the clutch...

 

anione noes wats the prob or not...?

[mnemonic]

Oohhh..ok...no wonder i saw u stading beside ur bike like waiting for someone while admiring ur bike...cannot call u..i'm inside MID vehicle...working hours..later people think i eat snake.. Maybe next time if i see u at teck whye i will call u...My camp at teck whye..

[Niti]

Originally posted by mnemonic@Oct 1 2004, 10:04 PM

Oohhh..ok...no wonder i saw u stading beside ur bike like waiting for someone while admiring ur bike...cannot call u..i'm inside MID vehicle...working hours..later people think i eat snake.. Maybe next time if i see u at teck whye i will call u...My camp at teck whye..

haha,

 

i forever will admire my bike one!!! keep thinking wat more to add on the bike....

[visual]

Originally posted by Niti@Oct 1 2004, 10:03 PM

......suddenly the chain came loose from the rear sprockets. ...

managed to fixed the chain .............realised that the chain slacked too much .........on the way back home, realised that the rear part of my bike vibrate a little.

Wooh.. how come ur chain 'slack so much'?

wonder how u managed ot fix back the chain.. *dirty job lah* hand dirty..

chain actually should never be too slack..as u can see in the manual

 

http://www.spiderskills.com/skyman/varadero/images/manual/p69.gif

http://www.spiderskills.com/skyman/varadero/images/manual/p70.gif

 

if the shop managed ot tighten it.. and its not slack.. then should be ok...the sound.. seem to imply.. that some how.. power from chain to rear.. got problem

 

COULD suggest , if your chain looks pretty messed up. go change it lah..

*btw* how old is the bike?

my chain was chaned when the bike is 1yr ++

[Niti]

power from chain to rear got prob? meaning?

 

i dun even noticed that my chain slacked already. tot that i tightened it in june, should be able to last until next month at least. when i checked again after fixing back the chain on the sprocket, i tink slack by 40-55mm already....

 

hmm, my bike only 10mnths old

 

 

haizz.... everytime my bike got prob, no matter how minor, my heart confirm restless to the max one...

[visual]

i really dont know... i assume... u lub your chain regularly right...so cant be the chain wear out.. unless u r millage is high//

 

what i feel.. if its.. kind of ok... then hope for the best lah..lah.. just ride.. but if you dont feel good..go to a good bike shop... *if you want the best then go BS lah *

 

 

if u choose to change the chain.. go for.. DID chain.. power lah.. the chain.

[Niti]

how much ah for chain? aniwae my chain not handsome already. when i first bought it, very clean. now become like negro already...

[pingster]

Hi everyone,

Juz took over from vara84, stil "running in":sweat:

also juz changes the sprokets, chain-did x-ring, front & rear tyres - bridgestone.

all cost me $325... actually wanna try metzeler tyres 1 but @ the end chooses a more budget 1.

there some problems with the indicator, dunno anyone can help??

the trip indicator sometimes will reset by itself, wonder wat the problem.

izzit the connection loose?? try to take out the speedo but cant figure out how to:mad:

another is the speedo, the speedo indicator will swing to 140kph and back to zero while riding...

any ideas??

[VaraStormer]

Originally posted by Niti@Oct 1 2004, 11:05 PM

how much ah for chain? aniwae my chain not handsome already. when i first bought it, very clean. now become like negro already...

Niti, I think it;s time for you to check your sprocket and chain lah. I brought from Sanfu, full set with front and rear sprockets and DID X-ring gold. Costs me around $160. I don't mind the price as they really do their job well. Maybe you can call Jawa (Sanfu) to check first for the stock and price.

[VaraStormer]

Originally posted by pingster@Oct 1 2004, 11:20 PM

Hi everyone,

Juz took over from vara84, stil "running in":sweat:

also juz changes the sprokets, chain-did x-ring, front & rear tyres - bridgestone.

all cost me $325... actually wanna try metzeler tyres 1 but @ the end chooses a more budget 1.

there some problems with the indicator, dunno anyone can help??

the trip indicator sometimes will reset by itself, wonder wat the problem.

izzit the connection loose?? try to take out the speedo but cant figure out how to:mad:

another is the speedo, the speedo indicator will swing to 140kph and back to zero while riding...

any ideas??

Hi, maybe you need to check the battery and the rectifer. Sometimes when the battery are reaching "COE expiry date", they will tends to go "crazy"...

[Niti]

Originally posted by VaraStormer@Oct 1 2004, 11:22 PM

Niti, I think it;s time for you to check your sprocket and chain lah. I brought from Sanfu, full set with front and rear sprockets and DID X-ring gold. Costs me around $160. I don't mind the price as they really do their job well. Maybe you can call Jawa (Sanfu) to check first for the stock and price.

aiyah, must fork out money again... :cry:

 

heart attack liao!!!

[pingster]

Originally posted by VaraStormer@Oct 1 2004, 11:25 PM

Hi, maybe you need to check the battery and the rectifer. Sometimes when the battery are reaching "COE expiry date", they will tends to go "crazy"...

Thanz

hopefully nothing wrong wif he indicator....

1 more question....

can vara headlight change to white 1, those approved by lta 1?

[LTC]

Originally posted by Niti@Oct 1 2004, 10:46 PM

power from chain to rear got prob? meaning?

 

i dun even noticed that my chain slacked already. tot that i tightened it in june, should be able to last until next month at least. when i checked again after fixing back the chain on the sprocket, i tink slack by 40-55mm already....

 

hmm, my bike only 10mnths old

 

 

haizz.... everytime my bike got prob, no matter how minor, my heart confirm restless to the max one...

Most likely time to change ur chain. Maintain ur new chain by ensuring it's properly lubricated. It could also be alignment problem.

 

Proper chain adjustment is to sit on the bike while the mechanic adjust it thus proper tension....

[Niti]

Originally posted by LTC@Oct 1 2004, 11:44 PM

Most likely time to change ur chain. Maintain ur new chain by ensuring it's properly lubricated. It could also be alignment problem.

alignment of wat exactly ya?

[Kenny]

do try to change ur chain and sprockets as a set..otherwise, the new chain will deteriorate very quickly under the old sprocket and u'll be back to square one..

[DaNiYaL]

Hello Brothers..regarding niti problem..i haf some suggestions..if u dun haf money to change ur spockets and chain..

 

Get someone to sit on ur bike..u check the tension of ur chain..then move forward a bit.. and check again for the tension..keep doing this until u complete one loop..u will realise that certain angle ur chain is tight and certain angle ur chain is loose..if 90% of ur chain is loose..thats is the time to change..if not, u can wait until there is slapping sound again, then u change the whole set..change tension will vary very much without load..u haf to check it with load..

 

About the wooing sound, i went to BS..they said that it is due to my chain slack..but i dun think so..anyway they tighten my chain for me..

 

Anyway, if u dun mind..u can wait for me till 10102004..coz thats my pay day..i will send my bike to see the doctor..coz i want to change my spockets to a smaller teeth..my bike rev is too high..

 

Anything, can gif me a call..

[Varadero_1984]

pingster,

the battery juz changed..

den the white color light they wont catch..cos u usually on to the higher beam n not the smaller one when u riding,be it day or nite.

 

as for the speedo problem..its normal for it to swing from O to 140kph n back to O,as long as it doesn't get stucked at 0 den is gd enough

[pingster]

Originally posted by Varadero_1984@Oct 2 2004, 07:31 PM

pingster,

the battery juz changed..

den the white color light they wont catch..cos u usually on to the higher beam n not the smaller one when u riding,be it day or nite.

 

as for the speedo problem..its normal for it to swing from O to 140kph n back to O,as long as it doesn't get stucked at 0 den is gd enough

how abt the trip meter reset by itself???

after i start the bike and open the throttle, it will reset to 0.

[visual]

[pingster] frankly the meter.. abit mesed up lah...same thing aplies to my vara.. at times.. the speedo will go to 140 and beyond,,.. then back to 0..

 

what i ususally do is..turn off the bike (as in off via the bike key) then wait 5 sec .. on again.. problem 90% of the time.. is gone..

 

as for the trip meter resetting.... when u rev trottle... *could be the meter* well i dont know.... have u been to BS to ask them?

[Varadero_1984]

trip meter u've to check the wiring etc..

cos last time my trip meter totally not working..until visual fixed it for me..

only reset few times when i ride..

[pingster]

okie, thanz:smile:

hopefully they dun ask me to change the whole meter:sian: ...

[visual]

ahh ya.. pingster.. u no longer "decepticons" any more huh?

[pingster]

Originally posted by visual@Oct 2 2004, 10:10 PM

ahh ya.. pingster.. u no longer "decepticons" any more huh?

wanna change something new:cheeky:

btw visual,

vara84 said last time u helped him to do the speedo.

how did u do it? i mean u juz do the cable or did u actually take the whole meter?

[visual]

i didi nothing lah.. i just took out all his fuse.. form the fuse box.. clean abit and fix.. back.. and miracle.. the dead meter .. WORKS!

 

but sadly the same trick.. didint work for Simon meter..