The Friendship Bike - NobleHops restores a 75 Z1

JaFlo wrote:

NobleHops wrote: Let's see you do that on an iPad Ed

You can do it on an iPad. You have to click on the down arrow next to the word "forum" and it will bring up the submenu. It's very easy to "fat finger it" because, well, you're using your finger. It's easier if you zoom in a little.

I best put my pud away for a while because errors and all, you are right. It does work if you nail the arrow.

While I'm thinking of it, mobile browser works as well, big drop down list, has a search heading

z1kzonly wrote:

NobleHops wrote:

650ed wrote: I don't use an iPad, but if it cannot handle the search function it would seem to me that the iPad has limited functionality rather than the KZRider site. Maybe someone else who uses an iPad has found a workaround? Ed

I don't really mean to get into a pud-waving contest about anything, but I did work in that business for 17 years, which is where I learned about odds and ends like this . This may all seem arcane to you, but the web is built upon a series of open standards that people way smarter than me created. And adherence to web standards is the only way to ensure that your website or your device are all 'singing from the same sheet of music". When one doesn't, then things break. Like this site, for instance,

One tool that web developers use to check the quality of their markup (code, programming) is the W3C validator, and all one needs to do to use it is insert the url of the site they are building and it will parse the entre code of the page and report back the errors it finds. Allowable defects for web-standard code is....none. Here's KZrider.com:

validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fkzrider.com%2F

...and here's the forum home page:

validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=http%3A%2F%2Fkzrider.com%2Fforum

I think it's safe to say that the problem is not with either of the two standards-compliant web browsers on my iPad

N.

WOW! Nils, did you moonlight with Ed Snowden? Or hang out with Bill Gates? You an undercover agent with the ??I?
I'm glad I mastered ebay and my monthly bills. I hope this is not a back door to all of my information! :woohoo:

Haha, not EXACTLY. Best thing we had going for us in 1997 was that nobody else knew what they were doing either .

Here's a link from KZR's Forum>Search function to some earlier articles about possible ways to soften old hardened rubber air intake hoses.

Click here > www.kzrider.com/forum/search?query=softe...orums=1&limitstart=0

Good Fortune!

NobleHops wrote:

pete greek1 wrote:

NobleHops wrote: Here's that thread.

kzrider.com/forum/4-electrical/578661-dyno-stator-cover-issue

Not sure I'm going that route, but it's good food for thought.

N.

Thanks N, mine is leaking pretty bad on my 900, as soon as I start my rebuild , that's one other thing I have to do
Pete

Pete, I found that gasket for ~$10 each from my friend Bob at CBXPerformance.com

www.cbxperformance.com/oscommerce/

Thanks N. I already have one, just haven't started the rebuild yet
Pete

Just got caught up on the thread. A thing of beauty seeing that engine taken apart. Engineering pron Learned bits of helpful info as well

swest wrote: Get a new grommet. Major source of leaks. They're cheap. I wouldn't soak it in anything. It's where the wires go through that's the problem.
Steve

I just sealed mine up. I think the cloth insulation wicks the oil out. I cleaned up all the wires best I could with brake clean and degreaser...then cleaned them again. IIRC, I used form a gasket and let it soak into the wiring then stuffed the opening in the cover with silicone and siliconed the inside edge of the grommet.

That should work. I use crazy glue because it gets deep into the webbing. I hate oil on my foot. :dry:
Steve

Time to find a good one. I do have a new old stock rubber grommet. Giving them a bath in the laundry tub.
So many years, I can't remember the stories behind them.

I have three of them. I think they develop resistance in the coils and stop charging as well.
Steve

HEY I'm back. With good news and less good news.

The good news is I now have all my gaskets in hand and so got to business reassembling the engine - Yay! The bad news is I got almost immediately stopped on teh transmission reassembly because I didn't inspect closely enough and I think it needs parts and work. I can keep busy on the clutch and the stator cleanup and reassembly, but I could use some advice on the folowing. Gotta be fast with this post, but would appreciate your collective input as always.

On the transmission output shaft, this outer needle bearing race is AFU. Can't imagine how this happened, there's no sign of carnage on the case and the locating pin is intact. The bearing feels fine within, thinking I can just swap a replacement of this onto it, but haven't delved into the parts list to see what it is. Anyone have one they'd part with?

Also going to post some photos of the engagement dogs, I should have inspected these before now, but several of them are rounded over and worn. What do we think about this amount of wear men? And what's the best course of action? Replace this shaft with a good used one? Would I be wise to replace the primary shaft at the same time, thinking they wear as a pair?

OK, gonna post a slew of transmission photos appreciate your thoughts on this:

One more post for now...

Would some kind soul be willing to hack one of these (intact) blue connectors off a junk stator and mail to to me please? I would be eternally grateful...