Recent content by fruitandveg

R500.00 so not to bad. I used Stallones Auto in Greenside. I dropped at off at 3pm and they called me at 5 to come pick it up so pretty good service i'd say!

Thanks Fudmucker. Not sure what mirrors they are will try find a name on them for you. Still trying to find a battery??? Full throttle wants over a grand for one...that cant be right, can it?

Here's a pic of my bike all back in one piece! Best bike I've owned by far!!

Took the starter to a sparky this afternoon as per the advice above and he had it ready for me before close of business. Just finished putting it back in and the problem is solved!!!!! ;D At first he pointed out that there were some rubbing marks on the armature which showed the top or bottom...

I forgot to mention that when i first pulled the starter motor out i found a loose bolt. and i found the loose nut and washer in the starter motor housing area in the motor. But after i tightened it all up everything remained the same so i didnt think anything of it. Ok so last night i...

Ok I've just put the starter back in and connected everything and these are my findings! It did exactly the same thing! So I took the cover off the relay and watched as it clicked open and closed with a lekker little spark show so I held it closed and the solenoid stayed kicked in but the...

Ok I checked and double checked all contacts so now I've taken the starter out and I've connected it to a battery and it works perfectly, solenoid kicks once and starter motor spins so all is good with the starter. I'm gonna put it all back together and tighten everything because I suspect the...

Capish! You've given me some homework for tonight!

By solenoid switch do u mean starter relay or am i missing something?

Thanks Freak, will give that a clean up and tighten before i take the starter out.

Good point Fudmucker will give that a check tonight. Where exactly does the earth strap connect to the motor?

Ok last night i got home and disconnected my bike battery and ran jump leads straight from a spare car battery i have to the cables on the bike and i got exactly the same result, machine gun solenoid... :( i was so hoping my problem would be solved!!! I started to question the charge on my spare...

Interesting! I had no idea that if i left the bike battery in place and jumped it with another battery the bike battery would have any effect. So it stands to reason if i take the bike battery out of the equation and try start the bike off of my spare battery it will work fine provided the...

Hi guys, i got a chance to strip the bike last night and started systematically going through he starter motor circuit. I disconnected the wires on the starter itself and cleaned everything but that had no effect- the solenoid still sounds like a machine gun. Is there some way of doing an...

That's what Im talking about!  ;D  With that kind of info who needs a workshop manual! Will go through it like you guys describe and report back as soon as i have a gap. Im busy on another project at the moment so time for my R100 is a bit limited. If anyone is interested in car...