Smurf Blue NC29 in NZ

[cbr400rrn]

I painted mine gloss black using pj1 engine paint and its still good now a few years down the line.
Why would they have taken the fan off?

[Gimly56]

I painted mine gloss black using pj1 engine paint and its still good now a few years down the line.
Why would they have taken the fan off?

I've never raced bikes so can't say for certain but I think removing the fan is common for race bikes?? I guess the bike doesn't stop moving in a race and most guys run a total loss system so remove anything unnecessary that drains electrical power???

[Gimly56]

Can anyone tell me where this should go?? I'm assuming it's an Earth wire and should bolt to the frame perhaps???

[Gimly56]

Sanded and painted the rear hugger tonight. It WAS baby blue and lumpy as porridge.....



You can't tell in this photo but I sanded and resprayed the radiator gloss black as well. I flushed it out first and spent half an hour straightening bent radiator fins with a small screwdriver and some tweezers.

[cbr400rrn]

Sanded and painted the rear hugger tonight. It WAS baby blue and lumpy as porridge.....



You can't tell in this photo but I sanded and resprayed the radiator gloss black as well. I flushed it out first and spent half an hour straightening bent radiator fins with a small screwdriver and some tweezers.

Good job
think of straightening the fins as therapeutic. It has that calming effect

[Gimly56]

Righto, haven't updated this thread for a while so here goes....

Spent what seemed an eternity cleaning up my wiring loom, cleaning connectors, taping the loom up etc etc.....

I was dreaming of the day that I pour petrol into the tank and fire it up.....

The bike didn't have a radiator fan when I purchased it but I thought that was probably removed for racing reasons and it didn't trouble me much.....

I purchased a 2nd hand radiator fan and spent an hr tidying it up, wire brushing it and painting it satin black.

I was bolting the fan to the radiator when I glanced at the loom at the radiator fan connector....and a wave of panic came over me.....

The connector from the loom was wrong....it was a 2 pin connector and the fan was a 3 pin connection!!! ee gads.

I checked the other wiring looms I had in my shed and sure enough, discovered that the loom I had spent hours straightening out and cleaning up was in fact from an NC23 model, hence the different connector for the fan. Damn.

I somehow managed to remove the wiring loom in about 2 minutes flat and all through the red mist that I was seeing as well.....

So I've grabbed the better of the 2 spare NC29 looms I had and started to re-tape that loom and clean it up. The problem is that the loom has had an overheat at some point in it's life (Probably reg/rec failure at a guess?) and some of the wires have hardened and are brittle, fuses are melted etc etc.

This is where I am at with this bike......I'm absolutely seething and have lost interest. I've wrapped a tarpaulin over the bike and pushed it into the 'naughty corner' in the garage. I'll reassess next year and see if I gain some interest again.

Don't expect any updates for a very long time on this thread sorry. Ciao

[dunkenb]

You'll get bored over Christmas and she'll start calling you..........

[cbr400rrn]

Can you not buy a second hand loom in good condition over there?
Could you lay out the loom and make new wires for the ones that are knackered, if you already have a few looms to go at could you use the connectors off those to make a good loom. Just a thought.

[Gimly56]

Can you not buy a second hand loom in good condition over there?
Could you lay out the loom and make new wires for the ones that are knackered, if you already have a few looms to go at could you use the connectors off those to make a good loom. Just a thought.

It's more the fact the connectors are toasted. The fuses and relays etc. They all seem to be pretty brittle or oxidised on 2nd hand looms so I dont think another 2nd hand loom will help the cause. It might be a case of trying to source those connections but that's in the 'too hard basket' right now.

[cbr400rrn]

Can you not buy a second hand loom in good condition over there?
Could you lay out the loom and make new wires for the ones that are knackered, if you already have a few looms to go at could you use the connectors off those to make a good loom. Just a thought.

that's in the 'too hard basket' right now.

Leave it until the new year then go back to it with a clear head