hi guys im looking to refit the engine on the 24 tomorow and i cant for the life of remember where the earth strap goes or the earth lead from the starter motor i know one goes to the battery but wasnt sure if the both did and the strap bolts to the frame and the battery?? any help welcome pics would be fantastic

Hey,

In stock form there is one connection from the negative on the battery, this is the earth lead from the battery to the frame, the earth point is on the main frame itself.

Where the engine mount bolts go through the frame you will find two that go in from the back (one each side) that have space on them

If you look just below the one on the right side of the bike you will see a tapped hole that the earth strap bolts to. I think its an 8mm bolt.

The starter motor earths itself to the engine, the only lead that comes off it is the positive big thick black cable, this runs to the starter solenoid, the other lead from the starter solenoid (smaller red one) goes to the positive of the battery.

hope that helps, if you get stuck whack a pick up of the area i describe (right side rear engine mount and i:ll circle it for you)

thanks neo i have looked at pics of my bike from what you describe i can see both mounting points bikes nearly back together now only taken 18months and thats only thanks to the guys on here, next time i diassemble a bike i will be taking alot more photos of it while its going on

awesome.

remember when starting a dry v4 they can be a bastard to get going.

Make sure the vaccumn tap is working properly.. full choke no thorttle

crank it over for 5 long seconds (1-thousand, 2-thousand) etc.

Leave it 3 or 4 minutes and try again using full choke and not throttle and it should start... the carbs take ages to fill up and the fuel only flows with the vaccum hence engine cranking.. if you just keep trying to start it in small burts it doesnt give time to fill the carbs.

If you find one fo the carbs over-flowing after they fill up it is probably a stuck float.. tapping the float bowl with a screwdriver handle should unstick it and it should seal / work fine then on in.

well the engine went back in was interesting now im just trying to remember where al the odd wires go

Pictures of anything your stuck on :)

will do mate going to have a head scratch this afternoon with it and will take some photos and tray to work out how to post them up for you to have a butchers at