Steve Butters

Yamaha Niken Why?

third reply since i can't edit my others for some reason... I had no clue so many common wiring issues are out there with bikes. I am going to try to find a day soon to go over every wire for a visual check along with the suggested multimeter readings above. Will post back up when I get a few hours to spend on the bike. Thanks again

Are they not supposed to get hot? mine gets burning hot, you can't even rest your hand on it. I saw you posted a thermal camera, but I'm not sure what the reason was. I don't have that camera, but I do have an infrared thermometer if you were suggesting I tell you what temperature the r/r is, though I can only assume the answer will be "hot as fuck" lol

thank you for all the help! I will be following the charging steps listed above, I just haven't had any time since posting this. I started school today and been partying way too hard for the holidays. As soon as I find some time to do the tests, I will return with results. The bike isn't going anywhere (seriously) so I will definitely be back with some more info.

Canine? Like a coyote? Without knowing much, I'd have to say the most dangerous animal in AZ is the rattlesnake... We have a few killers, pick one.. Or maybe mountain lions up north... We get wolves up north but they're not big

It's semi regular to find them around your house depending where you live... They're usually not too harmful unless you're allergic, kinda like bees. Although can be deadly for babies and pets. We probably find 3-4 per year in the house but never been stung... They glow in the dark under black light so we go out and look for them sometimes around our house at night. We get tons of black widows too, but they never come inside. Everything here wants to kill you lol. Even black ants will bite you, I had no idea ants bite people.

Standing talking to my gf just now and she all the sudden freaks out... I look down and there's a scorpion hanging out on my shirt right on my chest close to my neck... Wtf lol... Luckily I calmly walked to the sink and pulled on my shirt and he fell, instead of running up my neck ? Smashed that asshole #AZProblems

Nice bike!

No I agree. I Iove that build thread lol.

Gonna leave it off the battery tender and check it again later too... The battery is brand new and the bike seems to be okay when it's got a new battery in it

And I know that battery is probably junk, but it was all I could get pre charged an drop in to get it home... The last one was a yuasa from riders discount and it lasted for less than 18months an 2k miles, so I didn't feel the need to go name brand again if the bike is just going to eat them up

Battery is only a few months old.. 11k miles I'm on battery #3 It doesn't really touch anything... I know nothing about bikes really, don't even know if I'm checking the right shit, but I'm pretty sure it's this module after looking online... Do you know? If it's this component, it's hot as fuck... Sorry to be so inept, let me know if I'm looking at the wrong thing

I left it running this whole time... Now charging at 13.28 and spikes to 14.2 under throttle and then back down to 13.2

This is interesting I'm going to look into one... I tried jumping this bike a couple times off a non running car battery and always end up blowing the ignition fuse... I must be an idiot lol

Bike is fresh off the tender and the battery has less than 100 miles on it Idles at 14.44 and nothing happens under throttle. It was slower than usual to start... Didn't turn over slow, just turned over longer than usual before firing. Not enough that it'd concern me on most vehicles, but slower than usual for this one... I'd be hesitant to go very far today

I haven't heard of this... Any more info?

I'll dig out the multimeter and get some reading and post back up later. Thanks for the suggestion of the flywheel, I wouldn't have thought about that. I can't believe I can't find any "upgrades" for these components... Should have bought the RR instead (actually should have got an fz1 instead)

My bike is a 2012 cb1000r (not the rr, it's the naked bike). I often have charging problems with the bike that I can't figure out. I looked on Honda forums and it seems to be the general consensus that if the bike battery is not exactly fully charged, the bike will not start. This model is apparently very sensitive. I don't know much about charging systems, but I know people replace the stator and RR on VFRs to solve these type of issues, so I'm wondering if that might solve my issues. The bike is kept on a battery tender at all times. If I pull it off fresh in the morning and ride 6 miles to the gas station it usually is fine to start after filling up. However, if the bike is off the tender for any period of time then I have issues. Issues only present on first ride of the day. If I can make it to the gas station and get it started again after, it will be fine to start and stop all day. Even had it at the drag strip which is constant starting and stopping. Distance from gas station isn't far, so I thought maybe it didn't have time to charge so I rode 20 miles to a gas station and got stranded. The bike was off the tender for 8hr before I left home that day. It's to the point now that I have no confidence to ride it because I always break down and have to go buy a new battery and install it at the gas station... The bike won't bump, but it's probably just me. Never any hills around and I'm not nimble or coordinated enough to push a bike 10 mph and then jump on it lol Honestly, I love the bike and it's semi rare, so I'd like to hold onto it, but I just won't ride it anymore because it always breaks down. Can someone point me in the direction of any upgrades I can do to the electrical system? I've been googling but I can't find anything for my bike. My options seem to be replace the battery once or twice per year, or just buy AAA and accept that I'm going to get stranded somewhere multiple times per year, which limits the distance I can ride because its expensive to tow a bike lol Maybe I'll just ride it into a lake. Piece of shit. Any advice appreciated. I miss riding but have a wedding coming up and can't afford a new bike at this time. Eventually I'm going to grab a gen 2 vmax, but I picture the Honda collecting dust until I die either way because I'm just too attached to it to get rid of it, even if it never runs right lol... At least it's pretty to look at haha

Correction: I own a Honda. I don't ride it. ? it's always got battery problems. Maybe if I had spent more on shit to upgrade it I'd ride more ? Hater

Unlicensed distilling? I'm calling somebody

Why do you guys care what other dudes spend on upgrading their bikes? Lmao There's $70k+ bikes out there, there's cars with hundreds of thousands just in the motor alone, people spend money upgrading scooters and kids electric toy cars.. Everybody likes different shit. If I had the resources to buy a bike and crack open a catalog to order everything my heart desires you bet I would too. Don't see anyone hating on the R6 build thread going right now... And that dude never even rode the thing, he tore it apart right from the crate. Dont see any "that's sad" comments there lol.... Come on guys! Don't be salty

Well what was it? Did it ride nice? Lol

Another shout-out for Riders Discount...if they don't have what I'm looking for then Revzilla is my backup go to... But RD beats their price every time, just PM them on here

Mystery solved lol... Surprised I could see this clear as day, as if it were local https://www.google.com/amp/abc7.com/amp/technology/final-spacex-rocket-launch-of-2017-lights-up-socal-sky/2813922/

Speaking of aliens I saw this phenomenon about 20 minutes ago.... Though, I did not take this picture, a friend from Ohio sent it to me lol but I did see this in person... No idea what it was