"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/11/2020 at 11:13 • Filed to: None
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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/11/2020 at 11:13 • Filed to: None | 2
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Well the first repair/upgrade is done on the Tomos. It was an easy and free one!
As you can see here the factory handle bars were badly bent.
Thankfully if there’s one thing I do have it’s a bunch of spare bike parts. So I grabbed some 2” rise BMX style bars that came off a bike I got for free a few years ago. A friend had left it behind when he moved to New York. I figured I’d like the look, and being a tal guy with long arms I figure a longer reach would be nice. (Please ignore the floppy blinker.)
If I don’t like them, I have some standerd 6 or 7inch rise BMX bars I’ll slap on.
Next thing on the list is he most important. Replacing the throttle. The return spring in there is totally warn so it doesn’t return. I’m hoping I can just buy the spring, but I haven’t been able to find it yet. Then I’ll need to figure out why the rear brake sticks and fix that. Then on to the floppy blinkers. I’ll probably go for some el cheapo aftermarket ones.
Nom De Plume
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 11:40 |
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I like the look of the bars on there.
Don’t make too rash a decision on the blinkers. For small money you can do really well with some time spent shopping. I’m guessing you are going to need some confusers and rejiggalotors to use basically anything?
Is that a horn beneath the headlight. This raises my second concern about making mechanical job one figuring out what the largest size battery you can squeeze in there is. More power and more bright head/tail lights are worth the trouble.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 11:45 |
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Auto parts stores often sell little containers of variously sized carburetor springs
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
02/11/2020 at 11:52 |
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It’s not the spring on the carb end that is warn. It’s the one inside the actual throttle on the handle bar.
bob and john
> Nom De Plume
02/11/2020 at 11:58 |
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That ius less to do with the battery and more to do with the stator and the rectifier.
Pickup_man
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 12:24 |
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This thing has a spring inside the throttle assembly? Never seen a system like that , everything I’ve ever worked on has been driven by a spring in the carb. I’d start by making sure there are no kinks, tight bends, or crushed parts of the throttle cable, and then lube it up real good like.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 12:27 |
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oof yeah that’s a bit less of a universal part
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
02/11/2020 at 14:07 |
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Yeah.
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Nom De Plume
> bob and john
02/11/2020 at 14:13 |
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Until you try restarting it.
facw
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 14:19 |
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Sorry, I let it go the first time but I can’t take it!
warn
is not the same as
worn
!
That will be all. Again my apologies.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> facw
02/11/2020 at 14:26 |
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Definitely a typo I meant worn. Lol. At least I caught that I had typed raise instead of rise both times.
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bob and john
> Nom De Plume
02/11/2020 at 14:27 |
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your alternator should be slightly more output then your system anyways. so thats your biggest draw back when you want to add electrical stuff
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/11/2020 at 14:41 |
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Maybe get some cheap LED turn signals from Amazon? Would be easier on the bike’
s power system too as LEDs draw less current/amps than halogen bulbs would?
This sort of thing?
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Nom De Plume
02/11/2020 at 14:43 |
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And LED bulb
conversion would help a bit perhaps? They use less current/amps than halogen bulbs?
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Nom De Plume
> bob and john
02/11/2020 at 16:36 |
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How much custom work have you done on older machines? Stuffing the biggest possible battery* in is really quite common. You might be applying science where under engineered solutions exist.
In any case I’m not arguing against a line of reasonable thought so much as suggesting a reasonable avenue to explore when he really digs in.
*Bigger meaning laughably so. It is usually worth the trouble though.
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bob and john
> Nom De Plume
02/11/2020 at 23:50 |
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I’ve tinkered enough. Though, usually we do LED lighting to reduce the load as much as possible.