Congratulations to Lawrence OToole on being the BotM man. I bestowe this honor on him not only for his bike, but also for the great website he has run,...
Dave - Thanks for the nod! Now I really have incentive to get her back up to snuff for the upcoming riding season... I've posted about it on my site, here: ...
Lawrence,you are more than welcome! I found your website a couple of years ago when I was looking for info and tips on my R5. I found it very informative, and...
i own an r5b and i am having alot of trouble trying to aquire the 12n5.5a-3b battery that it requires. so i was just wondering if there was a more popular...
... there ... That battery is available on EBay. Search for it. I think I paid $28 delivered to my door from a guy in Jacksonville Fl. Unless you are going...
You really do not need a bigger battery! As a matter of fact, I currently use a battery that is a little smaller than stock. I installed 5 amp/hour maintenance...
The price we pay for our hobby, aka I need a bigger garage. I was rooting around trying to find the box for the battery so I could get the information, and I...
"ether" stop drinking or start.isnt it sad that we have to collect parts as spares because they are getting rare.that sucks when all is good and the least...
Hahahaha, I do need to start drinking more. At least then I would have an excuse for knocking my bike over. I have enough restraint to do only what needs to be...
- Gee.70 bucks for a battery ! is it gold plated or something? I just paid 18.dollars for the correct one and my buddy walked into a box store and bought one...
i found that battery (12VX5L-B) on batteryplex.com for $32.80. that would probably be the best route for me seeing as how it is ready to go right out of the...
The point being it is a maintenance free battery with no vent hose to dribble acid and ruin your chrome pipes and swing arm paint. Oh, and they last a lot...
running fine. put headlight on every thing stops.battery dead.all at once.battery had full charge.ran for 20 minutes real good.flip switch and all takes a...
Could the charging rotor be failing? There is a resistance between the traces/tracks, that needs to be 4 ohms or so on the xs650s. If it is much lower, the ...
-Could also be the rectifier diods.If that is bad it won't charge.The wire on the front of the Alternator that goes to the brushes is another point that should...
hey guys this is my first post. i just recently purchased a R5C and it was running when i got it, but once i took it off the pick up at home i kicked it up...
Pull the plug on the side that is cold, check the plug to see if it is fouled or burnt. If it looks OK, check the compression on that cylinder with a ...
Na, that's not a blown motor. I've had the same problem hot on one side, cold on the other. In my case it was carbs. One side was not getting fuel. I put...
- When a 2 stroke runs on like yours did it's because the plugs are so hot that the motor is acting like a diesel and the plugs are no longer spark plugs but...
... one side, then that same side fouled a plug. The cause of the slide getting stuck was a broken throttle cable jammimng up the works. The other time my...
... great info! sorry for the late reply. work is a killer haha. im glad to hear that there are others who have gone through the same ordeal. i will do my...
Hey everyone, Thursday is the 1st of May, and it's time for the next Bike of the Month for the homepage. To all new members, get your bike pictures posted in...
Well I got back in the garage today with the wheels that I finaly got back. The project is really coming along - it's finally off the jack and standing on its...
I have a couple of super coils from moto carrera and was wondering if anyone else is using them? They have '+' and '-' marked terminals and I need to figure...
John, I have a set of the super coils, but after talking with several other people that tried them and took them back off, I went with new stock coils. Mikes...
The reason I ask it that there's a weird electrical problem I couldn't track. The machine was running relatively well but after holing one piston and melting...
The main reason was the coils were exposed to the elemenets and the guys I talked to had problems with the coils getting wet and shorting out. The super coils...
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