How to ruin a perfectly good stock frame

[Guest]

Gah can't catch a break... So on the ride yesterday the bike kept blowing the main fuse... Seems the 40 year old ignition switch I stole from my ts400 is the main suspect.

But, I have bigger problems... at some point yesterday the bike stopped charging, and also something is wrong with the starter clutch. I'm hoping the charging issue is just loose connections. But I won't know what it is until I get the starter issue fixed.

I got some ok pics yesterday, but I forgot the camera at home, so I'll have to upload them tomorrow.

Bugger! Hopefully they should be nice easy issues to sort at least... then you can be on your bike again... haha

[mlc216]

Here's a pic a friend snapped yesterday...

[Guest]

Good stuff! Nice building across the street there too...

Forgot to ask if you're planning on putting the front brake back on or are you happy with just the rear drum?

[mlc216]

I'm not going to put a disc on up front, but if I switch to spoked wheels anytime soon I'll probably try to build a brake stop bracket on the springer... but for now the rear brake stops me just fine. I just ride a little differently when I don't have a front brake...

[Guest]

Cool, just curious... it only just dawned on me in that pic that it was missing...

[mlc216]

haha only because there is no form of brake stop on the springer...

[mvalenti]

Looks great!

[Guest]

Aaaah yeah der... forgot about that! (Just picture me slapping myself in the forehead, no smiley for that!)

[Baatfam]

(Just picture me slapping myself in the forehead, no smiley for that!)

[mlc216]

So I Drained the oil and pulled the side cover to investigate why the starter wasn't engaging and this is what I found:


The bolt holding te rotor on the main shaft had back way out and the rotor wasn't even on the taper anymore, which explains why the starter wasn't engaging AND why it stopped charging yesterday! Awesome. Got it fixed up, filled with oil, started right up and was charging great, so what to do? Test ride!!!

[HatchA74]

Test ride!!!

Pic's or it didn't happen!!

[mlc216]

That good enough for you?

[Erki]

You have some awesome pics. Thanks for all that.

[mlc216]

Thanks Erki!

[Guest]

Hahaha thanks for that!

So I Drained the oil and pulled the side cover to investigate why the starter wasn't engaging and this is what I found:


The bolt holding te rotor on the main shaft had back way out and the rotor wasn't even on the taper anymore, which explains why the starter wasn't engaging AND why it stopped charging yesterday! Awesome. Got it fixed up, filled with oil, started right up and was charging great, so what to do? Test ride!!!

Aaah that certainly explains it! Did you put some loctite on it as well?