August 5, 20251 yr Author Got a couple more questions as the bike takes shape, the cooling fan or rather the thermostat/sensor any ideas what the resistence readings should be or how long it would need to idle for before the fan kicks in? My sensor was reading 8 MegOhm reducing to 4 MegOhm after about 10 minutes and the water hoses and rad were all hot but no fan , I know the fan works as I have shorted the sensor and it ran fine. The other issue looks like the clutch plates have swelled due to the water in the oil , any ideas what thickness a new friction plate should be and if i could take a grinder/file to them to reduce them somewhat? The bike starts but clutch drag means I cannot change gear when the engine is running so need to rectify this before I can try the Techno out anywhere apart from my back garden , TIA
August 6, 20251 yr 12 hours ago, cello said: Got a couple more questions as the bike takes shape, the cooling fan or rather the thermostat/sensor any ideas what the resistence readings should be or how long it would need to idle for before the fan kicks in? My sensor was reading 8 MegOhm reducing to 4 MegOhm after about 10 minutes and the water hoses and rad were all hot but no fan , I know the fan works as I have shorted the sensor and it ran fine. The other issue looks like the clutch plates have swelled due to the water in the oil , any ideas what thickness a new friction plate should be and if i could take a grinder/file to them to reduce them somewhat? The bike starts but clutch drag means I cannot change gear when the engine is running so need to rectify this before Islip the clutch can try the Techno out anywhere apart from my back garden , TIA Hello you can test the thermo sensor in a pan of boiled water and use a multimeter set to continuity on the terminals. As regards the clutch if you are on a budget you could just use the bike and see how it goes, and slip the clutch a lot to encourage them to comply but personally I would bin them and fit new plates. Regards Alan.
August 11, 20251 yr Author Looks like the sensor/thermostatis ok , just have to wait for the temp to build up. Another question , it appears the clutch basket fingers are grooved causing the grabbing clutch , do you know if its possible to remove the basket with only the clutch cover off or do you have to remove the clutch casing as well ? From what I can ses i think you should be able to wriggle the basket out but otherwise its a longer job to take off the header and bashplate to get to all the bolts. TIA
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