T140 Primary Chain Adjustment

Primary chain on the T140, is the chain f**ked?

Daytona in Italy!

Well I have been out on a couple of trips with people from various Facebook groups to get know a few bikers and let them know that Atelier entre 2 Temps exists, anyway went to Italy for lunch on Sunday and the bike broke down about 5kms from the French border so I had to get the insurance breakdown service out to get the bike and myself home!

What happened was a tool had vibrated forward from under the passenger seat and shorted out the battery, luckily every thing seems to have been saved by a fuse, however the battery was flat so no way even to limp home. I got the bike back today and swapped out the 30amp fuse from the reg/rec and charged the battery up and all was well. The connectors from the stator to the reg/rec had got significantly hot so I renewed them at the same time. Connected up the PC and cleared all the ECU errors and away it went! Phew I thought that was going to cost me at least a new battery! I tested out the diode bridge on the rectifier and the resistance and AC output of the alternator which were all good, just lucky I guess could have been a lot worse!

FZR jetting

Just a quick note to document the change in the FZR after upping the jets to 122.5 and replacing the float bowl gaskets, also changing one of the float assemblies, as it was very loose. Anyway feedback is that there is a vaste improvement in pickup at medium throttle, and although at really high revs it is still buzzy, it is miles better,  I could maybe try a half size up - 125 again but it is good enough!

The T140 was making significant noise from the primary chain case so took it apart to find that the adjuster threads were stripped so no matter how much I adjusted it it never held the adjustment! The new one had a slightly larger diameter, so that went into the lathe to trim it down, but it is still sticking at some point and I haven't got to the bottom of it yet!

FZR 600 Jets

Upped the main jets to 122.5 from 120s, hope it makes it a bit less buzzy at the top end, also fixed a leaky fuel tap, just waiting for new float bowl gaskets to finish the job.

Daytona clutch gasket and FZR jetting

The dipstick area on the Daytona has been misting with oil, so I thought I would swap out the clutch cover gasket and the dipstick o ring. That said, I removed the fairing and removed the visible bolts (8mm), unfortunately one of the bolts is hidden behind the starter motor cover, so I had to remove the starter motor cover and the crankcase cover, thus damaging 2 gaskets! With silicone gasket cement I replaced the clutch gasket and used silicone on the other two. Doesn't seem to leak yet.

As customer bikes are slow I thought I would have a look at the FZR600 carbs and petrol leak, the leak was dealt with quickly as the petrol tap needed tweaking up, I decided to take a look at the carbs as something isn't quite right. I removed the carbs and proceeded to dismantle, nothing really to report so should I up the mains a tad....? They are 120's so I need to see who can do me some 125's..... Maybe.. I used my new ultrasonic cleaner on various bits of the FZR carbs, trying to get any crap off, we will see