Re: New homepage
Great looking home page, seems to be complete, cool pics. Did you see how the Fiat ended up after the GTS test crash? MB - Original Message - From: dreuning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: New homepage Hi, After some scan work and testing I finally launched mine prototype homepage about sidecars and the GTS 1000. I have made some text in the English language, that was the difficult part for me. I hope it's readable. Please feel free to tell me the faults in the pages. Thanks, John Dreuning. http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning
RE: New homepage
do you know Arie van der Bent, lives up in the Freisland? has a GTS and side car also Mike Coan www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle Travel Site -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dreuning Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 3:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: New homepage Hi, After some scan work and testing I finally launched mine prototype homepage about sidecars and the GTS 1000. I have made some text in the English language, that was the difficult part for me. I hope it's readable. Please feel free to tell me the faults in the pages. Thanks, John Dreuning. http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning
RE: Packing (Was: RE: Couple questions)
I am sorry but I thought you meant that in one 50 liter GIVI you got 2
helmets and jackets and stuff. the 50 liter krausers are huge. and they look
it. I have a set in Spain but never get around to using them. hope some one
may want to buy them from me some day.
do you have a top box?
next time you want to just ride in Europe, let me know. I may still have two
GTSs here and you are welcome to use one. how did you end up shipping your
bike over?
Mike Coan
www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller
www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle Travel Site
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 2:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Packing (Was: RE: Couple questions)
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:39:19 EDT."
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In your message dated: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:39:19 EDT,
your pithy ruminations on RE: Couple questions were:
= we can get 2 helmets in and what ever we can stuff in the helmet but no
way
= can we put a motorcycle jacket in as well.
When I shipped my bike back from Europe, I got the following into the
Krauser
bags:
2 Shoei full face helmets (medium)
2 pairs of riding boots
1 Aerostich (with hard armor and back protector)
1 Motowear ('Stich-like) suit
4 pairs of gloves
Those bags are big!
Mark
=
= Mike Coan
= www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller
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= www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle Travel Site
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Re: Couple questions
Subject: RE: Couple questions we can get 2 helmets in (the 50 liter Givi topcase) and what ever we can stuff in the helmet but no way can we put a motorcycle jacket in as well. Mike Coan Ditto here. No way a jacket fits inside mine along with 2 full-facers. Roberto.
Re: GTS-1000 digest 449
Ain't nobody running away with "the Cash" unless it's a cute female! -K Sheeesshhh... I realized the bad pun seconds after I hit the "send" button... Never mind. I myself ain't running away with anyone whose beard is thicker than mine... :-) Roberto.
Re: Fuel Milage tank mod.
The air space in the tank is to allow for fuel expansion when hot. If you have fuel in what was once free air space, when it expands, it will go out the overflow, unless you have a Ca. model, then, it will go to the charcoal cannister. That is why it is there. not to cheat you out of fuel capacity.
Re: OIL.... response to Hawke
The FJ is manufactured with pretty loose tolerances, compared to a water cooled engine, to avoid metal to metal between the aluminum piston and steel cylinders sleeves, which have different coefficients of expansion, to help avoid to tight a fit when engine gets hot. What tolerances are you referring to? Piston to wall clearance? There are many variables to consider, from an engineering stand point, on correct piston to wall clearance, piston diameter being one of the more important. Silicone content in a piston, and whether it is forged or cast, also must be considered, because they expand to different degrees. Check the clearance reccomendations for Wiseco pistons compared to stock, much greater clearance, for the same engine and cooling system. Facts from the 1993 Yamaha Technical Service Data microfiche: GTS Piston to wall clearance is 0.06 ~ 0.08 mm (0.0024~0.0031") Bore Size 75.5 1993 FJ1200AE Piston to wall clearance is 0.03 ~ 0.05 mm (0.0012~0.002") Bore size 77 mm One of the fixes, often used by FJ owners, is to raise the main needle and turn out the idle jets to enrich the fuel flow to engine at low speeds and idle. More fuel improves cooling. Idle mixture screws are adjustable by turning, jets are not adjustable. However, I agree, richer is cooler than lean. Some manufacturers also play with carb sync to keep the inner cyls cool. The gas tank is vented so excessive pressure build up will not occur. Yes, it is vented, if the tank is full, or close, the fuel can expand enough to overflow. If the carbs get too hot they would probably cause the vapor lock and the engine would want to start to diesel. Diesling happens after the engine is shut off. The fuel has to have a source of ignition, be it heat and compression (diesel) or spark. That is not what I am talking about. The float bowls are vented to allow atmospheric pressure into the float chamber. However, at the rate fuel expands, it will run out the overflow AND into the venturi and into the engine. I have seen carbs overflow, and, the engine runs rich, it does not diesel. BTW, has anyone seen a bona fide case of vapor lock in the last 20 years? I have only heard about it from people who were at a loss for any other explanation. The fuel has escape routes, through vents and also the needle jet. Don't know where it would lock, when it has possible exits. The same effect can happen with the tank removed and tuning the bike.with a vacuum meter. I having a fan running on the engine while tuning to avoids this from happening. it takes about 20 minutes at idle for too a high temperature to start to become a problem. 20 minutes to sync carbs? Hmm, loosing money on flat rate with that one. As the engine finally reaches a very hot condition it starts to slow down at idle, like you are letting the clutch out and causing drag. This binding effect is also very noticeable when trying to restart. I am notquestioning the symptom, that may be exactly what it sounds like. My point is, that is not what it is. As a humourous analogy only, it is like being a little pregnant. The starter has a hard time turning the engine over and it rotates at a much lower speed. Again like it is binding. Again, I do not disagree with the symptoms, just the diagnosis. Yamaha has long been known to have several bikes that exhibit this symptom, slow cranking when hot. The old Ventures were one that were famous for this. Again, many more factors are involved. For starters, and engine that is warmed up has more compression than a cold engine. Also, the starter motor itself, and its windings, are also hot, and, require more power to operate. Again my logic was very simpleless friction, less heat and less differential metal expansion to cause reduced tolerances. Actually, if the heat was causing the fuel flow to increase, it would have a more beneficial cooling effect than stalling effect on the FJ. My best guess...:) Your logic to a point is correct, less friction produces less heat, period. Where we differ is that you believe an engine can partially sieze, and then be perfectly ok after it cools off. A siezure in a motorcycle engine means metal has transferred from one part to another, be it piston to cylinder, crank bearing to crank, rod bearing to crank. As far as running rich cooling the motor, too much of a good thing is not better. Also, consider raw fuel in the venturi does not atomize hardly at all, so it goes into the cylinder as an unburnable liquid. If it were true that more fuel would help an engine run better, there would be no such thing as having a bike jetted overly rich. Optimum air to fuel ratio is 14.7:1. Vary from that ratio too far one way or the other, and performance will suffer.
Re: ECU Failure (was Atlanta)
Hi steve, What rpm does your problem occur at ? I haven't had time to read the manual yet ,as i have just returned from a weekend away. I will have a look into it over the next 2 days and see if i can find anything to help you out . This may be of interest , when i took my bike to the red line and beyond , it cut out 2 cylinders to protect the engine and the EFI light started flashing . It only came on to all 4 cylinders when the engine reached 5000 rpm approx , may be your ECU thinks your bike is over reving . Could point to your TPS miss reading , Hence IPS error due to pressure change caused by 2 cylinders going down . atb Nick T
Re: GTS vs Hayabusa
In a message dated 7/21/00 10:10:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, 2nd gear roll on and top gear roll-on are pretty different. You need low and midrange power for top gear roll-on, and thats where the GTS shines. But compared to the new open class bikes, by 7k rpm you start to get a disadvantage that never ends. Good point, GTS max torque is at 6500 RPM, but, that 100 peak crank shaft horsepower pales in comparison to today's machinery. The GTS is not a race bike, so, enjoy it for what it is.
Re: New homepage
I don't know Arie van der Bent, is that the man on your travel pictures from Holland ? In Holland there are 14 GTS/Mega Comete sidecars. I've seen 2 Limited Editions like the one on your picture, is he still the owner? John Dreuning Motorcycle wrote: do you know Arie van der Bent, lives up in the Freisland? has a GTS and side car also Mike Coan www.warmnsafe.com Home of the Heat-troller www.ttg-global.com Motorcycle Travel Site -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dreuning Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 3:20 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: New homepage Hi, After some scan work and testing I finally launched mine prototype homepage about sidecars and the GTS 1000. I have made some text in the English language, that was the difficult part for me. I hope it's readable. Please feel free to tell me the faults in the pages. Thanks, John Dreuning. http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning
Re: ECU Failure (was Atlanta)
On the TPS Not only should you be able to test voltage to it, you should be able to test voltage through it, and resistance of it.
Re: New homepage
Thanks, No I don't know the career of the Fiat after the crash ;-) I've another picture from the same crash but from a slightly different angle. It's from a popular scientific magazine (KIJK magazine april 2000). The story says that in the past dead bodies were used for those tests, or volunteers ! But worse, nowadays they uses GTS bikes! John Dreuning. Michel Bijl wrote: Great looking home page, seems to be complete, cool pics. Did you see how the Fiat ended up after the GTS test crash? MB - Original Message - From: dreuning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: New homepage Hi, After some scan work and testing I finally launched mine prototype homepage about sidecars and the GTS 1000. I have made some text in the English language, that was the difficult part for me. I hope it's readable. Please feel free to tell me the faults in the pages. Thanks, John Dreuning. http://home.planet.nl/~dreuning
RADDical Revisitation: How the GTS came to the Internet HELP PLEASE
I'm writing a historical article that begins on December 12, 1995 on how the GTS came to the Internet. I don't have complete records but am asking if anyone recognizes the names that go with these ID's email me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] compuserve : 72002,3603 compuserve : 101504,421 compuserve : 73730,2756 compuserve : 101454,631 compuserve : 76522,3543 compuserve : 74156,1537 compuserve : 70512,226 compuserve : 103063,1124 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] These guys were in the record of the first 26 on the GTS owners list. Thanks, Robert Wilson p.s. Mike Weaver, want to put some earlier dates on your GTS/Internet Effort? Anyone ever hear from the elusive Peter Kropf, formerly of MN, now of Sunnyvale?? [EMAIL PROTECTED]??
RE: Euroscreen
Stephen: Skip the Euro Screen and order an MRA in the next batch we get through AcmeHawkinsBikeShit.com. That's short for check out Kevin Hawkins web page for pictures, etc. Much better than the Euro screen...and looks sexy too! SP Otherwise known as SA#2,Hugh you keep up the good work, you might get numbered sooner or later!
