Er5 - Phase the Second.

Previously, I was having problems getting my ER5 to work at all. It
wouldn't start on the button, despite it being on the optimate, and
so on.

It turns out that it was the little circuit that sends the power to
the battery was chucking out 19V, rather than the 14V it was meant to
top out at. So a trip to see the man (one new circuit board, chain
and sprockets battery later, and it was all running fine again. The
old battery was a sealed one, and had actually swollen inside, which
might have been a result of the wrong volts, so it's probably good
that it stopped working).

So thanks for the help and advice then...

As 6 weeks is obviously far too long a time to have a fully
functioning motorcycle, the speedo stopped working today on the way
in. So, it's out with the Haynes manual tonight and over the weekend
and try to see if I can fix it, or I'll take it back to the man and
get him to do it, and change the back tyre at the same time.

Stupid question (#76 in a series): Do you need to change both tyres
at the same time, or have I got this idea into my head from
somewhere?

Also, how much is it going to cost, so I can get an idea if I'm being
ripped off or not?

 

Most certainly not. If your'e happy with the tyres you have, you can
replace the worn one with one of the same, but you can always mix and
match a bit. Roughly, you'll get twice the mileage out of the front as
you do the rear, so why throw money away?

 

I shall replace like with like, in that case then. Thank you very much.

 

The speedo cable on the ER-5 is prone to snapping or coming undone.

Look at the back of your speedo, you will see one thick black cable
coming out of the back of it near the edge. This is the speedo cable.
Make sure it's in snugly, follow the cable down to your front wheel
and make sure it's connected there.

If it's connected and tight both ends unscrew it from the back of the
speedo and you will see that a bit sticks out that turns around (which
makes the speedo work and the mileage increase) when the front wheel
rotates. If you stick the bike on the centre stand and get someone to
push down on the back (which lifts the front tyre off the floor) you
should now be able to rotate the front wheel. As the wheel rotates
faster you should see the 'sticky outy bit' of the cable rotating. If
this doesn't rotate then you're likely to have a snapped speedo cable.
This is not expensive to replace and even I can do it so it must be
easy.

 

I have done this, and both ends were connected.

I did the top bit, then pulled the rest of the cable out, it appears to
be snapped. So I'm off down the shops tomorow.

Thanks,

Dave.

www.dave.alderton.org