Thought I'd best start this for a full break down on my bike, that keeps fully breaking down as opposed to starting several threads like I have been. Mods, if this is not in the right place, please remove it or delete and advise mo on where to put it.
The full story is, I bought a TE510, '07 (built 06, but 07 model on paperwork) I had many issues with the shop, such as the speedo not working 30 mins after their chief mechanic did a roadworthy certificate, neutral light being on intermittently whilst in gear, radiator support mount broken off in frame, high beam switch broken. I took it back to the bike shop, gave it to the mechanic (he was unaware that the bike was coming back for a warranty repair) and surprisingly enough found that the wheel bearings, headstem bearings and rear pads needed replacing for roadworthy condition, when he called me to tell me he couldn't repair the speedo, but had found and fixed all of these other issues, he was quite upset when i said that his dealer principal would be replacing them under warranty.
As they could not fix the speedo, they gave me a trailtech kit to suit a KTM, as it's what they had there. I was pretty upset at this time and told them not to fit it, as i do not want anybody under the supervision of their head mechanic to come within 100ft of my bike.
I had a few meetings with the dealer principal about this and feel i got out of it fairly. I would have preferred that it didn't happen though.
When i got home, I split the case of the dash, soaked it in contact cleaner, and cleaned all of the sensors, all works now (except high beam light and backlight) and plan on fitting the trailtech later.
First ride out (off road) In the first 30 mins it overheated on tight single track, then would not start. This continued all day on rock steps, eventually I found it was leaking coolant form what i believed to be the T piece. After this it was impossible to start, ran the battery flat trying. let it cool, started with some persuasion. Ordered silicon hoses and the cast Y piece.
I did a once over and service while checking the valves (all were in spec) After tightening the radiator hoses to see if i could possibly go out, i found a pinhole in the left radiator spraying coolant ON TO the T piece then the valve cover, causing glycol steam. at 6 on a friday night i somehow managed to track down some good 2nd hand radiators from supermotoaus.com, fitted them, then went for round 2,
went great for most of the day, then late in the afternoon it began to steam again, around the T piece (not the radiator thank god) it was also consistently hard to start whilst warm. Pressure tested the new radiators and both caps I've been using and all are fine. I guess now I wait for my silicon hoses and Y piece to show up and test it out again.
I'm a bit confused with the hot starting though, I have the hot start pulled out (have tried both) and it really doesn't want to sometimes, usually on the side of a tight steep hillclimb. Today it even sounded like the starter was spinning, but only catching a little every few revolutions. I'll replace the plug tomorrow an see how i go.
Sorry for the poorly written post, but It's been a huge day, and i'm really getting frustrated with the whole thing. There's a few other small issues that i would like to post pictures up of if anyone could give me some advice. Things I'm not sure if they're factory or not, and if anyone has some little secrets on what i should do to it to keep it running nicely or get a few more ponies. It's a really lovely bike to ride, I just can't wait to get it all dialled in.
Mick.
The full story is, I bought a TE510, '07 (built 06, but 07 model on paperwork) I had many issues with the shop, such as the speedo not working 30 mins after their chief mechanic did a roadworthy certificate, neutral light being on intermittently whilst in gear, radiator support mount broken off in frame, high beam switch broken. I took it back to the bike shop, gave it to the mechanic (he was unaware that the bike was coming back for a warranty repair) and surprisingly enough found that the wheel bearings, headstem bearings and rear pads needed replacing for roadworthy condition, when he called me to tell me he couldn't repair the speedo, but had found and fixed all of these other issues, he was quite upset when i said that his dealer principal would be replacing them under warranty.
As they could not fix the speedo, they gave me a trailtech kit to suit a KTM, as it's what they had there. I was pretty upset at this time and told them not to fit it, as i do not want anybody under the supervision of their head mechanic to come within 100ft of my bike.
I had a few meetings with the dealer principal about this and feel i got out of it fairly. I would have preferred that it didn't happen though.
When i got home, I split the case of the dash, soaked it in contact cleaner, and cleaned all of the sensors, all works now (except high beam light and backlight) and plan on fitting the trailtech later.
First ride out (off road) In the first 30 mins it overheated on tight single track, then would not start. This continued all day on rock steps, eventually I found it was leaking coolant form what i believed to be the T piece. After this it was impossible to start, ran the battery flat trying. let it cool, started with some persuasion. Ordered silicon hoses and the cast Y piece.
I did a once over and service while checking the valves (all were in spec) After tightening the radiator hoses to see if i could possibly go out, i found a pinhole in the left radiator spraying coolant ON TO the T piece then the valve cover, causing glycol steam. at 6 on a friday night i somehow managed to track down some good 2nd hand radiators from supermotoaus.com, fitted them, then went for round 2,
went great for most of the day, then late in the afternoon it began to steam again, around the T piece (not the radiator thank god) it was also consistently hard to start whilst warm. Pressure tested the new radiators and both caps I've been using and all are fine. I guess now I wait for my silicon hoses and Y piece to show up and test it out again.
I'm a bit confused with the hot starting though, I have the hot start pulled out (have tried both) and it really doesn't want to sometimes, usually on the side of a tight steep hillclimb. Today it even sounded like the starter was spinning, but only catching a little every few revolutions. I'll replace the plug tomorrow an see how i go.
Sorry for the poorly written post, but It's been a huge day, and i'm really getting frustrated with the whole thing. There's a few other small issues that i would like to post pictures up of if anyone could give me some advice. Things I'm not sure if they're factory or not, and if anyone has some little secrets on what i should do to it to keep it running nicely or get a few more ponies. It's a really lovely bike to ride, I just can't wait to get it all dialled in.
Mick.
I'm taking it to a dealer and having them fix the starter and go over the whole bike to ensure everything that's been done meets factory specs. I enjoy working on bikes, but I'd rather be riding it, and this thing is really giving me the s--ts now.
