The Lonely One's Bob & Dave Kawasaki W650-W800 (Royal Enfield & Classic Bike Enthusiasts)

650 Kawaenfield

admin Lonely Bob — Thu May 17, 2012 7:01 pm

Author: admin Lonely Bob

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:01 pm

bulletjeff wrote:

Bob,
The same bloke had an Electra that suffered a catastrophic engine failure which put him off Electras forever. He had modified the bike to look like a classic and then fitted a classic iron engine to it.

I had a Electra X for a few years I never had any problems with mine but I know a few
who had major problems with big ends going.
I never thrashed mine.
At leased it had a decent front disc brake which might help your friend with his W field project

hello

ricky55 — Thu May 17, 2012 6:20 pm

Author: ricky55

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 6:20 pm

Hi mate Norwich Norfolk where you ?

Mirrors for the W800. Just a tad wider?

Leroy — Thu May 17, 2012 2:28 pm

Author: Leroy

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 2:28 pm

Try that in WA, Jeff, you end up with a full set of tyre marks over your back. Perth is the tailgating capital of the world, and a gentle message like slowing or touching the brakes to your follower to indicate that they may be burning the paint of their front bumper on your exhaust is as often as not, with a male driver, likely to be met by flashing headlights and an attempt to push you off the road. Or on a freeway an attempt to push you into the car in the lane next door.

I found you often had to simply pull over, unless you wanted to give them a finger then run for it. Danger there was that if you do the same run regularly, they could catch up again. And they often have long memories and can see you a long way ahead.

I try to be very passive when on 2 wheels, after a few serious run-ins with psychopaths in Perth.

It's safer to be a bit more assertive in a car, but I tried doing the slowing and brake dab bit with a particular specimen of very large 4WD on a country road near Perth while in a Mini a few years ago. After 10 miles of near misses and at times totally illegal speeds I managed to unexpectedly zap down a side road to get away from him. 3 days later he came up behind me again. This time I managed to get into a police station carpark in the nearest town.

Like something out of a midwestern American C grade movie.

That was a bit extreme, admittedly, but similar incidents are reported all round Perth every day. Drivers must be more polite in your neck of the woods.

Generally, though,most tailgaters are more ignorant than aggressive. Often I find young women the worst. They seem to think their reaction times and brakes are more than adequate to cope with an emergency stop at 110km/hr one car length behind you, as they chat illegally on their mobiles and do their lippy while texting the boyfriend.

Western Oz drivers, and particularly Perth car drivers, are on average the rudest, most aggressive, dangerous and stupid in Australia, by several orders of magnitude. I lived there 31 years, so I've done the survey, and comparisons with other places. Must be something in the water. Many of the bike riders are worse.

(Non tourist) West Scotland drivers, on the other hand, who aren't in Audis, Bummers, or delivery vans, are incredibly patient and polite. On single lane roads (common here) they nearly always pull over into the passing spots and stop to let you go by, either in the opposite or the same direction, even though you could probably squeak past. I spend a lot of my time waving to say thanks over here (rarely to Audis, though)

Fuel Injection warning light.

bulletjeff — Thu May 17, 2012 11:49 am

Author: bulletjeff

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 11:49 am

Rusty,
Apparently the Staintune exhausts don't just sound "better" they also allow the engine to breath better and hence rev better towards the top of the range.

STAINTUNE EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR W800.

bud old griff — Tue May 15, 2012 10:43 pm

Author: bud old griff

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:43 pm

Available in UK http://www.sportouring.com/part.php?itemGroup=4&bikeModel=W800%20Full%20System

blue down pipes????

ric — Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 pm

Author: ric

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 8:43 pm

Even I�m confused now

If the pipes are polished back to as-new and the bluing returns, just what would that mean ?

Oil Change Frequencies?

bulletjeff — Mon May 14, 2012 9:45 pm

Author: bulletjeff

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:45 pm

The dealer was using fully synthetic but I have bought motorcycle specific semi-synthetic for a reasonable price. I checked the interweb for filters and found the dealer was cheaper. I will probalbly change oil avery 5000-6000km and filters double that.

I went to a seminar on leasing vehicles. To make it economical you would need to do 12000km/year. We all figured that would be impossible even if we went on a driving holiday twice a year, and it is 1500km to get out of here. I owned my Electra for 6 years and even with 2 long trips I only managed to do 35000km so perhaps I will only be changing oil once a year.

Sissy bar for the W650

nige — Mon May 14, 2012 7:52 pm

Author: nige

Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 7:52 pm

That looks fantastic! my co-pilot is very excited, its not like I launch it away from the lights or anything, I just think she will feel a lot safer with a backrest. Also plenty of room on the rack to strap down 1/2 a dozen pasties.

Really looking forward to getting it on the bike now!

Engine sound

edwin — Sun May 13, 2012 7:09 am

Author: edwin

Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 7:09 am

Every time I take my W800 out for a spin I hear the engine make two kinds of noises. The dominant one is a lowish rumble, like every every motorenthousiast likes and there is a higher pitched sound. At lower revs it sounds like a clicking, ticking sound and at higher revs it starts to sound like a humming bee. It �s not that I�m worried, but I�m just curious as to what that sound can be. As soon as I let go of the throttle, the sound is gone. A soon as I open the throttle, the bee is back. The location is where the injection is placed.

Oh yeah, about the windscreen (thread screens); if anybody is interested, I will sell it for 200 euro incl P&P europe (new 360 euro).

The Fuel Injection warning light Fault.

bulletjeff — Fri May 11, 2012 11:32 pm

Author: bulletjeff

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:32 pm

So far (5000km) I haven't had the problem whereas a mate had it well before this. Perhaps the factory fixed the issue for later models - I hope. And it does seem to happen early so the bike should still be in warranty