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Old 09-02-2021, 08:12 PM   #1
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Storm burned

Well it caught an electrical fire and burned for a bit in traffic today before I could find enough water from the college girls standing around scared to death to put it out. Looks like it got all of the electrical system under the tank. I’m on foot without it and considering another “Chonda” because of the price and how things like the pipe and speedometer will swap over. 16,000 miles is what I got out of it.
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Old 09-02-2021, 08:19 PM   #2
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Sorry to hear about your bike. Any idea of the cause?
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Old 09-02-2021, 08:26 PM   #3
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It’s failing to upload my photos so I don’t know
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Old 09-02-2021, 08:29 PM   #4
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Sorry to hear about your bike. Any idea of the cause?
Electrical, it seems like the plug end of the spark plug wire, the coil is where it started. It’s burned up everything related to wiring made of plastic under the tank.
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Old 09-02-2021, 08:32 PM   #5
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Old 09-02-2021, 10:28 PM   #6
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a replacement loom isn't that expensive, but saying that there is no guarantee the replacement won't melt...Believe me I know.


 
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Old 09-02-2021, 11:46 PM   #7
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a replacement loom isn't that expensive, but saying that there is no guarantee the replacement won't melt...Believe me I know.
Aye, I’ve been looking and trying to get an idea. Pretty much the whole bike will have to be re-wired as far as I can tell. Rectifier and coil are surely toast as well. Early guesstimate is less than $500 for a total electrical re-haul. $126 is the price I saw on the Roketa rectifier.

I’m going to try and find something like a used DR Z and put the faithful Storm back together piece by piece this winter. I almost ordered a Hawk DLX tonight but the forks and swingarm are a minus. The fuel injection however would be pretty cool in my book.
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Old 09-03-2021, 12:39 AM   #8
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if I had to guess... I would say it was likely a rub through short.

Sucks that it happened, but at least you were able to stop the fire from taking out the whole bike
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Old 09-03-2021, 12:43 AM   #9
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I had a little self inflicted fire. I didn’t secure my aftermarket usb wire correctly and it touched the exhaust.

Smoke and flames everywhere until I put it out.

So there is also that way to start a fire.
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Old 09-03-2021, 02:06 AM   #10
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I used 1 of these...though prices seem to have gone up a bit since I bought mine. Might be found cheaper in the USA elsewhere.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/30196898...4AAOSwrhBZE5Sh



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Old 09-03-2021, 05:27 AM   #11
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Wow that sucks. I kinda thought the fuses would have stopped that from happening.
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Old 09-03-2021, 10:58 PM   #12
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I used 1 of these...though prices seem to have gone up a bit since I bought mine. Might be found cheaper in the USA elsewhere.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/30196898...4AAOSwrhBZE5Sh
That is exactly what I did with a Quad and the Z50 clone, they even included the stator for less than $50 each! It was really easy!
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Old 09-11-2021, 09:49 PM   #13
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Welp I got my hands on a DR650. Believe it or not I’m doing the exact same thing now as we’ve all had to do with the China bikes. Chasing jets, taking apart the carb 10 times, checking bolts, trashing filters, changing oil, researching digital clusters, looking for better bars and grips.. the tires are 705’s so gotta buy knobbies soon, the pipe and air filter has to be upgraded etc etc etc. The headlight is weak and the speedo doesn’t light up and there’s no passenger pegs or decent skid plate or tail rack. Top speed is only like 70+ and I can’t find the correct pilot jet size to buy lol.

Literally everything is the same except it costs way more on the JPN bike. Ouch.
The photo is from after pushing it home the day I rode it to work. Turns out they forgot to put the vacuum line back on the tank.. which like a China bike has a leaky gas cap if you fill it too much.. .
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Old 09-11-2021, 10:38 PM   #14
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A solid choice. It' might cost more, but the quality is probably multitudes better.
Plenty of information elsewhere regarding the "bushpig" DR650, But this is a pretty informative playlist from the Cross Training Adventure YT channel.



 
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Old 09-12-2021, 06:20 PM   #15
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Aye, I’ve been looking and trying to get an idea. Pretty much the whole bike will have to be re-wired as far as I can tell. Rectifier and coil are surely toast as well. Early guesstimate is less than $500 for a total electrical re-haul. $126 is the price I saw on the Roketa rectifier.

I’m going to try and find something like a used DR Z and put the faithful Storm back together piece by piece this winter. I almost ordered a Hawk DLX tonight but the forks and swingarm are a minus. The fuel injection however would be pretty cool in my book.
Dont spend 126 on a rectifier... i just bought one off amazon for my roketa for $18.99....


 
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