New owner 2006 ST1300 Crazy first electrical question

For a former rally bike, this guy obviously had been retired and just sitting around.
Iron Butt guys, at least the ones who actually do the Big Dance every other year, are not known to neglect their machines in this way.
But good on ya for sorting it out!
Are the photos of the former "rally bike", or another? Sounds like you have 2 or 3 now. How many miles was on the rally bike -- is this the 65k bike?
 
Sadlsor said:
For a former rally bike, this guy obviously had been retired and just sitting around.
Iron Butt guys, at least the ones who actually do the Big Dance every other year, are not known to neglect their machines in this way.
But good on ya for sorting it out!
Are the photos of the former "rally bike", or another? Sounds like you have 2 or 3 now. How many miles was on the rally bike -- is this the 65k bike?
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Yes, My son and I found these. they had been 'stored' for 5-6 years. A friend of the owners had bought from one and the estate of another (deceased). He finally got tired of storing them and put them for sale cheap. When we got there, I think he liked the whole Father/Son project vibe and gave them to us for $700, for both! They both had working lights and cranked over on jumper cables with no wierd noises. I thought it was worth the gamble. One is ABS, so I chose that for my son. We got home, put batteries in them and a half gallon of gas, checked the fluids and tried to fire the non-abs first. No dash lights what-so-ever, no nuetral indicator. The headlights and taillights worked and it cranked but no fire. We raised the upper tank and shot some starting fluid in the airbox and it tried to start.
Then we went to the abs bike. It literally cranked 2-3 revolutiions and fired right up. The abs bike (Pic) has 184,000 miles on it. So, new tires, bearings, brake pads, rear brake disk and fluids. We've had to rebuild the secondary master cylinder and the rear caliper, to solve the brake dragging. So, with that and a lot of washing and polishing my son has his first motorcycle on the road for around $1200!
He never wanted a crotch rocket and he's 6'4" 240 so, a little bike wasn't gonna cut it.

We have windshields on order but he's riding!

The one with the wires and fuel pump is the 65k bike.

The red one in my profile happened by accident :giggle: When my nephew heard about our adventure, he wanted one too, but a ready-to-ride version. I started looking for one for him and got a couple leads. in the mean time he decided he would rather have a V-Strom, so, ok.
Well, one of the guys I had messaged a few times about price, texted back, without a prompt from me and said ' the lowest I'll go is $2000....Well, my nephew still didn't want it so I went to look at it. It ended up being a single owner, well maintianed 2005. I couldn't count the money fast enough. All I had to do to it so far is bleed the clutch and fix the LCD screen.

So, yeah, we have 3 now.
 

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SMSW said:
I'm impressed. You sound like you don't need us. One thing that only comes up rarely in discussions here is the rubber hoses between the top tank and the lower tank, They, too, age like any other rubber hose, but if either were to split, the upper tank's contents would spill onto a hot engine. It is a good idea to check these for visual signs of cracking or other ageing. For a 20 year old bike, I'd probably change those hoses during my winter layup.

I want to know who put tomato soup in the lower tank.

Honda used wire with soy based insulation, and mice seem to love the stuff. Sorry you discovered this the hard way.
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I love learning from others misery :giggle: So, I definately need this group. The transfer hose is surprisingly flexable and in good shape.
My best guess is that was some kind of coating in the tank along with the rust from the fuel pump module. I wish I would have got a picture of the tank afterward is was like new!

Well, I'm glad those wires were out in the open and not buried in the middle of the engine.
 
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prafersno said:
We've had to rebuild the secondary master cylinder and the rear caliper, to solve the brake dragging.
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With your post above (#23) you might like to know that very very few guys have successfully rebuilt a SMC, and the rebuilt unit rarely lasts a year (I do know that thread describing the rebuilt SMC's demise is gone). Since failure at speed can lock up the rear wheel and that can lead to a crash, consider the SMC to be a life safety item. It is really not worth trying to save a couple of hundred bucks when the downside could involve a hospital.
 
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Well, I got the missing wires replaced everything soldered shrink wrapped and taped up. I repaired my LCD with new polarizer film while I had the dash out and then I moved onto the no fuel problem. I was able to trace power all the way to the tank, so I knew it was the fuel pump.
Here’s what I found
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I know a priest if you need a referral...

SMSW said:
With your post above (#23) you might like to know that very very few guys have successfully rebuilt a SMC, and the rebuilt unit rarely lasts a year (I do know that thread describing the rebuilt SMC's demise is gone). Since failure at speed can lock up the rear wheel and that can lead to a crash, consider the SMC to be a life safety item. It is really not worth trying to save a couple of hundred bucks when the downside could involve a hospital.
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I have a 5 gal bucket full of failed rebuilds. The holes are just too tiny for generic cleaning to get in there and really get it properly cleaned.
 
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