Have grown longer legs in the last few days so all fine now :riding:Quote:
Originally Posted by culcune
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Have grown longer legs in the last few days so all fine now :riding:Quote:
Originally Posted by culcune
Wald0, yeah sure the setup I got is fugly,no doubt about that. But this is by far not the final one. I am just trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. The rack you posted looks good, but yeah the boxes are expensive...
prince666, I have already ordered a no-name Chinese top box from taobao that is like twice the size of the one I got. I will install that one, remove the sidebars and see if it will suffice.
Right. So this is the third attempt at putting some storage space onto my bike. This time I removed the sidebags and installed a new topbox from taobao.
Link: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=...id=37031812894
The topbox naturally comes with a mounting plate and bolts to mount it to your luggage rack.
Yes, it looks big and heavy and all that, but it allows me to have no sidebags, thusly clearing the blinkers. And it holds rain gear and a full-face helmet and my gloves when parked, or raingear, my backpack and a lock when riding. I can surely put in all the books, handouts, copied material and teaching stuff in and still have place for more. Overall I am happy with it for now.
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The bike still keeps on throwing red light (ignition???) error codes, but I have no time to take the bike to the dealer (whom I don't really trust). So far, it runs fine both below and above 6000 rpm, thusly no rush to deal with that.
Thinking about getting a new chain and a set of tires after my biannual bike check this September.
Well done Steve that's what i call a good size top box :thumbsup:
prince 666, yes, as I said, I am happy with it for now. Apparently it doesn't look like it belongs on the bike, but again it was one-hundred-something yuan, which beats Givi and Shad. I'll be riding with this setup for now - will see if it affects handling anyhow, if it is waterproof and all that.
I would ideally have side boxes on a rigid frame, but those are expensive and add to the bike width, which is not good for filtering.
Had over 20 kg in the GIVI box on a bike
Which is only 123 kg and was fine. It does
Help abit IMO I found with the top box and
A few kg in puts a bit of weight over the back Wheel
The GIVI was not to bad on cost 400
Rmb but got it in Thailand .
400 for a Givi box is a reasonable price! I'd be happy to pay it. Yes, there is a certain feeling that the balance is different, nothing extraordinary though.
Yesterday removed the seat, unplugged the ECU, waited for about 10 min and plugged it back - surprise-surprise, nothing happened. The red ignition warning light kept on blinking out errors. The new 650 NK ECU is 2224 yuan or so from the official TMall CFMoto store.
Right.
Start the bike today in the morning - no problem. No flashing lights, no warnings, nothing. WTF?
Mine started flashing the ECU short circuit code a few weeks after buying the bike. Was worried at first and reset the ECU a couple of time. Now, I just ignore it.
Apparently, it is a common problem on the bike. From a web search, I read that even after buying a new ECU, the bike will still have the problem.
OK, so I got my ECU. I swapped the old one for the new one in less than 5 min, and, voila - everything works as it should: no warning lights, no spluttering engine, no nothing.
Good.
Forgot to post that before actually sending me the goods, the sales guy / girl asked me for my bike production date. I sent him that together with the VIN and engine number just so as to be on the safe side. It looks like there have been different generations in ECU firmware and the one I got was plain buggy. But this is just my guess.
I do hope that the new ECU works well and brings me no trouble.
Should it malfunction again, I will sell the bike in a flash and hold a very negative opinion of CFMoto's electrical components R&D and QC (as if CFMoto cares about my opinion, aha...). I cannot afford dropping another 2.5K on a bike every now and then.