Mombassa - 'I'm not dead yet'

[Camel]

Well, what a phenomenal episode with Mombassa the K8.

Firstly the keys.To all of you that have purchased bikes without keys at auction, here's a lesson for you.

The auctioneer at 'X' auctioneers commented that he was surprised at how many bikes were coming to auction without keys.

Discussions with other bidders revealed that because they knew this Busa didn't have keys, they'd dropped their highest allowable limit by $4000 to compensate for the new ECU, keys and ignition switch. I was intending to put an aftermarket ECU in so was prepared to go a bit higher.

I got the bike at a good price considering the damage and the fact it has only done 3000 kilometres.

Before leaving the auctioneers I specifically asked the guy at the gate if there were keys for this bike. He specifically replied 'NO'.

Once home I jumped on the internet and after twenty minutes I'd located the previous owner (thank's Brian, you're a top bloke!) and discovered that he'd not only sent the keys to the auctioneers but he'd also followed up with a phone call to confirm they'd arrived! So next day I trotted off to 'X' auctioneers with all my ducks in a row.

How could they resist? The guy at the gate suddenly 'found' the keys!

I broke several traffic regs to get the keys home.

Inserted keys into ignition and turned. Well they're the right keys but the dreaded 'FI' came up on the dash.

Checked the codes and was surprised to find that the ECU was fine, it was the fuel pump relay that was cactus. A visual confirmed that it had suffered blunt force trauma.



Now, we all know that those wily Japs don't like to make things simple for us barbarians and like to slip electronic measures into the ECMS to make us buy genuine parts. To my paranoid mind this turns any Jap OEM wiring work into a battle of wits. f*** paying inflated dealer prices!

So I carefully pulled the relay apart to see what makes it tick (I've been pulling things to bits since before I can remember, much to my parent's depair).

Sure enough, there's a resistor running in parallel to the coil wires, both of which run back to the ECU, (for the record, it's the Yellow-red and Orange-white wires).



Checked the codes for brown-brown-red-gold and sourced a replacement at Dick Smith's. 34 cents later (brazenly rounded up to 35) I was on my way home with a 1.1K Ohm resistor.

I used a standard 30 amp Bosch relay, a four pin male plug and terminals and the correctly coloured wires to whip up a replacement.





I then plugged her in.........



........ and turned on the ignition (after doing all the necessary pre-flight checks). Voila, she's a runner.




The rear wheel had a few bad dings in it and wouldn't hold air. So I made a jig and with the trusty porta-power and dial gauge got it roughly back into shape. - NOTE! I wouldn't keep this rim on the bike - it's not trustworthy!

However it was trustworthy enough to fang it around to a mate's place to show it off.

Man, this engine is phenomenal! It pulls like a freight train! B4 I knew it I was doing 160 in third. Slowed down as I didn't want the wheel to explode on me. Besides I didn't have mufflers on and although I live in the sticks I didn't want to piss the neighbours off, (as it was they gave me a friendly wave).

So, now it waits for me to return. Mombassa is back from the dead and is now known as Kate! (The name of one of my five daughters).


Camel

[Bill Gaheer]

Man some story, good work Camel - hope to see Kate in action in your good hands.

Great work

Cheers,

Bill

[Missy_Moo]

Excellent work, sounds like Kate will be a nice little project for you.

Hope to hear more of the Kate saga.

Cheers

MM

[humbussa]

thats awsome, cant wait to see pics when Kate is back on the road...

[busakid08]

Cool man - well done and great score

BK

[Camel]

I'm O.S. at the moment, not getting enough time to do any work on the K8. I did get a couple of good days in last week and managed to get it 'sort of' on the road.

Removed enough components to check the alignment of the frame and swingarm. All okay there.

Sourced a used, low-mileage rear wheel and fitted a Michelin to it. Actually, I've managed to obtain all the parts I need to return her to her pre-crash condition. Even got the same colour plastics! Just waiting on a couple of parts to arrive still. Like the sub-frame. By jiminy they weigh a ton! I attempted to straighten the pretzelled one and went so far as to make a heavy duty jig for it. But ran out of time.

In the meantime I built a small sub-frame to support the rear seat, ECU, battery and other odds and sods. Then took it for a fang around the twisties up here.





There's definately no abberant handling or engine woes present! Goes like the powers of piss!

Camel

[bigfoot]

looks interesting but somehow cool, kinda like a streetfighter cross ball tearing sportsbike, awesome mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Camel]

looks interesting but somehow cool, kinda like a streetfighter cross ball tearing sportsbike, awesome mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it's got me thinking about that whole arse end and how I can make it look a tad 'different'. I don't think the blue gang would appreciate the lack of tailight, mudgaurd extender, reflectors, etc,etc.

[LOAFIE]

Looks tough with-out the baboons arse, great read mate look forward to updates.
Have seen photos of a 08 with a GSX-R rear end and looks bloody nice,food for thought.

http://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com/...p?tid=9863

[Camel]

That GSXR arse looks good. I've got something else in mind. Might Photoshop it first though to see what it looks like.

Cheers,

Camel

[kawasuki]

I'm O.S. at the moment, not getting enough time to do any work on the K8. I did get a couple of good days in last week and managed to get it 'sort of' on the road.

Removed enough components to check the alignment of the frame and swingarm. All okay there.

Sourced a used, low-mileage rear wheel and fitted a Michelin to it. Actually, I've managed to obtain all the parts I need to return her to her pre-crash condition. Even got the same colour plastics! Just waiting on a couple of parts to arrive still. Like the sub-frame. By jiminy they weigh a ton! I attempted to straighten the pretzelled one and went so far as to make a heavy duty jig for it. But ran out of time.

In the meantime I built a small sub-frame to support the rear seat, ECU, battery and other odds and sods. Then took it for a fang around the twisties up here.





There's definately no abberant handling or engine woes present! Goes like the powers of piss!

Camel

Different, DONT slip off the seat Camel.

[Camel]

Well the K8 has it's baboons arse back on, along with a spanky set of standard cans (thnx Humbussa!).

Rather than stick the standard fender back on I fabbed a rego plate holder from 4mm alloy plate and Stainless steel tubing. Also made a tag holder and LED rego plate light from the same material.

I'm rapt with this bike. It's smooth, powerful, handles wonderfully and has top rate brakes. I've found that even though I'm 6'5" I can still tuck in out of the air stream and am amazed at how effective the aerodynamics of the K8 are.

Now to get into the Gen II ECU!

Camel

[humbussa]

No prob mate....it looks great well done!!! do the plates say UP.YA might just be the angle!!

[Missy_Moo]

Looking smik!!!

great work put into the bike, well done.

[bassmaniac69]

Well done mate! And in the best colour too!! :)