Newbie needs help

[stu]

I picked up my 02 Sprint ST yesterday, rode it for ten miles, ran over something in the road and just made it home with a flat rear tire. THere was no manual with the bike, so can someone tell me how I get the back wheel off please.
Can these tires be plugged? Its almost new, all my other bikes had tubes.
Also I can't get it on the center stand, is there a trick technique.
The previous owner did give me a C wrench and a flattened tube that have something to do with the rear wheel.
Should have stuck with the Bonneville!

[triumphite]

OK. first things first

Center stand:
PUT BIKE IN NEUTRAL
1.Stand on left side of bike. Kickstand down

2.With right foot step on center stand flange till it meets the ground.

3. stand bike to vertical position. There you will feel other peg of centerstand hit the ground. Bike will feel balanced.

4.(if you have luggage) there is a handle you need to pull open w/ right hand. Left hand is holding left grip.

5. If not, there is a piece of metal attached to the sub-frame(non-bag) for a grip.

6.Simultaneously rock back bike w/ left and right arms evenly. Bike will pop up on stand.

To get bike off centerstand, sit on bike and rock forward. DO NOT ATTEMPT WHEN NOT SITTING ON BIKE!!!!!! I learned the hard way. Bike fell over on it's side. :-D

You can plug tire with tire plug kit for emergency repair. I rode from CT to NH that way once. Follow directions on plug kit to install.


To take tire off get a 46mm wrench, remove cotter pin, lefty loosy the rest. Tire comes right off. Good luck

The Spanner(C) wrench and tube is the way you tighten and loosen the chain

It's a fun bike, don't get discouraged. Buy an owners manual from ebay.
I got a factory one for $40.00

[triumphite]

If you look at the back tire, chain side, you will see a gear between chain and swingarm. Those teeth are where the spanner wrench grab. The tube is a handle extender.


You will also see a 17mm bolt right at the very end of the swingarm. Loosen that bolt and that's what allows the chain to be tightened and loosened.


With spanner wrench in place you'll feel it grab. If you turn down the chain will loosen and droop.

reverse the wrench and pull up you feel it tighten. You can also see it tighten.
When you have the chain where you want it, tighten 17mm bolt down.
Hope that helped

[ This message was edited by: triumphite on 2007-07-03 20:19 ]

[steventhechef]

Don't be discouraged stu. There will be heaps of fun after this initial bit of pain.

[denman13]

Solid help on the rear wheel instructions. Hope this is the last of your troubles for a while so you can get and and enjoy your great new friend. Just don't take the dang seat off. :-D

[stu]

I did do a search and found out I needed a 46mm or 1 13/16" socket. Autozone nor NAPA carry one that big. Where did you guys find one?
I plan to call Sears tomorrow if they are open, its only 30 miles away!

[PaloAlto]

Stu,

An additional detail to getting the bike up on the center stand - fits in as 6.a. in Triumphite's description:

6.a. It's your foot pushing down on the centerstand lever that does the magic in popping the bike up, not your right arm pulling it. Do it in a smooth motion from start to finish so that the rearward momentum of the bike helps push it up onto the stand, along with your foot.

Re getting the 46mm nut off the right side of the axle, they can be torqued way tight. You may need a bar/pipe to go on the end of your wrench/socket drive.

Re plugging the tire, there's mixed comments on it. Bike shops almost unanimously will not do it, saying it's dangerous. But riders (like Triumphite and others) have had no problem with them. I'd be interested in comments from anyone with first hand information about a problem with a plug.

Finally, most of my flats have been on brand new bikes. Don't know why but it just seems like some bikes like getting it out of the way early.

Let us know how your work goes.

Bern

[steventhechef]

On 2007-07-03 20:52, denman13 wrote:
Just don't take the dang seat off. :-D

02's are totally different to the 05 and onwards denman13.

They are "key locked" in to position and there is a little storage area under the seat.. Sort of like the old bikes use to be.

A great feature IMO

[deller4210]

1. Place the bike on the center stand
2. Place the transmission in neutral
3. Remove the exhaust can
4. Remove the safety clip that holds the nut
5. Block the rear wheel with a brick or some other block to
keep it from spinning.
6. I use a 1 13/16 3/4" drive socket, it works fine.
7. Remove the nut, it's torqued to 146 NM so it's not to
bad.
8. Two washers and a cone shaped adapter will follow the
nut as you remove it. This stack up is important, one of
the washers is conical in shape and must be reinstalled
with the concave side facing the wheel.
9. That's it, the wheel comes off.

Oh yeah, that spanner wrench and extension is for adjusting the chain tension. Loosen the pinch bolt at the end of the swing arm and use the spanner to rotate the hub which either tightens or slackens the chain. You use it on the sprocket side of the wheel and should set it for 1 1/4 inch of slack for proper adjustment. Have fun! :-D

[ This message was edited by: deller4210 on 2007-07-03 22:48 ]

[harrya13]

G'day Stu..

Hang in there mate, I believe the 02 is about the best of the Sprints ( coz I own one of course ) but getting a flat can happen to any bike..

Depending where the puncture is will determine if a plug will work.

I got one dead center of the tire, not near any tread and the plug worked great, never had a problem, if fact the tyre guy said it would be the strongest part of the tyre, not the weakest as many people imaging.

Enjoy, hope yrs is a RED one..