Selling a dead Pulsar for scrap?

[James]

Hi all,

Dunno if anyone still uses this group but I'm going to have a go anyway.

I have a Pulsar 180 UG3 (2008, roughly 22 thousand km on the clock), which died on me the other day. I was riding along the N4 east out of Pretoria, and all of a sudden I felt I lost power. Revs just kept dropping. Put in the clutch and they went straight to zero - couldn't get the bike started again, either with the electric start or with the kick.

I hear it turning, but it just doesn't "take". Took it apart and managed to establish that both spark and fuel were getting through, but I still don't know why it's not starting.

I went to Bike Crazy in Wonderboom Suid here in Pretoria and they said they wouldn't really have the skills to be able to figure out what's wrong except by replacing parts almost at random and referred me to one Wayne who runs Wicked Rides (I think that was the name of the place) in Pretoria North, saying he might be able to figure out what's wrong and fix it.

I'm not anticipating a cheap fix relative to the bike's value, considering that it's only worth roughly R 5000. Does anyone have experience of a problem like this? Can you anticipate what it might be and what it might cost to fix?

Failing all that, does anyone know whether perhaps a dealer or a mechanic or someone would be willing to buy the corpse of my Pulsar for spare parts? If I'm offered R 1000 for it at this point I'd probably take it.

Thanks in advance for any help you guys may be able to offer.

Regards,

James

[Francois Visagie]

Sorry to hear of your trouble.

 

As I understand it, assuming it can still turn over a petrol engine needs spark, fuel, compression and timing to run properly. You’ve eliminated the first two ;-). If you’re keen on further trouble-shooting or find someone who actually knows how to trouble-shoot an engine the others may be worth looking into.

 

Otherwise if you want to sell it, just have a look on Gumtree etc. to compare against any similar offers.

 

Good luck,

Francois

 

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[Kiran Jagmohan]

I had a similar issue with my first Pulsar and spent a lot of money trying to fix it. Got frustrated eventually and old it off at a loss. The guy who bought it replaced the computer box, I've forgotten what the actual name of the part is, but it's not that expensive, and it worked like a charm.

[Anton (gmail)]

I am no mechanical expert ...

Since spark and fuel is getting through it sounds like your timing belt
/ chain might have broken.
Is the engine turning over very easy? Does it sound like there is
compression?

That should not be to difficult to fix ... but the whole engine will
need to be opened ... and that is a lot of labor.

Best thing to do is perhaps find a back-yard mechanic to have a look at
it. And take it from there.

Regards
Anton

[James]

Hi all,

Thanks for your suggestions. Spending a lot of money to fix this is sort of what I wanted to avoid - I was only planning on using the bike until the end of the year when I finish my degree, I was planning on buying a new one next year anyway, so I don't want to spend several thousand fixing it for just a few month's worth of riding.

I'll follow up your suggestions though. With regards to your question, Anton - when I hold the electric starter, it turns a lot more quickly than what I'm used to when starting it, the kick-start offers very little resistance as well. To my mind, this doesn't bode particularly well. I don't really have the tools or the experience to fix it myself, and paying a mechanic (even an amateur one) seems like more money than what the bike is worth at the moment.

I may as well open the offer up to anyone on the forum - does anyone need parts for a UG3 Pulsar? I can send pictures of whatever you want. My body panels and seats aren't in perfect condition (it was my first motorcycle...) but mechanically she's still sound. Except for the dead engine of course. Shocks, springs, wheels, frame etc. are still fine, and all the indicators and lights are perfectly good.

Regards,

James

[Anton (gmail)]

Hi James

If the engine turns much easier then I am 99% certain it is the timing
belt that broke. This also means that the valves might be bent, and the
piston damaged as well.

I ceased my engine on my Bajaj 3 years ago and the repairs came to about
R 6000.00. I would think that if you only need to replace your timing
belt, it would cost around R 2000.00 including labor.

Cheers and good luck
Anton