Surplus bikes in Lapu-Lapu City

I have few friends asking me where to buy surplus bikes in mactan. So i thought of making a post where to get one. Since there's quite a lot of surplus shops. Here are a few to start with:

name: Mahalo

location: its on your right going to marigondon, few meters aftr the Petron Gas Station aftr the Gaisano GrandMall Agus road intersection.

name: el era

location: its few meters from Gaisano GrandMall going to Agus. 

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location: road leading to Sudtunggan or Masulog. 

Looking for someone to do your upholstery in Lapu-Lapu City?

So my bike seat was literally falling apart! Yeah... It took me a while to get this repaired. Here is how it looked before:

   

this is the place. QZR Upholstery Shop is located along the Basak Lapu-Lapu City road. Its a little over Jollibee Basak

Other custom bike seat covers ready for installs. They also do other upholstery jobs you can imagine.

       

                                                                                                                                                                

DIY - Adjusting Guitar String Height

Yup... #cebudaddy sure knows how to do a little bit of guitarin'... I got this junior guitar bought around 2499 Php at Gaisano Grand Mall a year ago.. I thought of visiting my strumming skill because my pretty daughter is now singing:). My problem is that my fingers hurting after a long time of playing.. so I thought maybe I'd try adjusting my guitar string height...

Here's how I did it!

 This is the guitar I bought.. I think its imported from China..

Guitar ABC's

 This was the string height before... Sorry about the poor pic.

First step would be to loosen the strings... you don't really have to loosen it all the way.... in taking the guitar pegs out, you can use your mighty strong fingers or follow me using a cutter.. you can use a cloth to protect the peg/guitar bridge when using the cutter to avoid accidental scratches. it wont really hurt it, we only require your finger muscles here:)  

After taking the strings out... mark the part sticking out of the saddle so that we will know later when we do some testing how far we have sanded...

 Slowly sand the string saddle... we do few up and down strokes then we test... put the saddle back into the slot.. put a string back in, tighten and test... i won't go very technical but we just need to bring the string height down a few mm. we don't really want to sand the saddle to much because if the string will sit too low it will create a buzzing sound.. just be patient here!

This is how it looked in my guitar after sanding and testing... 

The before picture!:)

Thanks for viewing.. 

DIY: Honda XR200 Starter overhaul

My bike doesn't have a kickstart but other year model does.. so knowing issues caused by your bike starter is very essential.

Flowchart to diagnose if its the starter causing the problem:

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Points of failure:
-stuck contact brushes due to dirt
-carbon brush: no contact to the armature due to wear
-cut-off wire from the carbon brush
-shorted armature windings > thank God I haven't experienced this

HEADS-UP
In my case since I did some rewiring due to battery relocation. I was able experience an issue where there wasn't enough current going to the starter. I noticed this after following my usual checks (follow flowchart). After that experience, I installed a LED that lights up when there is steady flow of current while pressing on the starter switch.

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How to dismantle starter:

 In order to gain access to the starter, we have to remove the bike exhaust.

We then take off 2 bolts holding down the starter and the (+) wire from the battery.

Using a 7mm wrench open 2 bolts from the starter. Extra careful on the O-rings, these can break depending on age but can easily be replaced with replacement parts using other starters of similar size

Just take photos if your not too comfortable in taking stuff apart.

At this point, it is now the best part to do visual inspection if you have worn brushes or you are with a broken wires. After inspection, its would also be the best time to clean the contacts and everything inside. Do not expose O-rings to chemicals that would damage it. I suggest using CARB Cleaner, its fast acting on grease and dries quickly. You can also take the contacts off of the guides after getting those nasty coil springs.

Use logic to put everything together. Remember that the bolt going thru the hole for the (+) wire to the battery should not by any means make contact the starter housing or else you will short circuit it. 

Hope this helps:)

engine sprocket change for XR200...

the first time I experienced this problem was 3 yrs ago, we were on our way home from my grandparents place; Bogo, Cebu. As we were cruising barangay Sogod... all of a sudden my bike

isn't responding to my gas.. revved up the gas and changed the gear... nothing happened.. since it was almost dark we decided to just pull the bike home using another bike... 

To make the story short.. it wasn't really engine related.. it was just the engine sprocket got eaten by the engineshaft.. I hope you know what I mean!

For the past 3 years, this happened to me few times and another 1 just last week. For this post I will just be showing easy to do this with the right tools and spare parts.

I got everything prepared for this operation: got my spare 14T engine sprocket from Reliance Motors Lapu Lapu City; 24mm open Wrench; 10mm ratchet wrench; 

Lets do this quick: I had to make access to the engine sprocket area so I have to open the engine sprocket access area. Loosen the rear tire to get the chain loose... see pics as reference.

Next step would be to loosen the 2 bolts holding that thing locking the engine sprocket in place.

After taking the parts apart, I noticed that the engine sprocket didn't wear as much as it did before. Checked the drive shaft and it looks good too.. I then turn to the last possible culprit.

Good thing after experiencing similar problem before. I was able to bring with me spare parts.

So took the old engine sprocket out and put everything back in.. now I'm ready to roll!

Here's the pic of the old engine sprocket.

Thanks... hope this helps! 

What is your name Fishy...?

Alright, as the King in my own home I am faced with great responsibilities (most of the time)... and small ones too, one of which is that I need to know what fishes are on display in wet markets.. since there are no name tags there... let me help you out from what I got from savemore.

If your'e going to ask me which is what to buy for this dish then I would have to get back to you on that.. I'll probably make another post for that... :)

i'm back... got a lot of stuff to share! :)

here is a quick peek on what i have in store for y'all! have a great week everyone!