Forum: General Tech

Can I ask a really dumb question...? Why do the big cc bikes have shaft drive..? To my mind, the power and torque is changing direction twice before it turns the back wheel. That must shirley be a loss of power. Does that not matter so much with bigger motors ? Is there not more components...

I've read a million posts saying 250r's run lean from the factory to give supposed better fuel economy. The downside of this is the Low/Midrange suffers from a lack of response. I'm reluctant to play with any of the stock parts mostly because I don't intend to keep the bike any longer than I...

Don't worry its not my beloveded Dorothy :). But it's Max. My 1998 TF Magna Wagon :(. Today while driving my brother to Newcastle along the F3 freeway I noticed that temperature gauge on my car started to rise a 1km before the turn off to Cooranbong and Morriset. I was sitting on a 110 and it...

So anyway As i said in my intro post I was restoring a 84 Kawasaki Z250T Scorpion (ER250B2) well things were going well finally tuned up the carbs a lot was looking good, been running it most of the day, oil was flowing nicely through the engine, valves adjusted nicely and cam chain all adjusted...

Hey guys, I've recently just purchased a Kawasaki 250 09 Ninja. A couple of days later i dropped it on the left side. My gear lever had been pushed in and i have replaced. I now come accross a problem with my gears. On idle and not moving i am not able to go into the second gear from...

Had my first motorcycle break down today :( I posted a little while ago that i was having a fuel injection problem where the rev's were jumping to around 4-5k on startup. In the last couple of weeks this problem has become alot more frequent. I was at bald hill today (national park) and the...

Rightio, first of all I'm not doing this because the bike has been crashed. I am just not too happy with the fact my gpx looks like it's from the 80's so I thought I'd spruce it up a little and mod it. The other thing: This bike is very similar and has had many ideas taken from the initial...

Ninja 650rl..... 6 months old.... 12000k's It's goingi n for it's 12000 k service on friday but I though I would get your thoughts first. Over the last week I have noticed a reverberation or wobble up through my feet. It only happens over rough surfaces and it smoths out. It also happens...

Hey all, been a while since i've been on here but thought i'd ask about a problem im having before I hand over my bike to get reamed by service costs. In the last week my 06 ZX-6R has been doing something rather strange. The back end feels very light and feels like it wants to wobble and slip...

I have posted a couple of threads on crap service etc, I now have a small problem, I don't have a mechanic I can go to at this point. I know everone likes to keep this to themselves a little, but c'mon some mungrel must have a decent mechanic that would take on one more customer willing to part...

What is one of the best way's to make a old 900 faster ? smooth bore carbs?

Hi everyone, Some clients have paid some invoices so I can get back into the GPz without complaints. I am after specifically a replacement shift linkage for my 1987 GPz 750. Its the last of the air cooled models and so it is the same as the 1983-1986 models. Kawasaki have one in Sydney and...

Hi Would anyone know where i can get my suspension setup for my weight in Melbourne? Don't get me wrong. My bike handles great, but can't hurt to get it setup for me. I have tried searching online and have come up with some info but not still not really confident. Specially as none of...

I have a 1986 GPZ600 which didnt go when I got it , but I got it going a few days ago. The main problems were mal-adjusted float levels in the carbies - they were all different, and wrong, and one plug cap which was cracked and sparking across to the head. The main problem now is that the motor...

Hi all my 2003 zxr 636 is approaching 24,000 klms I herd this is a major service. What other than the normal service stuff should have done to the bike. Cheers guys

As most of you know I've got a 1984 yamaha FJ 1100 I'm fixing up for some profit. I've gotten just about everything done for it and went to start it today and couldn't get it to start. not a fuel problem, or an air problem so I reckon it's a spark problem. Haven't pulled the plugs because...

hi got a vn 900 2008 model looking at ptiing a pci modual on her as i have a turbocharger sitting begging to go on problem is i need to increase the fuel ,the pci v will do this but fits 2009 onwards is ther a difference between 2008 and 2009 ? i thought they where the same engine...