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- Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:31 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: headlight (the continuing saga of)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3827
responce
i feel bad no one knows your delema, i just figured ide respond so you didnt think you were invisable. i dont know an awnser, but here is a reply..<br><br>zoid <p></p><i></i>
- Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:29 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: Knocking and De-restriction
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5786
the knocking
haris, i have heard that, but it wasnt the chain, or i dont think it was. mine was at freeway speeds, and it happened like once or twice a mile, then nothing for days. it was wierd... when it did happen, i thought something catostrophic would happen if i didnt figgure it out, but eventually it went ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:27 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: grinding the swing arm???
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3657
grinding the swing arm???
ok, time for another question i shouldnt ask, but im going to anyway.<br><br>the bike is an 89, im about to mount a 98 yzf 750 shock on it, and since ive raised the rear end via the dog bones, the shock goes through the swing arm at a tad of an angle. not bad, but a little more snug than stock. the ...
- Sat May 17, 2003 5:13 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: FZR clutch
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4280
hope its not too late
funny i just put one in.<br><br>there are three types of plates we shall call them normal, thin and thick.<br><br>first put in four normals, and four steel (friction first.)<br><br>then put in the wierd spring, and the thin plate, it dosent matter what goes in first, they occupy the same space<br><b...
- Sat May 03, 2003 12:45 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: Hi 2 U all... A few questions, if I may :-)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6232
clutch and more
i had the barnet also, and noticed the same thing on my almost stocker. at like 8 or 9 it would just break free. chuckd said that the aftermarket clutches do this. if you take out your stock clutch, you notice there is a strange spring in between the number 7 and 8 plates or so. somehow this didnt f...
- Tue Jan 07, 2003 1:35 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: air cleaner box mod
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3155
funny you ask
i keep all fzr1000 jetting advise in a word file, and keep it close to my heart. below are two posts from members from a few months agow<br><br>first post<br><br>I have a 1990 FZR 1000 with a dynojet stage one jet kit, K&N filter and a Vance and Hines slip-on. Does anyone know the baseline settings ...
- Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:56 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: the odd clutch spring
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3207
the odd clutch spring
i was dooing my clutch and noticed an odd spring between the 7th fiber plate and 8th steel one. it looked a big washer, the diamater of one of the plates, but thiner. it was wavy so it pushed the plates apart. when i put the new barnet clutch in, it all bareley fit in with the spring in. once all to...
- Sun Nov 10, 2002 5:17 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: are wheelies bad????
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9725
billet basket
ok, im sold, ill start to look for one. question on it, do i need to tear down the engine to put the clutch basket in???? im not looking forward to spliting the cases. <br><br>zoid <p></p><i></i>
- Sun Oct 20, 2002 1:47 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: are wheelies bad????
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9725
are wheelies bad????
i ride about 150 miles a day, and some times do wheelies, i used to just launch it hard from the start, and it would come up. i dont ride it, just bring it up, then down. but now, i get to a crawling pace, pull in the clutch, rev up to like 5k, fether the clutch, and gas it smoothley. <br><br>i dont...
- Tue Oct 08, 2002 12:52 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: Hot in town???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14234
hot
is it running lean down low??? mine does that when my jetting is off in that direction.<br><br>zoid <p></p><i></i>
- Sun Sep 22, 2002 8:17 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: Oil consumption to high ?????
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5902
more on that honeing thing
wow, i didnt know that!!! my tight, non oil burning 90 fzr1000 needed a seccond gear, i took it to a local shop who (or couse) took it all the way down to swap the gears, and shift fork. while it was appart, i asked if i could get a light hone, and new rings. the shop tole me the cylinders look perf...
- Sat Sep 14, 2002 2:29 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: more on the magical air box
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4805
Re: more on the magical air box
what thread was that that you chatted about it, what air filter do you use with your trick air box??? if i just made a decision between the stock air box, and individual filters, is the same info true, or does it lean twards the individuals more than??? i really dont want to loose that great mid ran...
- Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:49 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: more on the magical air box
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4805
Re: more on the magical air box
thank you, that is deffinetley food for thought, do you have a drop in filter??? <br><br>zoid <p></p><i></i>
- Thu Sep 12, 2002 1:09 am
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: more on the magical air box
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4805
more on the magical air box
i was bored, so i did the airbox drilling, and pulled the smog on my bike. i know ive covered this allready, but this is going somewhere. <br><br>the bike runs tons better, and think now the bike runs rich from the factory in the middle. anyway, looking at the air box i was thinking, is this thing r...
- Mon Aug 12, 2002 11:45 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4317
Re: head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
thanks, i was thinking of sending the head out to lap the valves, and replace the seals, or can i do this also??? did you notice a power gain??? did you have to rejet again??? did you do any polishing????? yes i was going to do the rings also.<br><br>thanks again for the tip, please more though.<br>...
- Sat Aug 10, 2002 12:12 pm
- Forum: Tech Tips
- Topic: head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4317
head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
im starting work on my seccond motor, the motor that sucked a quart of oil each few hundred miles. anyhoo, i wanted to port and do a three angle valve job, i was going to send it out, but a buddie was telling me, i can do allot of the work via a dremmel. <br><br>he said that its pretty easy to pull ...