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by bikeazoid
Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:31 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: headlight (the continuing saga of)
Replies: 4
Views: 3409

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>
by bikeazoid
Tue Sep 30, 2003 9:29 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: Knocking and De-restriction
Replies: 9
Views: 5037

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 ...
by bikeazoid
Mon Sep 08, 2003 1:27 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: grinding the swing arm???
Replies: 4
Views: 3270

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 ...
by bikeazoid
Sat May 17, 2003 5:13 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: FZR clutch
Replies: 5
Views: 3880

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...
by bikeazoid
Sat May 03, 2003 12:45 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: Hi 2 U all... A few questions, if I may :-)
Replies: 9
Views: 5183

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...
by bikeazoid
Tue Jan 07, 2003 1:35 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: air cleaner box mod
Replies: 1
Views: 2806

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 ...
by bikeazoid
Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:56 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: the odd clutch spring
Replies: 1
Views: 2793

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...
by bikeazoid
Sun Nov 10, 2002 5:17 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: are wheelies bad????
Replies: 12
Views: 8415

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>
by bikeazoid
Sun Oct 20, 2002 1:47 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: are wheelies bad????
Replies: 12
Views: 8415

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...
by bikeazoid
Tue Oct 08, 2002 12:52 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: Hot in town???
Replies: 29
Views: 11644

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>
by bikeazoid
Sun Sep 22, 2002 8:17 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: Oil consumption to high ?????
Replies: 6
Views: 5087

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...
by bikeazoid
Sat Sep 14, 2002 2:29 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: more on the magical air box
Replies: 5
Views: 4281

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...
by bikeazoid
Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:49 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: more on the magical air box
Replies: 5
Views: 4281

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>
by bikeazoid
Thu Sep 12, 2002 1:09 am
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: more on the magical air box
Replies: 5
Views: 4281

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...
by bikeazoid
Mon Aug 12, 2002 11:45 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
Replies: 3
Views: 3799

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>...
by bikeazoid
Sat Aug 10, 2002 12:12 pm
Forum: Tech Tips
Topic: head work (chuckD, must read!!!)
Replies: 3
Views: 3799

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 ...