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Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:41 pm
by Monstrous
Higher quality running video.


Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:07 am
by Mori Man
Good Colour :smt023

Double bubble screen mini indy's and I like your funky Green hoses too !

Have to say if mine rattled like that I would be a wee bit concerned - what mileage is it reading?

Was that it creating a smoke cloud down your street in the night shot?

Oh, and do you live in Neilston?

:smt006 MM!

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:36 am
by masterofinsanity
did you paint the hoses??

cool Tee shirt!

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:41 pm
by Monstrous
masterofinsanity wrote:did you paint the hoses??

cool Tee shirt!
Cheers! Seen 'em live a few times now.

Hoses simply have green tape round em, done it to see what it would look like if painted and just left it :) .
Mori Man wrote:Good Colour :smt023

Double bubble screen mini indy's and I like your funky Green hoses too !

Have to say if mine rattled like that I would be a wee bit concerned - what mileage is it reading?

Was that it creating a smoke cloud down your street in the night shot?

Oh, and do you live in Neilston?

:smt006 MM!
Mileage is about 20k, that was the smoke cloud, but it was very cold that night and was just started after being flooded (extra fuel = extra smoke?).

Nope, not even sure where that is, Clydebank I live in.

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:35 pm
by zimm
that sounds fecked


something in the topend isnt right .. cam follower ? camchain guide ?





looks nice though :)

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:08 pm
by Monstrous
zimm wrote:that sounds fecked


something in the topend isnt right .. cam follower ? camchain guide ?





looks nice though :)
I keep getting different says on this.

A neighbour who says it's typical Kawasaki, two guys from other bike forums (one of them is on here) say it sounds the same as theirs.

I'll take it to a garage when I get my full licence and see what they think.

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:48 pm
by jake
like others have said get it looked at mate.
zxr's sometimes are harmlessly noisey, but its the clutch that rattles on them, i noticed you pulled your clutch in on the vid there, and the noise did'nt go....
probs only cam related, but worth sortin before it causes more serious probs.

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:11 pm
by masterofinsanity
someone could have warned me it gets loud after 10 secs... just woke the house up.

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:25 pm
by Monstrous
masterofinsanity wrote:someone could have warned me it gets loud after 10 secs... just woke the house up.
It's not budgie powered :) .

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:29 am
by Mori Man
Monstrous wrote: I keep getting different says on this.
A neighbour who says it's typical Kawasaki, two guys from other bike forums (one of them is on here) say it sounds the same as theirs.
I'll take it to a garage when I get my full licence and see what they think.
There's plenty info around here as to how and check it, if your competent with tools give it a go.

Even if you only remove the cam cover and take close up shot's of your cam's and rocker arms and post up, we'll be only to happy to rip into them :smt002

You'll get info on how to move the rocker arms away and view the pad on them - if your not using the bike daily it's worth doing just now and only costs a bit of your time.

Even if it turns out to be something sinister there' enough knowledge round here for you to sort it yourself. Hopefully it's just needing a damn good service, when you said it was flooded out are you having starting problem's with it? As long as your not getting that smoke cloud every time you fire it up cold then there's nothing to worry about.

My own bike sat for 3yrs and only smoked momentarily while it burnt off the carb cleaner when I got it running again and the clutch doesn't make that much noise that I feel the need to pull in the lever (Which I do before starting as there's no point in the starter motor spinning that too). It's a runner so your starting from a good place :smt001

MM!

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:32 pm
by Monstrous
If it helps at all, the clicking noise seems to be coming from under the fuel tank, about half way along it ?

Re: Aloha from Glasgow

Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:11 pm
by diesel
lewisdale wrote:nice bike, shame about the hair cut :pmsl


oi oi only cos u is bald. nowt wrong with long hair ya nuffer ;)