ZX6R Mutation

so the bike runs like shit bogs down at anything over about 50km/h... i assume this is because its not getting enough air? i thought it might run a bit shit, but not this shit, almost came to a stop in the lane cove tunnel it was going that slow

hmmmm, does the zx6r have the carb balancing hse thingies in the intake ducts?

anyone with a 9 will be able to show you what im talking about.

was there any hosey things inside the air intake??

yeah ive got a balancer tube, its sticking out the front of the bike at the moment...

and yeah glenno thats what i thought...

Gos' bike is fuel injected.

Those little balancer tune things do something for the carbys

Looks like the bike is gonna have to stay in the garage for a bit

That sounds weird mate. Gos's barge runs fine wasteland style. I can't see that Ram Air does that much, particularly down low. I reckon it's something else.

It was struggling down the straight without the ram air. Even 600's were going past him.

I'm thinkin I'll have a peep under the tank to see if anything has come loose in the airbox area... Otherwise it'll probably need re jetting...

I had that trouble on my 9 once and it was that the balancer tubes had come loose.
(or I didn't refit them properly)
One was loose on the metal end (front) - the other loose at the carb

Thanks Ty, I'm hoping that's the problem, I may have yanked the front breather tube whilst removing everything else!

so nothing wrong under the tank/airbox... back to square one... got no real idea where i'll go from here, maybe turn it into a trackbike

so nothing wrong under the tank/airbox... back to square one... got no real idea where i'll go from here, maybe turn it into a trackbike

Plenty of bikes have been 'fightered' so surely a trusted mechanic could sort this out for not much outlay?

Last edited by tim on Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

ok, minor update... shrek snorkels were removed and the bike now runs much better (still kinda shit), id be guessing i now need to rejet/change the needles, to get a proper A/F ratio... at least its rideable above 40km/h now

You need the bike to go above 50klms an hour to be a track bike
Does it start up ok? Pull the choke on while it's running see if it's lean???