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Gearbox issue
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Re: Gearbox issue
by ttc » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:03 am
They should have changed it to Synthetic at 1000km, that is normal practice.
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Johnnie5 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:50 am
ttc wrote:They should have changed it to Synthetic at 1000km, that is normal practice.
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Black Magic » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:55 am
Not sure what they should have done- all i know is what they did do-
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Black Magic » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:58 am
Not sure what they should have done- all i know is what they did do-
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
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Re: Gearbox issue
by z900/zx9 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:34 am
You see soll oils aint oils 
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Re: Gearbox issue
by brendanzxr » Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:37 pm
yeh what rob said take it back to dealer they'll fix the problem 
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Neilp » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:36 pm
Johnnie5 wrote:
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
If the rings aren't bedded in by around 200 K's on modern sport bikes it isn't going to happen!
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Johnnie5 » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:27 pm
Neilp wrote:Johnnie5 wrote:
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
If the rings aren't bedded in by around 200 K's on modern sport bikes it isn't going to happen!
Neil
true
but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
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Re: Gearbox issue
by MiG » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:58 pm
Johnnie5 wrote:but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
Have you got any proof that the rest of the engine is machined so poorly that it needs to be run for thousands of ks? Funny considering that racing engines don't even live that long.
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Re: Gearbox issue
by Johnnie5 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:31 pm
MiG wrote:Johnnie5 wrote:but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
Have you got any proof that the rest of the engine is machined so poorly that it needs to be run for thousands of ks? Funny considering that racing engines don't even live that long.
there is no proof and no mention that things are machined so 'poorly' as you put it
majority of the run in happens in the first 1K , but engines tend to run better as they approach the 10K mark or further depending on the brand
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