DeadX6 - Needs new engine!!!!!1

[Disco]

Kinda not surprised glen if it is an '07 plated bike .....I had a few gremlin's when I bought my six (the first time) knew something didn't sound right and after a bit of research on US forum's there was a lot of occurances of them dropping valves from worn/deformed valve bucket's from a lack of oil pressure to the head....The '08 even though the same model came out with a different head with larger oil port's apparently and this is what kawasaki put in my bike at a cost to them of over 5k + labour ....

They originally took it in for the rocker cover gasket under warrenty and noticed my pharked valve bucket's

[robracer]

Shit guys thats bad news

[tim]

FARK

[hoffy]

Fark !!

[MadKaw]

Fark !!

I concur...!!..

[Six Addict]

bugger glen, if you change ya mind, im here till tomorrow morning

i hope chris enjoys himself on the gumby anyways!!

[Wattie]

Glen, I would not rule out warranty on it. Maybe give John at mornington a call. If it is a known issue as disco mentioned you could have a valid claim.

[tim]

It's a good point Wattie.

When we talked about it today Glen I forgot to mention about how the rocker cover gasket kit was replaced under the "recall" program on mine even tho it's a rwo also..... but I left that little detail out in my discussions with the dealer.

Difference is mine's obviously a roadie, the deadX6 is a trackie and depends if you wanna go through ALLLLLL of that work to reverse that.

Warranty claim conditions may be different, but I get the feeling that if you've got a dealer batting for you with the big K you might be in with a chance... you could try Kelens also? They did say to me how that kind of work is a PITA beacuse they don't recover much of the cost back from K.A.

[hoffy]

Put the roady fairings on it and take it to Kawasaki dealer..Not that the fairings should matter..

[Wattie]

I wouldnt even bother with the road gear. John told me it wouldn't be a problem when we discussed the crank in the Gumby

[Blurr]

shit Glen, thats shit hourse news. Time for a Mozzie me thinks

So who is riding the roadie?

[Glen]

shit Glen, thats shit hourse news. Time for a Mozzie me thinks

So who is riding the roadie?

That'd be me. He's had a crash and a lunched engine in twelve months, you think I'm going to hand him the keys to the classic

[Glen]

I tried to give John a call but he's in tassie racing.

If you can get a friendly dealer ie John then you might get a warranty claim up. Jaimie Aitken once told me they'd look after warranty issues for me.

As for putting road gear back on it and registering it, I don't have much of the road gear left anyway and to some extent I couldn't be bothered. In the end it'd probably cost me more then a motor out of the states anyway.

Best I've had via findapart so far is $2800 plus freight for one with 12000klm's on it out of Perth and one for $3000 exchange out of Vic.


I thik I'm just going to google Bike wreckers in the US and UK

[MadKaw]

Theres a couple on ebay. I'm sure you've already checked though..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/07-08-ZX ... ccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Kawasaki ... ccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/08-Kawas ... ccessories

[tim]

yup had a look, cylinder 3 intake valve looks like someone's making metal soup with valve balls

airbox full of shards

Theres a couple on ebay. I'm sure you've already checked though..

Now we're talking Dave..... if you're gonna go this route time to start checking engine numbers.... I've got a feeling the 08 engine is that much more because it's an 08.