Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:19 pm
I have ridden mine fairly err ......carefully....errrr throughout it's ownership, and used a errrr sedate....errr method of running it in. (warmed it up and thrashed it to within an inch of it's life 
) It now has 8500klms on it (been spending too much time on the racer, and Melbourne's weather really sucks 
) and i have not had any problems whatsoever with it. I must admit that I run a special oil though. It is called NEO synthetic. It's an american oil, diesther based apparently 
and works a treat. I have been using it for ten years and never had any lubrication related wear issues. I use it in my racers too 
I troll the US forum occasionally and they also have few if any faults to report. Mostly it's operator error that I read about.
) It now has 8500klms on it (been spending too much time on the racer, and Melbourne's weather really sucks ) and i have not had any problems whatsoever with it. I must admit that I run a special oil though. It is called NEO synthetic. It's an american oil, diesther based apparently and works a treat. I have been using it for ten years and never had any lubrication related wear issues. I use it in my racers too
I troll the US forum occasionally and they also have few if any faults to report. Mostly it's operator error that I read about.
Thu Sep 08, 2005 1:22 am
mine is running like a dream,
only issue I had was the damn gear lever bolt vibrating loose and falling out! I was stuck in 2nd or 3rd until I got to my mates place and put a temp one in. I then loctite'd the hell out of the replacement one when I got it!
Other than that it has been great
only issue I had was the damn gear lever bolt vibrating loose and falling out! I was stuck in 2nd or 3rd until I got to my mates place and put a temp one in. I then loctite'd the hell out of the replacement one when I got it!
Other than that it has been great
Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:47 am
swabio-ACT wrote:only issue I had was the damn gear lever bolt vibrating loose and falling out!
the same thing happened to a friend of mine who bought his ZX6 a couple of months before me...something worth watchnng out for.
Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:00 am
Yeah, it sucked! I was not very damn happy at all, just lucky it was in a gear that I could ride a decent pace and still take off reasonably ok withough having to ride the hellout of the clutch
Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:25 pm
Mines starting to get a Cam Chain rattle and i've only done around 300kms on the new fella.
Am I just being paranoid or just wait till the 1000km service and ask them then?
Am I just being paranoid or just wait till the 1000km service and ask them then?
Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:13 pm
Its porbably not a cam chain noise Stu, they are noisey bastatrds. Mine was noisy (rattley) as all hell, did the oil cahnge about 10 mins ago and its as quiet as a church mouse........till I twist my wrist 