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This GPX600 rider is:
A) Desperately trying to reduce the Coefficient of Drag
B) Examining the aerodynamic properties of the fuel cap
C) Reading the Amazon Prime returns policy fine-print after a bitter legal dispute with the
local council over the definition of ...

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These Jappy chappies are:
A) Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of the GPX750R
B) Celebrating the "X" in "GPX"
C) Celebrating the 10th anniversay of their GPX club
D) Disciples of a new form of motorised martial arts

The neatest correct entry wins eternal praise ...

A few observations from a non-owner, take it with a grain of salt:

Thermostat
The webike article linked to shows the pic of a thermostat with 82deg on it and then contradict
themselves by stating "The valve opening temperature is imprinted on the main body of the
thermostat, and the case of this ...

Yep, NGK made in Japan. Thats why stupid me went and got a coil, i cleaned up the plug anyway, and presumed it wasnt the plug, cause i have never had a plug fail.
Hmm, a bit fishy how the problem moved with the coil. Still, a fix is a fix.

I'm half looking into the so-called "stick coils" for the ...

KiwiMat wrote:Turns out it was spark plug, not coils, 4 new plugs, back on 4 cylinders, can get on with balancing carbs now.

Was this a jap spark plug? I can't remember the last time I've seen a jap plug fail.

thats a case in point.. different fuel brands react differently
And it will vary with geography. The fuel you get in a far north Queensland summer may be different to the mix you get in the depths of a Tasmaninan winter, and then there is the anti-sniffing Opal fuel in remoter areas.

learnt ...

Hi Kiwimat . Seems like you found the issue. Whether you change all the coils is up to your finances. I would be inclined to buy one and see if that really fixes the issue and if so maybe buy another one to keep spare. At least you have a nice visible part number on the coil to search with.

To the ...

Had one of these 40 years ago traded in my 750 Suzuki water bottle on her.40 years ago bloody hell :shock:
Back in them days a front mudguard was designed to keep crap off the engine.

The test of any good bike is wishing you still had it. My only foray into the GS series was a GS400B which proved ...

Welcome aboard.
You may have noticed that you won't need to strap in for a wild roller-coaster of a ride here.

Any ideas on what Kawasaki you are wanting?

Things were a bit quiet this year. The lack of a loud band was actually a welcome relief.
There are a lot of events (motorcycle and not) competing for attention around this time of year. I would have liked to have got out to the Steamrail Victoria open day at Newport Workshops, or even the annual ...

I see the CCJMC is holding its main annual event on Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend.
The weather for Sunday looks decent and the Austrian Club in Heidelberg West is a nice venue with good coffee and tucker.
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Smitty wrote:... first thing I did with mine (as the switch block kept playing up)

What was it doing?

While the tank is off I figured I might as well clean the right hand switchblock.
Such is life with an old bike, it is easy to be consumed by the "might-as-wells".
I just wanted to check the condition of the contacts and renew the dirty old grease. It came up nice.
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I used POR15 kit (just search ebay about $100) which is a 3-step process to line the tank:

I'll keep that in mind.

It had worked well the past 2 years but after some more reading there is a debate whether to line or simply remove rust using typical acid (posporic, etc) plenty from bunnings.

I ...

We can't lose the archive of knowledge that members have spent many years building, and something faecesbook can't do.
I vaguely remember similar opinions when forums took over from mailing lists and USENET newsgroups, and when mailing lists and USENET took over from message boards.
I was active ...