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Yeah .... well I also own a 95 Zx9 and she loves nothing better than Motul 5100 summer , winter , autumn or spring. It really does not get cold enough in Oz to justify a 0W-20 .... ZX9's have run just fine on 10W-40 mineral oil for over 15 years. A 5W-40 semi syn is more than enough to spoil her ...

Hmmm pretty sure we've been down this road once or twice before !?

Gday Furball welcome to KSRC

Everybody loves the 9

Ok
Forks have been re assembled and back in the bike with as accurately as possible measured amounts of 540 ml each fork . (assuming that I bled the old oil out of eack fork's damper valves evenly.).(Did not want to put the full 567mm amount in as the forks were not completely stripped and cleaned ...

Awesome thanks for that Mike

The bit that has me scratching my head is how do you check the oil level ? I know is says have the forks compressed and the spring out .. Not sure how the hell you do this whilst keeping the oil in !?

G'day lowfly
Just returned to KSRC after an extended hiatus !
Pretty decent bunch of guys n gals this lot

Hi Gos . Has been a while .
Next Question gurus . Am using Bellray 10W . coz that's what I have plenty of pretty sure with the forks fully compressed the oil level should be about 120mm from the top ??
Can anyone clarify / pics ?


Macca .... Dave .... anyone ?

Sorted !
Kawasaki decided to use a lot more loctite than usual on the damper rod bolt (8mm allen key in bottom of fork leg) . Another special service tool fabricated to spread the body from the tube plus 8mm extended allen key socket for rattle gun and we are in business :D Been a while since I've ...

I know they have been done to death ! I have mine off and kinda apart and appear to be suffering from oldtimers disease or something !? Any one got a link or pdf manual re 06 ZX10r fork seal replacement ??
I just can't remember how these come apart !?

hope everyone had a great Xmas

G day and welcome Muzz . Good to seen another WA rider .
Nothing wrong with the VN mate . just the thing for riding in my area for sure

You are wright for those times but viscosity is needed with hp Read this ;)


this bloke is just trying to sell the oil he stocks!
plus he is talking to americans (!) who drag race by my reading (i mean who else is putting nitrous on a zx14?)
the lack of science in the above is brain numbing ...

Not sure if you were aware but the oil viscosity you refer to is not only very rare in 2012 but suprising as it may seem did not actually exist to the general public at all in 1995. Strangely enough bikes like ZX9r managed to survive unblemished !?

PS I earned a trade certificate over 20 yrs ago ...

ps 84,ooo km just means she's now run in and you can start riding her with a little more 'spirit'

Yeah .... well I also own a 95 Zx9 and she loves nothing better than Motul 5100 summer , winter , autumn or spring. It really does not get cold enough in Oz to justify a 0W-20 .... ZX9's have run just fine on 10W-40 mineral oil for over 15 years. A 5W-40 semi syn is more than enough to spoil her ...