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ok.

cos when i was looking around i'd seen actual guages that look like a speedo/tacho. I though thats what u meant.

the carbtune is good. I've investigated it but too pricey.

ahh yes, those things

well you're welcome to use the carbtune if you want (I prefer not to lend tools
out, but I ...

do the vacuum guages work well or are the mecury ones better

well, "vacuum guages" really refers to the general category of devices that
measure vacuum, so mercury falls into that

the one I've got is a "carbtune II" and uses light metal rods - its more then
accurate enough to do carb sync ...

can I add to that ... take it easy and get into the habit of double-checking
everything... know the procedure before you start and think about whether
what's happening is sensible

I have a set of vacuum guages and feeler guages

if anyone wants some help with their carb sync and valve clearances, I respond
especially well to bribes involving home cooking and/or alcohol

(I'm also organising a spanner day in a few weeks from now if anyone is interested)

BUMP!

well it's been a long time, but I took the idea of carb balancing day and turned
into this:

http://www.netrider.net.au/forums/viewt ... 391f8d4461

mechanic reckons prem fouls plugs in bikes that aren't designed for it.

tho no one else i know who rides use regular unleaded!


I read somewhere that this could be caused by the motor running rich on premium and the carbs should be rejetted for it. I think it would be more a problem with 98 ...

This premium of course is Craptimax. Use it at your peril. It is shite. Every biker I know locally avoids it like the plague. Want all your oil 'washed' off the cylinder walls ?? Use Craptimax. The detergent additives are extremely effective. It has an 'anecdotal' reputation for a very good reason ...

what would be a reasonable changeover?? my 9 has 24000 kms and is in reasonable nick for its age?

I got offered about 5500 trade-in before haggling... good condition 95 model with 40k kms.

redbook price is pretty close to that:
http://www.redbook.com.au/mcycle/price.asp ...

Had a dragcar on the giggle once
wasnt that hard to do
but when it does go wrong shit happens really quick
like it wasnt running 100% one day threw flames out the scoop 6 feet
Dont think i'd want that to happen on a bike


I'd go turbo
once the ZX10R comes going to turbo the old GPZ1000RX and ...

tanyathecheeky wrote:androo androo androo


is this the bike you're trying to sell cos it's too fast already ??

hehe yeh, but its too wet and yukky to go for a proper ride and I'm resisting the urge to mod it, I swear

I suddenly have Vanilla ice/ice ice baby running through my head.

Of course substitute the word "rice" in there and your on the money.

how exactly do you classify a +40 or so HP mod as rice?

its not like my original post was "how much extra could I sell my bike for if I put a NOS sticker on ...

Androo, ur not a freind of Rob are u??..the dude from syd with the zx12r on nos....also use to have a bandit that was in Streetbike on nos...
the dude offered to do my blade, for less than $1k....im sure if ur interested, he could sort u out..i can get his details if u like...

nope, never met ...

MadFab wrote:think i already got i in the shed

fab

what, nos zx-9r??

Colette wrote:Why on earth would you want to do that?

fun project I'd be doing it all myself

I-K makes a pretty good point though...

just a random thought...

if I were to put together a fully working NOS setup on a B model ZX-9R,
would anyone pay a decent price for it?

I was thinking low enough to be reliable, but enough to make a busa-eater perhaps?