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Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:03 am
by ttc
They should have changed it to Synthetic at 1000km, that is normal practice.
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:50 am
by Johnnie5
ttc wrote:They should have changed it to Synthetic at 1000km, that is normal practice.
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:55 am
by Black Magic
Not sure what they should have done- all i know is what they did do-
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:58 am
by Black Magic
Not sure what they should have done- all i know is what they did do-
it had mineral oil put in at the 1000km service. The guy in the shop agreed with us that it should be on synthetic oil now. Not sure, but it's working much better.
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:34 am
by z900/zx9
You see soll oils aint oils
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:37 pm
by brendanzxr
yeh what rob said take it back to dealer they'll fix the problem
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:36 pm
by Neilp
Johnnie5 wrote:
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
If the rings aren't bedded in by around 200 K's on modern sport bikes it isn't going to happen!
Neil
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:27 pm
by Johnnie5
Neilp wrote:Johnnie5 wrote:
normal ? where ?
normal is to run mineral oil to at least 6K for decent ring bed in
If the rings aren't bedded in by around 200 K's on modern sport bikes it isn't going to happen!
Neil
true
but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:58 pm
by MiG
Johnnie5 wrote:
but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
Have you got any proof that the rest of the engine is machined so poorly that it needs to be run for thousands of ks? Funny considering that racing engines don't even live that long.
Re: Gearbox issue
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:31 pm
by Johnnie5
MiG wrote:Johnnie5 wrote:
but its not just rings that need to bed in properly
Have you got any proof that the rest of the engine is machined so poorly that it needs to be run for thousands of ks? Funny considering that racing engines don't even live that long.
there is no proof and no mention that things are machined so 'poorly' as you put it
majority of the run in happens in the first 1K , but engines tend to run better as they approach the 10K mark or further depending on the brand