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New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:38 pm
by matt6
Hi Guys,
Just registered and though I would say hi. My ride is a zx-6r F1, have had it for about 5 years now and been tinkering with it most of that time! Due to time pressures my rides are normally resticted to those relatively close to the eastern burbs of Melbourne but luckily that includes some nice swervery. Looking forward to having a good look through your site and hopefully even contributing something useful from time to time.
Matt
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 12:41 pm
by dutchy
Hi and welcome to KSRC
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 1:43 pm
by Smitty
gidday and welcome
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:26 pm
by robracer
Hi Matt welcome to KSRC
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 5:39 pm
by JetPilot
GDay Matt, welcome to the best site on the net.
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:18 pm
by gpxpunk
Welcome Matt, enjoy the site
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:19 pm
by Cwidova
welcome matt
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:58 pm
by penno
Welcome Matt!!
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 8:01 pm
by smithy5
Welcome Matt.......... any pic's of your "5 years of tinkering"
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:54 am
by Stace
Hi Mate, Welcome to KSRC
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:12 am
by matt6
Thanks guys for the welcomes, great stuff!! As far as photos, I wouldn't have even half an idea how to put them up, but it looks pretty much like an old green & white zx-6r!!
The brakes were the first main area of improvement, I started off with a simple bleed and ended up doing a full rebuild on both calipers. The difference was amazing, the icing on the cake was some EBC HH C compond pads. The thing actually stops now!!
Along the way I experienced some unusal tire wear with the 60 profile front, I was going thorugh two fronts to one back tyre which caused some confused looks at the workshop. We changed to a 70 series front, and shortly thereafter I dropped the forks through approx 12mm to keep the rake the same. What a difference, something approaching conventional tyre wear and turn-in is much improved.
More recetly been through the whole battery / rectifier saga, all fixed, got a new rec/reg from Brighton Kawasaki and checked out the alternator resistance & output and all is going fine.
I will keep an eye on your "rides" section for any rides coming up in Melbourne.
Matt
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:18 am
by Stace
If your anywhere near the Brighton area mate there are a few of us round here. Just watch out for Smitty, His known to DRIVE to ride meet points in his jim jams lol
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 11:49 pm
by gigksrc
welcome mat (yep thats good)
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:04 pm
by ijuschill
HI matt Welcome to a great forum
Re: New guy (Melb)
Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 10:29 pm
by kt750
Welcome!!