Maintenance Day On The ZX9R

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Maintenance Day On The ZX9R

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Had a full on maintenance day on the 9 and the 14 today with Seiko!

started playing with the beast's at around 10:30am and finished at 6:30pm

seiko spent the full day shining the shit out of his 14 while i stripped the hell out of the 9 :shock:

front fairings, side and bellypan came off, then moved onto the ripping the tank off. cleaned the air filter (was caked up with so much shit :roll:) cut and trimmed the wires from my neons and power socket, cleaned out so much greese and shit from around the chain and sprockets. Then finally moves onto the cleaning :D , all over scrub with the toothbrush and soft wash which moved onto the maguires polish (she's shiney now!) :lol: im amazed in how well that brings up the shine to your bike :kuda:

was a great day even after finding that there was hidden flaws underneith the fairings, like missing fairing bolts, the radiator guard twist tied to the.......through the radiator :roll: , bolt heads snapping off ect ect......... :lol:

next mission...........adjust the suspention :kuda:







Huge Thanks To Seiko For The Help Today And For The Use Of Your Tools And Cleaning Gear...........Cheers Buddy :kuda:
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You know 11-12 years later and these 9's are still a shit hot sexy machine, in any colour! (gotta love green tho!)
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well said bigfella :kuda:
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Nothing better and more satisfying then a full day cleaning! 8)

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Thanks for the grease I trapesed through the house on my shoes :kuda: :lol:
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Supafrog wrote:Nothing better and more satisfying then a full day cleaning! 8)

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Nothing more unsatisfying when you've spent a whole day cleaning and detailing your bike and the very next ride you take it on it rains :P Happens to me without fail just about every time :lol:
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zip ties and gaffa tape are the way of the future. my old bike was held together by the stuff.

seriously, what is there that zip ties can't do. I eliminated 2 rattles on the 6 the other day with a couple of zip ties. Bike was really giving me the shits at 5k RPM (which is where I usually sit when riding calmly) had 2 seperate rattles. fixed now :)
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This stuff (and equivalent) are also the way of the future :D
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Kawawog wrote:
Supafrog wrote:Nothing better and more satisfying then a full day cleaning! 8)

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Nothing more unsatisfying when you've spent a whole day cleaning and detailing your bike and the very next ride you take it on it rains :P Happens to me without fail just about every time :lol:
my 9 is an everyday commuter, unfortunatly i cant avoid that, rain hail or shine im out in it, sometimes it makes you think...............why :lol:
but at least she's pretty........... until the weather kicks in :D
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insane wrote:zip ties and gaffa tape are the way of the future. my old bike was held together by the stuff.

seriously, what is there that zip ties can't do. I eliminated 2 rattles on the 6 the other day with a couple of zip ties. Bike was really giving me the shits at 5k RPM (which is where I usually sit when riding calmly) had 2 seperate rattles. fixed now :)
cant forget the good old eletrical tape! :lol:
my front left indacator is now half held on by the stuff :roll:
due to the nose cone falling off the chair yesterday :(
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seiko1 wrote:Thanks for the grease I trapesed through the house on my shoes :kuda: :lol:
i refuse to take responsiblity for my actions.............. :lol: :lol: :lol:
DUNDEE!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I now have the ZX9R 98-99 workshop manual....... ;)
I printed the rear shock adjustment settings :kuda:
Whenever you're ready I'm home......missus stuffed up the sportsday dates, it's not til next week :roll:
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88-89??????

They didn't exist then did they?
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Supafrog wrote:88-89??????

They didn't exist then did they?
Fixed :D
Obviously suffering from withdrawal :lol:
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seiko1 wrote:Obviously suffering from withdrawal :lol:

Maybe.... :cry:
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