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Author: gray
Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:58 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Driving me mad, give me some ideas please!
Replies: 6
Views: 686

Re: Driving me mad, give me some ideas please!

if it revved ok before the work, its not likely to be the advance/ retard unit
Author: gray
Sat Jul 26, 2025 8:56 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Driving me mad, give me some ideas please!
Replies: 6
Views: 686

Re: Driving me mad, give me some ideas please!

What are the compressions like now? Is the airbox inlet free of obstructions? Is the exhaust coked up? Are 1 of the cams 1 tooth out?
Author: gray
Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:30 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Speedo / Tacho Reconditioning ?
Replies: 2
Views: 573

Re: Speedo / Tacho Reconditioning ?

or Peter Bond in London
Author: gray
Mon Jul 14, 2025 7:28 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: KZ1000A2 Low Compression
Replies: 6
Views: 896

Re: KZ1000A2 Low Compression

sounds like something stifling the engine - sock in the airbox, needles set too low, carbon buildup in the exhaust, or ignition not advancing.
Author: gray
Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:51 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Source of small oil leak?
Replies: 3
Views: 654

Re: Source of small oil leak?

chain lube especially if you've got a chain oiler will fling itself off the gearbox sprocket and run down the rear LHS of engine and then sump, causing these symptoms too.
Author: gray
Sat May 31, 2025 6:26 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Cable tie method for changing shims?
Replies: 7
Views: 802

Re: Cable tie method for changing shims?

Buy one it'll pay for itself the first time you use it. Any method that holds a valve open and then you rotate the crank risks another valve opening and hitting the open one - potentially bending both. The Kawasaki tool , once in place, will not let the cam ( and hence the crank) from going round to...
Author: gray
Mon May 12, 2025 6:46 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: fuel tap rubber seal/oring
Replies: 6
Views: 1926

Re: fuel tap rubber seal/oring

I think that's a round section O ring ( but I'm sure I will be corrected if wrong)
Author: gray
Sun May 11, 2025 6:39 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: fuel tap rubber seal/oring
Replies: 6
Views: 1926

Re: fuel tap rubber seal/oring

don't be tempted to use an o ring that's the right size. the seal has flat surfaces top and bottom where it presses against tank flange and tap face flange
Author: gray
Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:36 pm
Forum: Out and About
Topic: 28.03. - 02.04.2025 England & Trip with the ER6n
Replies: 3
Views: 4253

Re: 28.03. - 02.04.2025 England & Trip with the ER6n

Nice journey, thanks for the pics.
Gute Reise!
Author: gray
Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:06 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Fuel hose.
Replies: 5
Views: 2615

Re: Fuel hose.

make sure its resistant to ethanol in petrol - I have a notion that it should have a "J" as part of the code number on the side. (If I've got that letter wrong feel free to correct me)
Author: gray
Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:02 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Cracked Head
Replies: 10
Views: 3105

Re: Cracked Head

I remember seeing a comment on the website ( a long long time ago - decades ) that it didn't matter unless the crack extended all the way up the spark plug threads , from combustion chamber to outside world
Author: gray
Sat Mar 29, 2025 9:32 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: A4 carbs help
Replies: 15
Views: 5560

Re: A4 carbs help

I know this sounds a bit daft ... but brass bristle brush and tomato ketchup - it's apparently mildly acidic but washes off easily
Author: gray
Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:56 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Bike won't start!
Replies: 16
Views: 815169

Re: Bike won't start!

trove = to remove. bloody predictive text
Author: gray
Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:55 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Bike won't start!
Replies: 16
Views: 815169

Re: Bike won't start!

I agree with above - if the timing is 180 degrees out, then it won't start and you'll get the occasional backfire. Easy way to correct it is to trove the tank and swop the feeds to the coils. Each coil has 2 low tension input wires , one is (I think) yellow/ red and the other is some other colour. B...
Author: gray
Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:19 pm
Forum: Bike Help
Topic: Z900 a4 brake plate catching hub
Replies: 7
Views: 2041

Re: Z900 a4 brake plate catching hub

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