It must be great doing bike Maintenance ever six months, but when you have a couple of bikes on the road then every month becomes Maintenance Month! During November and December the zx9r’s have been getting the bulk of love with maintenance and a small collection of new parts. Last Read more…
The year is nearly at an end and its time for an update. November has seen me purchase some larger jets for the z650 and put the carburetors back together. While I was at it one of my ZX9R’s picked up a constant miss-fire issue and a strip down revealed Read more…
Hidden out of site, this chain drives the Alternator and has two adjustment points, one manual and one automatic.
Updated 2023-06-29 Just 30klm shy of completing our 6000klm ride from Brisbane to Tasmania and back (in March 2019), I snapped my chain on the freeway. I was travelling at 100klm/hr and felt the chain change pitch, I slowed down to 80 but obviously not quick enough, next the clutch Read more…
This is my full-proof, gentle and non-destructive way to disassemble a master cylinder (in this case a GPz900R MC). Over time they become seized due to water absorption and oxidation issues. For a project bike I needed a Clutch and Front Brake master cylinder, I have collected a few over Read more…
Introduction Bearings are subject to wear like any other part of a Motorcycle, however they are under considerably more strain and therefore should be replaced at least every 10 years from my experience. Before you can begin to remove your old worn out wheel bearings and replace them with new Read more…
The GPz900R is a bearing suppliers dream! With Wheel and Swingarm bearings requiring replacement at least once in each bikes lifetime. On a GPz900R you have standard wheel bearings that Kawasaki and most bike manufacturers use and hence they are carried by virtually all quality bearing suppliers. Where the GPz90Rr Read more…
When I first opened up the cylinder head cover of a GPz900R many years ago I was surprised to see something I first saw in the late 70’s on a Honda CB750… “Rocker Arms” sitting over the camshafts, but with two valve adjustments on them due the the 16 valve Read more…
Motorcycle electrical system are generally considered a black art by most riders. Although fairly robust, when they do fail the charging and ignition systems present the most headache and generally rate at the top of most forum questions (next to “what oil should I use?”). Types of Charging systems Although Read more…
Background I was riding to work one morning on the zed when I applied the front brake only to hear a loud clunk sound and see something fly from the front. I stopped carefully and discovered one of the caliper mounts had broken. I quickly located the missing piece and Read more…