Kano's Projects Z1000R and KZ1000J's

lol.
to save money i cut down several bushings and filed them to fit.
filing off 1 mm takes ages !!!


did install hydrolic clutch.
being a pain to bleed got a tip from jeff at z1.
gonna try it at the weekend.

I want one of those hydraulic clutches, anyone who knows about some lying around. :laugh:

Nice work.

Dont hold back now. whats the clutch bleeding tip?

I bought a zrx clutch set up and fabed it to fit under the stock cover. i wont be installing it for a while though. i'm too cheep to buy the new line and have too many other things to do first.
the zrx has a 3 bolt patern, a zx7 has 2.what yr and model is yours off?

Yeah, I want to know the clutch-bleed tip, also. Plus, anyone use one of those hydraulic clutch conversions, yet? If so, what impressions can you give?

Kano, you do better work w/o a job than I do WITH one! Keep it up, man!
-KR

the slave was a replacement sent by seller so not sure what bike it came off exactly.
im gonna try bleeding it tomorrow,
thx for keeping my spirits up guys i appreciate it more than you know!

having the bleeder on the bottom makes it a bi+c# to bleed.you can either take it and get it oriented with the bleeder on the top(because air goes to the top of the chamber) and then try to bleed it,or try using an pumper oil can and some vacum hose and fill the can with brake fluid and put the hose on the nozzle(wired on) and the other end over the "open" bleeder and start squeezin the can to force the fluid up into the reservoir and do what is known as "upbleeding".that is the way we bleed forklift brakes,quick fast and in a hurry.hth my man!


leon holmes

kano wrote:

the slave was a replacement sent by seller so not sure what bike it came off exactly.
im gonna try bleeding it tomorrow,
thx for keeping my spirits up guys i appreciate it more than you know!

Kano,
Hey brother, one of the things to consider is that everytime one of us chimes in about your build, it's just our way of saying that we admire what you're doing. In my case I wish I had some of your skills as we clearly share similar tastes (to the extent that my wife even likes seeing your bike!). But probably for about every single 'post' you read from us, there are likely about 10 guys who have this thread tagged for 'notification' everytime somebody posts. It's a respect thing and we respect you and when you're down = we are down. So, we may not be in your back yard, and we may not be on your resume as references; but we are behind you, smackin' you on the back, screamin' "Go man, go!" at the top of our collective lungs rooting for you to get back on your horse.
So, go get 'em man, and everytime you see one of our posts, let it put a little more wind in your sails and help you get your game-face back on. There may be a bit of water between you and some of us...but we got your back...at least mentally.

-KR

once again bdakaw speaks the truth :laugh: .

leon holmes

thx guys,
after reading your inspiring words i headed off to the garage feeling confident.
had to finish a job on the wife's windstar :blink: first but that went well and in no time it was all fixed and i was able to tackle the clutch.

i unattached the clutch line from the frame to remove any chance of a pinched hose,
unbolted the slave from its mounting and flipped it so the bleed nipple was pointing it up,
with a clam and a bushing i clamped the slave's piston all the way in.
then commenced with the bleeding i was surprised with how much air was still in the line but it all came out in no time and pressure from the piston was noticeable by watching the clamp.
bolted it back in place and pumped the clutch with my finger tucked in on the clutch push rod and we have movement.

i had already checked the clutch actuator to see just how much travel it had and I'd say between 8 - 10mm.

i have probably 4mm of travel so i possibly need to get a standard length push rod as mine was cut down for the pmfr bracket to be installed a couple of years ago.

first tip if you have a friend get him or her to help you as there is a lot going on. :blink:



my clutch resivour was small tiny in fact, so i forgot to check it :blush: a couple of times and i had to start again lol. :S

my clutch line is 48 inches long so it can take a while to bleed it all the way.

wasn't sure what i was supposed to feel on the pull but i can report that its about in between the brake and a cable actuated clutch in feel, and you really can feel the rod push in..

so if this helps anyone cool, on a side note with the ape clutch springs i fitted a couple of weeks ago the pull may still be to much for my old arthritic hands only time will tell.:woohoo:

Ha! Knew you'd be back on your horse in no time. I'm really looking forward to how that hydraulic clutch works out, especially with the beefy clutch that you have. It sounds like a great way to overcome the uber-resistance that a re-inforced big-spring clutch produces.
Keep it comin', man!
-KR

531blackbanshee wrote:

once again bdakaw speaks the truth :laugh: .

leon holmes

I second that.

I know its late but...have you ever considered a speed bleeder....they make them for bleeding the brakes but I am sure they would work here se well...its a bleed screw with a ckeck valve/ball in it.
once you had it initialy bled...you could repace it with the original...you would need to bleed it again but it would be quick.
hope this helps someone.....

OH...smokin Bike.... really like what you have done.