No longer a happy rider

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Re: No longer a happy rider

17 May 2013 16:46
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HOGEATER wrote: Are you POSITIVE you hear noise from the engine and NOT your DRIVE chain?? You said you could hear it when you rock the rear wheel back and forth, your DRIVE chain could be REAL loose and hitting the swingarm , if so I'd replace a chain that loose!!!

The PRIMARY chains on the KAWs are ALMOST bulletproof. I had a Z1000 with close to 90K miles and it was USED and ABUSED but NEVER had PRIMARY noise!!



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? I agree about the primary chains being nearly bulletproof, but I didn't know KZ1000's used them. I thought they used gears. Ed
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Re: No longer a happy rider

17 May 2013 16:53
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HOGEATER wrote: Are you POSITIVE you hear noise from the engine and NOT your DRIVE chain?? You said you could hear it when you rock the rear wheel back and forth, your DRIVE chain could be REAL loose and hitting the swingarm , if so I'd replace a chain that loose!!!

The PRIMARY chains on the KAWs are ALMOST bulletproof. I had a Z1000 with close to 90K miles and it was USED and ABUSED but NEVER had PRIMARY noise!!



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kz750F1 is a shaft drive, still waiting for nicer weather to clean the carbs again and sync to make sure that is not the issue
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Re: No longer a happy rider

17 May 2013 18:23
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MY BAD, I was thinking the 750 was chain like the 650.


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Re: No longer a happy rider

11 Jun 2013 19:58
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Is it too late to recommend starter clutch noise, or have you taken it apart already?

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