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(cheerleading on the sideline)
'79 KZ650B3 (stock)
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It lives! :woohoo:
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All valve/shims are between .003" and .004" so I'll leave it.
1156 miles now.
Bruce
1977 KZ1000A1
2016 Triumph T120 Bonneville
Far North East Metro Denver Colorado
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Couple marks at the top I can't get out. I have no idea what caused them.
Bad idea. Got stuck in the bores. Had to get them out and use the clamps alone.
I was so pissed, I forgot to show the deck height. It was even.
Tired of the end caps leaking. Was going to turn them around so the blue would show but they were discolored over time in the head. Had Manly stamped on them. I don't like advertising for someone else I don't know.
Had two tight valves. Had to use the 205 shim but the 235 I had on the intake needed a 220 and I have .002 clearance. Time for more shims. You can see the bat wing sticking out.
Going back together.
I wanted to take more time on this but my truck wouldn't start. The battery took a dump. It always happens when the weather changes. I'll dial it in tomorrow.
Steve
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So that is the reason for the rubber plug over the main jets?
Good to see it all getting buttoned up, nice to just do it rather than talking about it for years like me!
UK /USA translator: 'Nip', is that booze? :ohmy:
1980 Gpz550 D1, 1981 GPz550 D1. 1982 GPz750R1. 1983 z1000R R2. all four aces
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Live and learn. :whistle:
I've been talking about doing this for two years. :dry: I lunched a new piston within 2000 miles. I didn't clean the oil peep hole and ran it out of oil. My fault. The valve guide seals were puking oil into the cylinders. You wouldn't have known it. It didn't smoke except at start up. A puff of smoke, then it ran like a raped ape. Fouled plugs tho. Finally back to where I started in 13. Better, the KZ bores don't get as hot and now it has a new valve train. Time to roll. :woohoo:
I used to be a heavy drinker. Depression I guess. I had to stop. My daughter and granddaughter came back from Oregon, I missed 4 years of her life, got the bike back on the road and have clocked more than 20,000 miles in two years going to visit them and riding up north on business. I'll take a nip (1/2 pint) on special occasions. Last night after I locked everything up and had dinner, I had my nip. I still have 1/2 left. Got a buzz and planned out what to do next.
They say the 33's are hard to get right. The pilots only come in .5 increments. Now that I have my jet drills, I can drill the 60's to 62.5 higher or lower. Three sizes in between. Allen's on the bowls and time to dial them in.
With what I learned from Miller so long ago, and the patience of an Oyster, I can finally get it right, Maybe.
Steve
Bulbous filter I got from Z1E. :sick:
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1997 KZ1000P (P16)
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I got mine at the local Yamaha shop.
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swest wrote: There's a special tool for those clamps. I've been using these for years. When I got those bulbous filters from Z1E I was pissed. The ones I run have a porous stone filter element and are clear so I can see if I'm getting any gas. The one shown above has a screen. Don't like it.
I got mine at the local Yamaha shop.
Steve
The Emgo filters have the same kind of sintered bronze element, not a screen. You can clean them, too, so theoretically it's a one-time purchase. You could also use clear fuel hose, but it also has some of the same longevity problems that the see through filters do. Whatever works.
1997 KZ1000P (P16)
2001 KZ1000P (P20)
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