[Group] Kawasaki Zs Lovers

[Ah Fai]

Thanks to the vehicle-down sensor, the engine is automatically stop due my 2 times bike-drop. Now I am more careful about balancing liao, learning it in a hard way

[Motrax33]

Originally posted by Ah Fai@May 14 2006, 06:34 PM

:lovestruck:

 

I still want the power ranger JMV (is it JMV? ) wind screen leh.

Ha...... when u want sia. Power Ranger keke.. Change Brembo Pump and brakelines la keke..

 

Motrax33

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by Motrax33@May 14 2006, 07:14 PM

Ha...... when u want sia. Power Ranger keke.. Change Brembo Pump and brakelines la keke..

 

Motrax33

Upgrading slowly, if not no money liao, hehe.

 

Do you have the power ranger wind screen, Pauche says you have to stock, it cover till handle bar area

 

Green colour please

[Ah Fai]

Hello bikers, my friend is going to sell of his Shoei FF helmet, Arai ram 2 & Aria ram 3 helmets, interested may wish to sms to Ah Han at 96182165, thanks

[Guest yixi_31]

Originally posted by Ah Fai@May 14 2006, 11:44 PM

Kawasaki Engine are very tough But if everytime stall engine due to lack of warming up, the engine sure jialat, so must take care

 

I still practice warming up my engine till 60 deg.c without throttling the engine at all, still practice covering my Zed with bike cover at home once she is cool down

Is that a common problem for z1000..? I have encountered the same prob a few times liao.. esp when i start the bike 1st time in the day.. btw, i'd warm up my bike till ard 60 deg too.. so dunno whether my idling speed is too low, or I never warm up enough..

[z1boy]

Originally posted by dirtbag@May 13 2006, 09:12 PM

yup its an 03 model..

 

oh so its no major problem...

tis means need to eo also...

so how long does it takes usually to fix it?

 

 

cant be left w/o riding a bike for very long....

 

 

seems u've been riding a zed for sometime..

can share some info on wat to lookout for apart from e usual servicing of eo, oil/air filters, spark plugs etc...

The top cover job shouldn't take more than a few hours, at most 3. just leave it at the shop then go for a meal. when i did it dat time, didnt change the engine oil at all, jus make sure the engine has cool down and the oil will settle at the bottom.

Beside this i really dun have any more problems with the zed...

 

But its not due to hard accleration or vibrations, our first batch is due to manufacturer's fault.... too much saki.....

[z1boy]

Normal servicing is as other bikes, but using Yamaha oil filter (cheaper). nw using NGK platinium plugs, but they seems to make the bike run abit hotter, maybe changing back to Iridium ones.

 

I also had the same problem in the morning when i'm late, move off without waiting for the engine to warm up properly, when it does, i'll off the bike and on it again for the system to reset itself. after dat shouldnt have anymore problems..

[duane_cartman]

hi yixi, my bike used 2 have tat problem, u just need 2 adjust your idling.

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by yixi_31@May 15 2006, 11:17 AM

Is that a common problem for z1000..? I have encountered the same prob a few times liao.. esp when i start the bike 1st time in the day.. btw, i'd warm up my bike till ard 60 deg too.. so dunno whether my idling speed is too low, or I never warm up enough..

The idling speed is about 1000 rpm, as I heard from the other bikers, best operation temp should be 70 deg. But 60 deg is so far fine for me

 

Anyway I also did follow the manual instruction of breaking in new engine, so far so good. Never stall engine by itself. Click 9,000km.

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by z1boy@May 15 2006, 12:13 PM

The top cover job shouldn't take more than a few hours, at most 3. just leave it at the shop then go for a meal. when i did it dat time, didnt change the engine oil at all, jus make sure the engine has cool down and the oil will settle at the bottom.

Beside this i really dun have any more problems with the zed...

 

But its not due to hard accleration or vibrations, our first batch is due to manufacturer's fault.... too much saki.....

Oh I see, I hope the Kawasaki Team have retified the problem in their later models

 

Dirtbag going to Clinic, I also want to see how the mechanic repair the Zed leh

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by z1boy@May 15 2006, 12:21 PM

Normal servicing is as other bikes, but using Yamaha oil filter (cheaper). nw using NGK platinium plugs, but they seems to make the bike run abit hotter, maybe changing back to Iridium ones.

 

I also had the same problem in the morning when i'm late, move off without waiting for the engine to warm up properly, when it does, i'll off the bike and on it again for the system to reset itself. after dat shouldnt have anymore problems..

I am going to change spark plugs at Looi's motor when my Zed hit 10,000km. Don know what spark plugs to use, any recommendation?

 

seems like we all have tried moving our bike without warming up, good experience but once is enough, haha

[Ah Fai]

I do have one minor problem. The handle do vibrate a bit when revving at 90km/h & above, but its a bearable minor vibration, is it normal for the Z1000?

 

Somemore when I off the engine & try push the bike forward, there is a small sound produce at the front brake disc, don know is it the front wheel bearing spoil already? Or is because the brakeing system is a little out of alignment?

 

I ask my father, he said wheel bearing are very hard to spoil, don know true or not

[z1boy]

Hmm... mine too, gt abit of slight screech.. like metal againest metal... but it could be anything, brakepads?? brakedust?? brakeline againest front fender....

 

any one else gt this pro??

[z1boy]

try using iridiums, felt that my bike run cooler with them

[KuKuBird]

Originally posted by z1boy@May 15 2006, 03:01 PM

Hmm... mine too, gt abit of slight screech.. like metal againest metal... but it could be anything, brakepads?? brakedust?? brakeline againest front fender....

 

any one else gt this pro??

hi z1boy, when i got my new bike, also had this sound..

 

now the brakepads should have run in liao.. but also have this sound.. very soft sound..

 

looks like we all faced same problems hahaa, engine stall, disc sound, etc

[KuKuBird]

just saw my bike had a long scratch.. think i cannot LIVE with it liao hahahaa

 

i take back my words, ah fai LOL

 

will try the turtle wax color cure recommend by ppl...

 

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by z1boy@May 15 2006, 03:01 PM

Hmm... mine too, gt abit of slight screech.. like metal againest metal... but it could be anything, brakepads?? brakedust?? brakeline againest front fender....

 

any one else gt this pro??

That is the sound I refer to, I have no idea man

 

When I drive my lorry for servicing, the uncle told me if I hear the screech sound when braking, that means brakepads need to replace liao. Cause there is a small notch at the brakepads holder which indicate there is no more brakepads by scratching the brake disc, producing a small screech sound.

 

But only when braking leh, now my Zed also have slight screech sound without braking. Worst come to worst, is it out of alignment? But tried to ride with no hands & the bike still able to go straight.

 

Must ask Uncle Expert when I service at Looi's Motor

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by z1boy@May 15 2006, 03:04 PM

try using iridiums, felt that my bike run cooler with them

Oh I see, thanks for your advice, but is "iridiums" a brand name?

 

My Zed highest temperature ever hit is 105 deg, that was under a hot day in the traffic jam with half clutch most of the time, the heat still bearable. Unless wear saddles, can really feel the heat.

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by KuKuBird@May 15 2006, 06:32 PM

hi z1boy, when i got my new bike, also had this sound..

 

now the brakepads should have run in liao.. but also have this sound.. very soft sound..

 

looks like we all faced same problems hahaa, engine stall, disc sound, etc

Yeah loh, its an experience of living with the Zed, haha

 

Don know can write in to the Japan Kawasaki team to retified this problem or not, anybody knows how to type in japanese?

 

Actually the sound is quite soft, but its better to have no sound at all. Don know the other brand of Kawasaki bikes have the same "problem" or not. Sca-li the sound is the "trademark" of Kawasaki, no need to retify, haha.

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by KuKuBird@May 15 2006, 06:36 PM

just saw my bike had a long scratch.. think i cannot LIVE with it liao hahahaa

 

i take back my words, ah fai LOL

 

will try the turtle wax color cure recommend by ppl...

 

Can get the turtle wax at the Shell pump station, the bottle is in Green colour, but the content inside is white liquid.

 

Don know much how it works, I think it somehow "melt" the surrounding coloring scheme & match into the scratch mark, but it really do help to minimize the scratch mark, I see the result myself, not 100% but at least better than last time.

 

Thats how I do it:

 

1) wash my bike first

 

2) dry my bike with clean cloth.

 

3) Then use just a small tea-spoon of turtle wax on a damp cloth or wet sponge.

 

4) rub the wax on top of the scratch mark & apply pressure when rubbing.

 

5) slowly clear away the excess turtle wax on my Zed with a fine cotton cloth.

 

6) repeat step 4 & 5 till I satified the result.

 

I recommend to try it at any metal with paint job first, before using the wax on the bike, just to play safe & see the result, then after you satified, do it on your long beloved Zed

[hondavtecII]

Originally posted by Ah Fai@May 15 2006, 01:14 PM

I do have one minor problem. The handle do vibrate a bit when revving at 90km/h & above, but its a bearable minor vibration, is it normal for the Z1000?

 

you can try using BMW handgrip, rubber is thicker, reduce vibration.. u can get at MTECH (i think this is the name of the shop in UBI)

 

[KuKuBird]

Originally posted by Ah Fai@May 15 2006, 07:53 PM

Yeah loh, its an experience of living with the Zed, haha

 

Don know can write in to the Japan Kawasaki team to retified this problem or not, anybody knows how to type in japanese?

 

Actually the sound is quite soft, but its better to have no sound at all. Don know the other brand of Kawasaki bikes have the same "problem" or not. Sca-li the sound is the "trademark" of Kawasaki, no need to retify, haha.

well, if u're serious, i can help with japanese... but do u seriously think they'll reply? at most refer u agent, evershine.. the uncle at evershine very very friendly... thumbs up for him

 

 

anyway, wonder if scratch remover will do the job anot...

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by hondavtecII@May 15 2006, 08:26 PM

you can try using BMW handgrip, rubber is thicker, reduce vibration.. u can get at MTECH (i think this is the name of the shop in UBI)

 

Ok, thanks for your advice, may I know the address of MTECH?

[Ah Fai]

Originally posted by KuKuBird@May 15 2006, 09:14 PM

well, if u're serious, i can help with japanese... but do u seriously think they'll reply? at most refer u agent, evershine.. the uncle at evershine very very friendly... thumbs up for him

 

 

anyway, wonder if scratch remover will do the job anot...

Yeah loh, I think they also refer the problem to the agent. If not everybody from around the world write to Japan Kawasaki team, they sure headache, haha

 

May be can ask the friendly uncle at Evershine, but I never see people in Evershine before, although the shop is open, may be go toilet or makan, haha.

 

Look for Turtle Wax scratch remover & try it out, as I mention before

[Ah Fai]

Taman Sentosa/Century Garden Outing (Saturday, 20-05-2006)

Meeting Place: KKFC

Time: 2100hrs (9pm)

Items to take along: 1)passport 2)white card 3)cash card 4)ringgit

Program: We will not stay long at KKFC, approach to GP Esso via 2nd link for top up petrol, TCSS & ride to Taman Sentosa/Century Garden to eat Pipa Duck and other good food cum sight seeing All are Welcome

 

Going List: east riders

1) Ah Fai (Kawasaki Z1000)

2) Edecline (Suzuki GSX-R600 K5) - will lead us the way to Taman Sentosa

3) Retro (Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6)

4) Virgin Boy (Yamaha R6 06)

5) CBR Retrol (Honda Retrol CBR1000)

6) gssiong (Honda 400) - will lead us the way to Century Garden

7) Gixxertan (Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5)

 

Going List: west riders --- Meet at AYE Shell at 10pm

1) Alphaowen (Yamaha YZF R1 1000cc)

 

Pending List

1) Dainese17 (Honda 400RR)

2) Uncle Eric (Suzuki GSX-R1300 Hayabusa)