Page 3 of 6 FirstFirst 12345 ... LastLast
Results 31 to 45 of 90

Thread: HELP - BIKE BLEW UP

  1. #31
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    Yeah ? Who d'ya think makes the RGV250. What y'mean is that none of ya can handle a two smoker
    I'll buy it if you repair it

    Deal???

  2. #32
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    Now we know where Magua's jinx went.

    Your attitude is commendable. Ghandi would be proud.

    No pissing and moaning, just organise another engine and get on with it. Plus you've got some spares now.
    It's Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. http://www.mkgandhi.org/

    Cheers mate. The way I see it - life mostly sucks and Murphy's Law rules everywhere. So we can either sit and waste our life worrying or get on with it.

  3. #33
    Join Date
    8th August 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    Arse Bandit
    Location
    AKL
    Posts
    1,437
    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    Yeah ? Who d'ya think makes the RGV250. What y'mean is that none of ya can handle a two smoker
    Fark yes RGVs. I want one sometime next year after my future RG. Then can I be a horrible 2-Storke Powar man?
    Quote Originally Posted by skidMark View Post
    if you have a face afterwards well... that depends how you act...

  4. #34
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ
    Fark yes RGVs. I want one sometime next year after my future RG. Then can I be a horrible 2-Storke Powar man?
    Naah - wait till you get your full and buy a ZXR400.

  5. #35
    Join Date
    18th November 2004 - 11:00
    Bike
    big gay1 that I am not licenced to use
    Location
    Whangarei
    Posts
    2,545
    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion
    Yeah ? Who d'ya think makes the RGV250. What y'mean is that none of ya can handle a two smoker
    He said decent... duhhhhhhhhhh

    Grats jsg, still riding the zxr with an oil leak and no temp gauge thats just CRAZY did you even know if you had a proper working cooling system, makes ya wonder - sounds more like an oil starvation/delivery, because just because it drips and you top it up it wont fix the problem, its all about that fabled compression...

    anywho good on ya.


  6. #36
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by John
    He said decent... duhhhhhhhhhh

    Grats jsg, still riding the zxr with an oil leak and no temp gauge thats just CRAZY did you even know if you had a proper working cooling system, makes ya wonder - sounds more like an oil starvation/delivery, because just because it drips and you top it up it wont fix the problem, its all about that fabled compression...

    anywho good on ya.
    Hey John - the temp guage did sorta move - but it would rarely move away from the blue line.

    Where does yours sit???

  7. #37
    Join Date
    18th November 2004 - 11:00
    Bike
    big gay1 that I am not licenced to use
    Location
    Whangarei
    Posts
    2,545
    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy
    Hey John - the temp guage did sorta move - but it would rarely move away from the blue line.

    Where does yours sit???
    yeap you would have had a problem, around town she will hover around mid depending on my filtering / how ruff I am with her, on a ride when the speeds are 160+ its normally sitting quarter of the way up, make sure you get that fixed eh, I am ALWAYS watching mine, best way you can tell if anything is wrong, get used to how your engine warms and cools, if its getting alot hotter than normal switch it off and check everything..


  8. #38
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by John
    yeap you would have had a problem, around town she will hover around mid depending on my filtering / how ruff I am with her, on a ride when the speeds are 160+ its normally sitting quarter of the way up, make sure you get that fixed eh, I am ALWAYS watching mine, best way you can tell if anything is wrong, get used to how your engine warms and cools, if its getting alot hotter than normal switch it off and check everything..
    Used to know where it sat on the ZZR to a mm.

    Still getting to know the new bike.....

    From the diagnosis - a rod got out of line. There was quite a bit of oil in the engine. Despite spilling half on the motorway

  9. #39
    Join Date
    15th October 2004 - 16:56
    Bike
    Aprilia RS250
    Location
    North Shore
    Posts
    999
    So you are the reason there is so much oil on our roads! Good stuff getting everything sorted so quickly. I would not have ridden a ZXR much if I knew a temp gauge was not reading, like John, I too keep an eye on it.

  10. #40
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Quote Originally Posted by SuperDave
    So you are the reason there is so much oil on our roads! Good stuff getting everything sorted so quickly. I would not have ridden a ZXR much if I knew a temp gauge was not reading, like John, I too keep an eye on it.
    Was a bit scary having that oil coat the left edge of my back tyre - but hey it was the DWIVE I lose reason when that road is mentioned.

  11. #41
    Join Date
    9th October 2003 - 11:00
    Bike
    2022 BMW RnineT Pure
    Location
    yes
    Posts
    14,591
    Blog Entries
    3
    Ghandi, Gahndi (gets frightened by Ninjas all the time (GAH!), or andhi. Whatever - some little brown bloke from South Africa who ruined the British Raj.

    I made several spelling mistakes yesterday, thanks to the evil of cold medication and alcohol. At least the elephants have left me alone today.
    If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?



  12. #42
    Join Date
    24th September 2005 - 23:58
    Bike
    SV 650 Racer
    Location
    Hamilton
    Posts
    512
    Post some pictures of the hole, Keen to see what the inside of your old engine looks like
    It's better to Burn out than to Fade away - Cause thats value for money!!

  13. #43
    Join Date
    28th July 2004 - 12:00
    Bike
    justsomebike
    Location
    justsomeplace
    Posts
    4,586
    Engine Swap completed - only have to put the plastics, etc back on.

    The bike needs a bit of tuning and some engine work - who are the best Kwaka people to do this job???

  14. #44
    Join Date
    29th October 2003 - 21:14
    Bike
    1999 Suzuki SV650S
    Location
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Posts
    2,041
    Quote Originally Posted by justsomeguy
    Engine Swap completed - only have to put the plastics, etc back on.

    The bike needs a bit of tuning and some engine work - who are the best Kwaka people to do this job???
    Mt Eden are a Kawasaki dealership...

    I'm keen to see the blown-up engine too. If you've got it home, could I stop by and have a look at take a few pics?

  15. #45
    Join Date
    15th November 2004 - 12:53
    Bike
    97 Yamaha Virago
    Location
    North Island
    Posts
    4,711

    Cool

    Good that you got the bike fixed so quick... and you are now up and running again.


    But are you telling us that you continued to ride the bike knowing it was spilling out oil all over the roads... and that you also rode down Scenic Drive yesterday with Learner riders following you...
    Now what if their bikes slipped on the oil on the road...
    That to me is being rather foolish and careless to other riders. IMHO

    You knew it was leaking oil... I would have kept the bike off the road until you found out why and where it was coming from.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •