JackyJoll wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:40 pm
Riding at sensible speeds can cause a buildup of oil residue in the exhausts, which burns and smokes a lot when you eventually do nonsensible speeds.
A friend asked me to take his KH250 for a ride to clear it out. He'd only been 30mph commuting on it
Onto the M3, flat-out. About 45mph After about half a mile there was a big cough and the bike gradually accelerated, leaving a smokescreen across all the lanes.
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:45 pm
One could always do sensible speeds at non-sensible engine revs (i.e. in the power band) everywhere, however this does tend to encourage RLAT.
Yeah,the H1 has already been instrumental in achieving my first 3 penalty points at the grand old age of 68. The evil needs a strong hand.
'It was the bike what made me do it, officer!' - didn't work in the 1970s, unlikely to work in the 2020s...
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:45 pm
One could always do sensible speeds at non-sensible engine revs (i.e. in the power band) everywhere, however this does tend to encourage RLAT.
Yeah,the H1 has already been instrumental in achieving my first 3 penalty points at the grand old age of 68. The evil needs a strong hand.
'It was the bike what made me do it, officer!' - didn't work in the 1970s, unlikely to work in the 2020s...
Glad to hear you've popped your cherry...
I feel quite special,though Mrs.Skub tells me I've always been quite special.
mangocrazy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:45 pm
One could always do sensible speeds at non-sensible engine revs (i.e. in the power band) everywhere, however this does tend to encourage RLAT.
Yeah,the H1 has already been instrumental in achieving my first 3 penalty points at the grand old age of 68. The evil needs a strong hand.
Years ago I got stopped on my KR1-S at the top of the M23. It went like this:
“That’s just a 250 isn’t it”
“Yep”
“Fuck!! We’ve been doing over a 140 since Gatwick trying to catch you”
I didn’t have the heart to tell them I’d had to back off the last 5 miles as it was starting to get hot!
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
A tiny little oil seal down the tacho drive tunnel is weeping a little,but it looks like I'd need to take off the clutch casing to get at it properly,so....I've decided it isn't leaking bad enough yet.
Skub wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:08 pm
A tiny little oil seal down the tacho drive tunnel is weeping a little,but it looks like I'd need to take off the clutch casing to get at it properly,so....I've decided it isn't leaking bad enough yet.
I'd class that as a self lubricating seal and ignore it, trying to fix it will no doubt involve snapped things and stripped threads.
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
Keep an eye on the cable to make sure it doesn't get too oily. I once had oil creep up a cable and mist the inside of a clock.
It wasn't a Kawasaki but I bet 'A' clocks are a lot rarer than later models.
Generally that spindle is pretty well supported, the bottom end below the gear goes into the casing and the top is in a steel boss which fits into the upper part of the case below the seal
It's not difficult to remove the cover, what's more challenging is keeping the oil pump oil tight the plastic washers on the banjos are pretty feeble but the bigger issue is the risk of stripping a thread on the oil pump, the metal is soft and the threads fine.
Ian wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:34 am
Generally that spindle is pretty well supported, the bottom end below the gear goes into the casing and the top is in a steel boss which fits into the upper part of the case below the seal
It's not difficult to remove the cover, what's more challenging is keeping the oil pump oil tight the plastic washers on the banjos are pretty feeble but the bigger issue is the risk of stripping a thread on the oil pump, the metal is soft and the threads fine.
Yeah,those tiny fine threads on the oil pump are not to be messed with. There's plenty of oil pumps about with stripped threads,as thee knows,I'm sure! I'll not be going there unless it's very necessary and thankfully at the moment it's not. There is a little misting around the banjo joints,but I'm led to believe they all do that sir,so it doesn't concern me at the present.
Yeah they really do all do that, my first instinct was is it 2T oil that's got down the thread...
Just wipe it out with a tissue once in a while and put up with it until it becomes a problem.
Best solution I found was Graham Dyson rebuilt me a couple of cranks with labyrinth seals and no rubber seals except at the ends. Then I binned the oil pump and check valves and ran it on premix, it coped fine with me over revving on the track.
That's a bit of a radical solution though !
After about half a mile there was a big cough and the bike gradually accelerated, leaving a smokescreen across all the lanes.
