2010 ZX6R. The wifes trackbike.

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Re: 2010 ZX6R. The wifes trackbike.

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Drain ZX6 and put it in the car. Get 10 litres of Esso super (no ethanol) and jobs a good un. Maybe run it for a few mins to get the non ethanol into the injectors etc. Should be fine in 5 months
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Weather forecast doesn't look bad this week, Steve.

If you don't fancy it, I could pop over one afternoon and give it a run up the A34 which would mean it won't get as dirty as running around the lanes.

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2xtwins wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:59 pm Weather forecast doesn't look bad this week, Steve.

If you don't fancy it, I could pop over one afternoon and give it a run up the A34 which would mean it won't get as dirty as running around the lanes.

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Yeah I'm taking the mt07 out for a play tomorrow/Tues. If you fancy an hour I think I'll be out about 1:30 after meetings

Unless I fit the plate hanger, mirrors etc the A34 wouldn't be the best idea :banana-wrench:
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Let me know when you've fitted them, then :thumbup:

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weeksy wrote: Sun Oct 31, 2021 9:41 am
If it makes that much sense, you come and ride the thing. Maybe i'll do a raffle, first prize gets to ride the zx6 for 30 mins... 2nd prize has to take it out for an hour.
You know i would take all three prizes on that one ........... i will happily ride it, you can enjoy yourself cleaning it afterwards ;)

This was at the end of a Jan the 1st New Years Day ride out and looking at the front lights you can see where the heat baked the salt on the normal dipped beam light :shock:

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It's not dirty, in the endurance racer replica paint job.
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Dragged it out of the garage as it was fairly warm and sunny. Not dry enough on the roads to go out and play but thought i'd at least get the stabiliser through the system fully, so ran it for 10 mins outside... Started first press of the button. First time the key has seen the bike since Pembrey in Aug. :)
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Good old Kawasaki. :thumbup:
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Just booked it in at MSG racing for a couple of weekend time for full service.

I could arguably do it all myself, but this way I'll get a stamp in the book and make sure an expert has looked it over fully.

Will be curious to see if valve clearances are in or out of spec. May get the steering damper rebuilt too as the adjuster doesn't do much.
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Have we had the steering damper discussion ? None of my zx6 had one or indeed ever felt like they needed one. Is it standard ?
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Couchy wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:51 pm Have we had the steering damper discussion ? None of my zx6 had one or indeed ever felt like they needed one. Is it standard ?
Yup standard. It's more a question of it not working rather than whether it's needed so to speak.

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You should treat her to a recent model R1. They seem to be the track bike of choice.

It's what I'd buy, If I did track days and had any money.
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Well if you don't need the damper who gives a shit if it works?

Weeksy, that's who.
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:19 pm Well if you don't need the damper who gives a shit if it works?

Weeksy, that's who.
Who says you don't need it? They fitted it to the zx6 for 3 years and the model after has it as an aftermarket performance part option. So clearly Kawasaki thought it may need it.

But it does open a nice debate on track use of one on a 600 for example
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The only time I wished I had a damper when I didn't have one was my old R6 on the road.

It had two big hits in the rev range at 10k and 12k, both would make it shake it's head.

Most of the time I classed it as character... except the time I hit 12k at the same time as I hit a level crossing.

I was 100% sure I was dead. Must have gone lock to lock half a dozen times.

Never had anything like that on track.
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Well that escalated a little.... coldest morning in the world in the garage... Brrrrrr..

Thought to myself, better drag the bike ready to go tomorrow to MSG Racing...

Then remembered it'll need an MOT in the next few weeks.

Oh bunch of arse, so had to fit the lights, mirrors and number plate etc... Cold still !!!!

Going to get the bolts out for the plate hanger... "oh, bearings.... yeah"... Need to get the rear wheel powder coated and the rear brake line replaced after the non-tightening of the bolt issue. So that's on the list too.

Anyway, it's all good and ready now to take over tomorrow.
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You don’t need to fit them for the mot, if they’re removed then it will just have an advisory for them. If the lights are fitted and they don’t work then it’s a fail but if they’re removed then it’s ok, same with indicators and mirrors.
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KungFooBob wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:32 pm The only time I wished I had a damper when I didn't have one was my old R6 on the road.

It had two big hits in the rev range at 10k and 12k, both would make it shake it's head.

Most of the time I classed it as character... except the time I hit 12k at the same time as I hit a level crossing.

I was 100% sure I was dead. Must have gone lock to lock half a dozen times.

Never had anything like that on track.
I had a first gen R6, it nearly killed me as I came off the A25 onto the A22 towards Caterham, I was accelerating hard leant over when I hit a bump that had never bothered my 7R, it went lock to lock a few times before I knew what had happened and then straightened itself out..........I treated it with a bit more respect after that.
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wull wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:17 am You don’t need to fit them for the mot, if they’re removed then it will just have an advisory for them. If the lights are fitted and they don’t work then it’s a fail but if they’re removed then it’s ok, same with indicators and mirrors.
No reason to not fit them, it's 15 minutes work and it needs the plate anyway, which also holds the indicators, so it doesn't add any time really.