YZFJohn - Back on 2 Wheels?

First topic message reminder :

Maybe jinxing things but have done a deal for the 2002 Kawasaki ZX636 below, 19,000 miles on the clock but she seems to have been looked after. Hope to pick it up Saturday if the MOT can be done in time (and no problems).

Couple of additions to it; tail tidy, LED Rear light with internal indicators & Viper Can + he's thrown in some track tyres with a lot of life left in them. It's from a small time dealer, lovely guy by the name of Greg Roberts in baumber near Holbeach, done some racing in his time and does track days himself hence the track tyres.

Anyway, the Pics:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
The only thing I will do straight away is get braided lines on her and maybe some Sintered pads and that will be all I could afford to do for now.

Mine has a Viper can on it but have the original as well.

Went out on it this morning nuts I know.

Events so far:
Battery died last night while using as illumination while tinkering - put it on optimise overnight and went to bed.
Got up early and started with the brakes. Very little fluid and what was there can only be described as chocalot in color and not much better in consistency. Replaced fluid and bled, gave her a polish and went for a ride.

Went straight onto A1 and once in third opened her right up being me with a wheel spin, ok tyres are crap. Got 1/2 mile and she started spluttering and quit. Got on to a slip road and was about to strip the seats of to see if a battery terminal had come of when I saw the reserve switch, Mmmmmm, yep after a couple of turns she fired up again.

Well ended up in work and made it back home safe.

The power delivery is a lot smother than the Cat but feels bags more powerful. Really not happy with the brakes still so when the braided ones arrive I shall strip the Callipers as well.

The Supercorsas he gave me are 180 but the track tyres BT003 are a 190.

Really need a good dry day as in today's conditions it feels like the accident is messing with my head, every little twitch from the crap tyres is met with going ridged and anger and going ridged. Give me a sunny 8deg weekend please.

Kwakkat, be good to meet up so you can see her when the weathers warmer.

Ellie - Webbs track day has been cancelled due to politics so I will be booking Waddington. Be nice if some peeps could come along even to watch.

Well, warm up and then back to to tinkering.

no trouble john soon as the weather turns you can have a go on mine & see if there much differance & let me know if i can get holiday might do waddington my self

You need a RAF sponsor to do Waddington but it's a good day for a good cause.

YZFJohn wrote:Got 1/2 mile and she started spluttering and quit. Got on to a slip road and was about to strip the seats of to see if a battery terminal had come of when I saw the reserve switch, Mmmmmm, yep after a couple of turns she fired up again.

Oooooh !!! . . . . Soooooooooo close to one '0'they numpty thingy's

ellie wrote:You need a RAF sponsor to do Waddington but it's a good day for a good cause.

Fortunately I know a young lady at Waddington.

Lol John, it was other peeps i was letting know really.

that be me then ellie lol any one know of a RAF person
please
pete

Pete I've PM'd you sweetie

john mono shocks packed & ready to go to the post office in the morning hope it helps
pete

It can't be worse. Thanks Pete.

As soon as you have the postage costs let me know and I will do the necessary.

Pete,

I am a "RAF person" but not at Waddington so probably no good. I guess Ellie has given you a contact, If not I know someone who might still be there.

Rob

ok john shock posted p&p a tenner

Since the bike is in bits while awaiting the callipers back I spent the evening with the side panels in the living room T-Cutting and Polishing (what an exciting life I lead) at least their looking good now. Have realised their should be a Large ZX6R sticker in the black area - £80 each for original, will get eBays.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Got the calipers back on, bled them which was a lot easier than the Cat was.

All looked good so bugger the weather, went and got the kit on, got to the front door and the door bell goes - the post women delivering the braided hoses.

Anyway, managed 50miles before i froze and got too wet. The refurbed brake calipers with the New SBS Sintered pads performed very well. Still got some bedding in to do. BT016 tyres also seemed to perform well in the wet even thou they have not been worn in.

I was surprised that I was the only bike at Webbs, the others in the pic are the Demo bikes.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

And the Goodridge Shadow brake lines - will fit tomorrow.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Before you take the lines off tomorrow. get the pistons out as far as possible' then when you change the lines to the braided ones, push all the pistons right in, and hopefully that will fill the new lines and reservoir up with fluid...

Might save you bleeding them,,, best of luck

Davie

Thanks for the tip.

i really like that!

Well since no riding Sunday I went in the shed and started to finish removing the Datatool System3 Alarm that had been partially removed by a previous owner. That wasn't too bad until I came across the wiring for the LED Rear light and LED Indicators! WTF.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

From what I could see, even with the bad connecting they are wired wrong for inline. I tested the rear light and the LED Rear Light/ Brake/ Indicators is not functioning properly. The blue wire came free when I remove the tape.

Only a few Indicator LEDs are working and when the brake is triggered it barely changes brightness. Even with tinkering I could not get it to work properly so a couple of scenarios:

1. Light was a cheap bad one.
2. The bad wiring has damaged it.

Replacement one should arrive in the next couple of days and then I will tidy up the wiring up and connect the inline resistors. Tried to find and LED Relay but couldn't find one with the correct connector.

The bike did start after removing the alarm.

One lesson learnt - Do not use a plumbing blow torch to heat the shed the fumes are bad for you!!!

YZFJohn wrote:One lesson learnt - Do not use a plumbing blow torch to heat the shed, the fumes are bad for you!!!

Only lethal once mate [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] . . .

Update on the BT016's fitted.

The back tyre is shagged in under 3k, never worn one out that quick before.

Getting reports from other forums that I would have been lucky to get more than 3k. So the M&P deal may look good at a Pair for £139 but don't expect them to last. Defo if your on something like a "Kwikasfookie 636".

Now had the spare Super Corsa's put on so will see how I get on with these on the road and at RAF Waddington (Only a week away).

This is how my bike looked last night when I got home:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Got the new indicators on last night and put the rear fairing back on (have disconnected integrated indicators). I like the LED rear light but not with integrated indicators:
[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Hopefully she will be all back together tonight so I can have a test ride tomorrow while the daughter is in ballett.

I like to think my riding style is a little more 'relaxed' than yours John but time will tell I suppose, I'd heard good things about the BT016's.

Apparently there are 2 variations, M&P are selling the the original BT016 but the later ones are BT016 Pros which are dual compound so may last longer.

They were grippy but just don't have a lot of life.

Fitted the new tail tidy, indicators and original plate for France but first ride didn't go well. The larger size plate and angle caused it to hit the tyre and bend the tail tidy.

Spent last night straightening it out. Now need to drill some more holes in the in the reg plate so I can put it back on. I also put a 15deg angle in the bracket to keep the reg away from the back wheel.

This is how it looked before the tyre tried to rip it off:

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]