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Proud of myself

18 Jul 2009 20:37
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Being that my KZ is my first bike I don't really know anything about working on motorcycles. I noticed my cam end plugs were getting soft so I picked up some pingel billet cam end plugs to replace them, as well as a new valve cover gasket.

I was a little nervous about doing it myself...But as soon as I started taking it apart I realized I had just thought into it too much. I know most of you guys are like "Psh thats nothin I've torn apart my engine and carbs and put it all back together in 3 hours!" But this is an accomplishment to me :D.
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Re: Proud of myself

18 Jul 2009 21:03
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Congratulations on your first project. Looks like you knew what you were doing...
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Re: Proud of myself

18 Jul 2009 23:10
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nice.......find any suprises???...i usually find my next fix to need doing:laugh: ....good pics too...
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 05:09
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Congrats! Now I want you to pull the head and lap the valves :laugh:
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 05:15
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Congrats.

Oh, by the way, did you check the valve lash clearances while you had it apart? :whistle:
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 05:56
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likes2gofast2009 wrote:
... I picked up some pingel billet cam end plugs to replace them, as well as a new valve cover gasket.

Looks nice. Where did you get these?
Formerly CSRchopper
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Gone but not forgotten
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 06:46
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Welcome to the world of being a true KZ owner...

Translation, we work on our own bikes/motors... B)

Sure, there are some things such as cylinder boring that with out proper tooling we just can't do our selves but for carb work, jetting, engine rebuilds etc.... Get them hands dirty... ;)

Now your hooked, your life will never be the same for it becomes an obsession to have her dialed in.... :woohoo:

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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 07:57
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Any advantage to these besides aesthetics?
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 08:15
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Sure... OEM are rubber and with heat & age, get hard, cracked etc... thus leak.... ;)

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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 08:16
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it always starts out as something small like this.
next thing you know your up till the wee hours of the morning trolling z1's websight.
congrates on doing it yourself.
someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.

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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 13:20
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Ya, it becomes addicting. You just want to do more and more.

But this is a dangerous step. Have you told your girlfriend that theres a new woman in your life yet? :silly:
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Re: Proud of myself

19 Jul 2009 21:30
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franknsr wrote:
likes2gofast2009 wrote:
... I picked up some pingel billet cam end plugs to replace them, as well as a new valve cover gasket.

Looks nice. Where did you get these?

A local shop called Action Cycle had them.
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