kz1000e-1 overheating

Hambo wrote: Hello,
The brakes do not drag, engine was not smoking, ran with cap open. Would the #1 intake valve not closing cause the overheating? The motor did seem hotter on the left side.

MFolks wrote: If that's a glass bodied fuel filter please replace it, they have caused more than a few car and motorcycle fires. They crack & leak from vibration, so there's a great potential for a nasty fire.

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KZ_Rage wrote: +2 on the fuel filter, loose it fast!

As for the mains I run 117.5's in my E1 with pods and 4-1, your pods looks more restrictive but it might be just the photo. I just tried dropping the pilots back to the stock 15's and will go back to the 17's as there is too much of a roll on/off with the needle set to 4, very twitchy on the roll on in exiting curves.

Also those aren't the carbs that came on the bike, they would have been Mikuni VM28SS and not what looks like VM26's on there though they might be the VM28's without the pumpers. If they are VM26's then you should get it to run fairly well except it will be a little slower on the excel and won't reach as high a top end.