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3071
Dear friends, yesterday while adding water to the battery and checking the air filter, I realized that something was in the bottom of the air filter...
Horacio Colombo
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Feb 1, 2006
2:32 pm
3072
That metal tube is attached to a hose that goes to the top of the transmission. This is the crankcase vent tube. This means that you are getting water...
LC the Deerslayer
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Feb 1, 2006
7:24 pm
3073
Hi, I could do with some advice re the ignition system for my A2. I understand that the set-up I have, with the pick-ups on the RHS of the engine triggered by...
Mark Crowson
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Feb 5, 2006
11:00 am
3074
My vote is; just get replacement parts for what you have. IE replace the pickups with more of the same. Replace the coils with aftermarket high output units,...
Gary
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Feb 5, 2006
2:49 pm
3075
Has anyone done the valve seals without pulling the head? Can it be done, is it fun? How about a good source for valve seals? I have the old smoking on...
Gary
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Feb 5, 2006
2:59 pm
3076
PS Mark if you are interested, I will sell you everything you need, all three pickups (tested) and the accels with brackets cut, formed and ready to install....
Gary
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Feb 5, 2006
3:39 pm
3077
I have a pickup set and igniter box for $60 each. E-mail me off list. Matt ... From: Gary <goetz@...> To: kz1300@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 5 Feb 2006...
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Feb 5, 2006
4:12 pm
3078
Oh yes, I forgot, I need those hot coils myself. Who's got them and how much? Matt ... From: mattcollins477@... To: kz1300@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 05...
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Feb 5, 2006
4:27 pm
3079
Well Gary, I have done it. It is not real fun. But it is not real fun to take the head off either. Remove the cams, tie the cam chain up so it does not come...
LC the Deerslayer
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Feb 5, 2006
4:31 pm
3080
www.schnitzracing.com. Had the best price on the accels a year or so ago. Gary Goetz S5579 SR 113 Baraboo WI 53913 goetz@... 608-356-7159 ... From:...
Gary
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Feb 5, 2006
6:08 pm
3081
They have a good selection of dynas now, no accels. http://secure.mycart.net/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=342199&showprevnext=1 I have never tried the dynas...
Gary
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Feb 5, 2006
6:21 pm
3082
Thanks for the heads up. Did it make your life better after you did it? gggggary Subject: Re: [kz1300] Valve seals Well Gary, I have done it. It is not real...
Gary
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Feb 6, 2006
3:12 pm
3083
Hi friends!! Here in Buenos Aires we are having very nice 25 C, clear skies and light winds from the East. I have one question ...... Lately when I started the...
Horacio Colombo
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Feb 8, 2006
12:01 pm
3084
First thing is, I think the 25 C is terrible....How can you live in such conditions. Here is Canada , we are at a comfortable minus 15 c with mostly blue skies...
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Feb 8, 2006
12:50 pm
3085
This is where the dino car oil makes problems. I had problems with a car oil way back. I personally recommend Amsoil full synthetic oil either 10-40 or 20-50....
LC the Deerslayer
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Feb 8, 2006
12:56 pm
3086
Thanks Larry!! and I will change the oil and filter right now!! What do you think of the Valvoline semiSynth 20W50 for motorcycles?? Regards, Horacio...
Horacio Colombo
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Feb 8, 2006
12:59 pm
3087
No great insites here. but the old saw applies. If I have a new problem remove the last "fix" I did! I don't know if that is a lot of C's but we don't have...
Gary
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Feb 8, 2006
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3088
No title but it looks like it has some parts on it. The pictures are kinda crummy but I saw one go for almost this much that was nothing but a bucket of rust. ...
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Feb 8, 2006
4:07 pm
3089
I am not familiar with Valvoline semisynth for motorcycles. It may be good as for motorcycles. I am just not sure. If you change the oil and within a few...
LC the Deerslayer
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Feb 8, 2006
5:30 pm
3090
Guys, The wet clutch is the primary problem with using automotive oils. The RE5 group has had this discussion many times. It turns out the EPA requirements...
suz_re5a
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Feb 8, 2006
5:44 pm
3091
Yeah but not as good as the 79 in Colorado with title and 8500 real miles that buy it nowed last week for 1375.00 The owner of that bike was on the group for...
Gary
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Feb 8, 2006
5:47 pm
3092
Please take my name off the email list. Thank you Cheers ........................Terry...
Terry Hodgson
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Feb 8, 2006
6:01 pm
3093
We'll miss you but I think you have to use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page. Gary Please take my name off the email list. Thank you Cheers...
Gary
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Feb 8, 2006
6:06 pm
3094
Dear Wayne, I started using automotive oil in my bikes because of this article (it is not short, but very interesting). What do you think about it?? best...
Horacio Colombo
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Feb 8, 2006
6:25 pm
3095
Hi Horacio, Yeah, it could be that it is o.k. to run some automotive oils. By the way the article you posted is very good and sounds like the guy knows his...
suz_re5a
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Feb 8, 2006
7:17 pm
3096
Your giving me buyers remorse about my recent KZ purchase...... ... miles ... on the ... Behalf Of ... that was...
suz_re5a
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Feb 8, 2006
8:01 pm
3097
I agree with this guy Mike Guillory to the point he goes to. Problem is he did not address the problems that arise with the clutch. And the clutch will give...
LC the Deerslayer
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Feb 8, 2006
8:48 pm
3098
Hi Larry, In all fairness the guy (Mike) does mention wet clutches in the article. The problem with his statements are when they were made. Whats true now may...
suz_re5a
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Feb 8, 2006
10:22 pm
3099
Guys, One more thing. The article Mike wrote was last updated in 2002. In 2002 the most current API was SJ. There was a new code added by the API since then....
suz_re5a
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Feb 8, 2006
10:45 pm
3100
Well my two cents is that here up nort the bike sits for several months and I only put a few thousand a year on her so I like to change it at least once a...
Gary
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