Kawasaki z800 clicking feeling/sound?

[Samuel2524]

Please move if in wrong topic.

Lately out of nowhere my z800 has started clicking when (typically) in first gear. Sometimes second or other gears also I think.

It’s almost like the chain is slipping ? Or a gear slipping or something. It happens before transition. And it jolts like fuck. Sometimes feels like it’s gonna throw me off.

Any ideas what this is or how to fix it pls ? Did I over grease my chain or something (not that mechanically sound)

Thanks in advance

[MarJay]

This should probably be in the workshop section... It would be better to choose the right section from the start rather than relying on the overworked mod who still actually moderates this forum!

Anyways, what is your chain tension like? What do your sprockets look like? can you post a photo of your front and rear sprockets? In the middle of the lower run of the chain, how far can you move the chain up from resting before it's taut?
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[doggone]

It might just be the chain near the end of its life.
Have you been adjusting it as it wears, how much more adjustment is available.

[Samuel2524]

[Samuel2524]

[Samuel2524]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[doggone]

You can see some of the links aren't in line, the pivot points are partially seized.

[Chuffin Nora]

[Samuel2524]

[Nobby the Bastard]

How the fuck did you get to the point of riding an 800 cc bike without learning chain maintenance?
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[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

[Easy-X]

[Samuel2524]

[Fisty]

[Samuel2524]

[bhinso]

In the year 2524...

[Nobby the Bastard]

One wonders what other horrors lurk on that bike if something as obvious and visible as the chain has been allowed to get into that condition.
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[Riejufixing]

[MarJay]

Take it to a competent trusted motorcycle mechanic/garage and get them to replace the chain and sprockets. At the same time get them to safety check the whole bike. Just on the chain alone that is nearly a deathtrap, so I dread to see what the brakes and suspension look like...
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[MarJay]

A side note, how apt is it that the OP couldn't find the 'workshop' area of the forum, when his bike has clearly never been near a workshop itself!!
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[ZRX61]

[Riejufixing]

[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

The strumpet hasnt been washed for about a year and is as filthy as Mrs Bastard.....
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