DIY Servicing

[numark1]

Taking my dads bike down to the garage tomorrow to get the tyres changed and want to do some servicing on it myself as i haven't taken a bike apart in a while.

So far i have thought of:

Spark Plugs

Oil Change

Coolant Change

A Clean (if i feel up to it)

can't think of anything else. It's due a service and i want to do as much as i can so i can be my dads favourite just before christmas.

Any other sugguestions?

[kawakid]

Air filters easy too.

Why not clean the chain? (Get a bit of paraffin in a little tin, buy a cheap electric toothbrush from your nearest pound store, mine came up a treat).

Don't forget to lube afterwards.

Also why not lube all brake, clutch, throttle cables etc.
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[Teaman]

break pads, break fluid,
pretty much everything you dotn need a macine for, (tyres)
you can do forks, fork seals really,, honestly and aslong as you have the confidence and common sence to buy a decent munual, either workshop, clymer or hains (at a push) you cant really go wrong,

must buy tools would be carb ballencing kits, if you have carbs
torque set
small shitty welding kit (just in case you have to make some odd tools, like i had to weld a bolt to a long piece of steel to take my forks appart)

faith in what you can do and a mate to phone up for advice (or bcf forums) is a must aswell
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[doggone]

Probably no need to touch the coolant,

[riichy]

want to do mine too
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[tatters]

Don,t touch the Spark Plugs on a four-stroke bike like a ZZR600 unless they really need changing (causing troble) snapping the small spark plugs and ripping the thread out is very easyly done and a pain in the arse to sort out on a four-stroke.
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[numark1]

I took one out and its all rusted.

I was going to get him some of those iridium ones.

Brake pads have been done recently also the disks because my dad wore down to the metal and screwed the disks up.

He said it doesnt seem to ride properly any more. Done 50,000 miles since new in 5 years.

Any excuse to buy a new bike/car instead of sleep loads on one weekend.

[instigator]

Adjsuting & Lubing throttle cable can make the bike feel a lot more responsive. If one of the spark plug ends is actually rusted, then I'd change them but would take a detailed look at them against a spark plug chart to see how the engine is running.

Then jsut do what you're planning, making sure you have the f*cking tools!!! (Things get ugly with me when I buy something and realise I need a seperate tool to use it )

[fuzz]

[numark1]

It's running a bit rich due to the harpoon exhausts. It sounds pretty fucked now though. I think its near the end of it's life.

50,000 miles is loads for a bike.

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[Finglonga]

[numark1]

It's a ZZR600.

Got some castrol oil, the best i could find at £35 for 4 litres. New spark plugs, oil filter and redex carb cleaner.

The plugs i took out were pretty fouled up and had rust on them

Probably not gonna do the oil filter because it looks like too much hard work and all of the kawasaki screws are rounding as soon as i look at them.

Also pulled a muscle in my back whilst doing it. Luckly i have 2 weeks off work for christmas now though.

[craigs23]

Sorry, I agree with Fuzz. Checking the spark plugs are usually the first thing I do whenever I take ownership of a new bike, whenever something with the engine has changed, something doesn't feel right or for regular maintenance. You can tell quite a bit from the condition of a set of spark plugs.

Have you got a Haynes - most of them give a good indication of some of the things that need checking at different intervals - might be useful.

[numark1]

Got a haynes. Just want to do the basic stuff. It will be getting serviced at a garage soon just want to do some of it myself becuase its fun taking bikes apart.

[craigs23]

That's how I started - doing it as a hobby with some supervision by Dad - I do most of the work on my bikes now

[numark1]

Also its good to know that the job you are doing is being done properly rather than what the mechanic is doing. My friend found a screwdrive in the side of his zxr400 when he got it serviced.

[fuzz]

And also that the job(s) that needs doing are being done and nothing else that you could be charged for!
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[numark1]

It's getting serviced in Janurary so i will let them take all the manifold and stuff off to get and it and change it. I doubt it will make that much of a difference leaving it for a few weeks.

[tatters]

Its only four bolts to take the belly pan off and then the oil filter is right in front of you. piss easy to get the oil filter off by hammering a screw driver through it, and do the new one up as tight as possable by hand.
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[Klause]

If you need any help you know where I am. Please don't say the brake seals need doing
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Current bikes: 1960 Triumph 5ta x2, TTR600RE, KTM200EXC, Cagiva Elephant 900ie.

[numark1]

Im trying to get the airbox on now and its fucking pissing me off. Its much harder than last time and the carbs keep coming off even though i tighten them.

[Klause]

ZZR600 airbox I found to be quite easy to put back on compared to most. Sure you got the carbs on properly as they should be hard to move once on.
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Current bikes: 1960 Triumph 5ta x2, TTR600RE, KTM200EXC, Cagiva Elephant 900ie.

[tatters]

Get some washing up liqued around the rubber carb connectors on the air box, then they will slip on with ease.
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