Hey all,
Would love your feedback on this report. I bought this bike and it had 7998 miles on it. However, the guy changed the sprockets and it was reading high. So it actually had about 6k or less on it. I have no idea how long the old oil had been in it. I let it drain overnight and changed to the Motul with a Kawasaki OEM filter.
After the oil change, I tore down the whole bike and cleaned, replaced, etc. It was FILTHY. I ran seafoam in the oil on the ride home before the change to Motul.
I ran some Seafoam on top of the throttle bodies and the valves and let it set overnight, it seemed to help a lot. The bike was SUPER rich when I rode it home.
At any route, it looks brand new now and has a lot of new items on it. The K&N filters that were in the bike were filthy. I changed those to new BMC Street filters.
I changed exhaust gaskets on the headers, new plugs, etc. The engine was never apart.
What would cause the high copper etc? The engine runs fantastic now. No smoking or anything. Could the engine have not been broken in yet? These engines had a 2000 mile break in procedure that was extensive because of the lined cylinder walls.
Any more info needed, please let me know. Also, what do you think of the oil? It only had 1114 miles on the oil. I wanted to see if I could run it longer because people say it is a race only oil. TBN was good.
Thanks all,
Would love your feedback on this report. I bought this bike and it had 7998 miles on it. However, the guy changed the sprockets and it was reading high. So it actually had about 6k or less on it. I have no idea how long the old oil had been in it. I let it drain overnight and changed to the Motul with a Kawasaki OEM filter.
After the oil change, I tore down the whole bike and cleaned, replaced, etc. It was FILTHY. I ran seafoam in the oil on the ride home before the change to Motul.
I ran some Seafoam on top of the throttle bodies and the valves and let it set overnight, it seemed to help a lot. The bike was SUPER rich when I rode it home.
At any route, it looks brand new now and has a lot of new items on it. The K&N filters that were in the bike were filthy. I changed those to new BMC Street filters.
I changed exhaust gaskets on the headers, new plugs, etc. The engine was never apart.
What would cause the high copper etc? The engine runs fantastic now. No smoking or anything. Could the engine have not been broken in yet? These engines had a 2000 mile break in procedure that was extensive because of the lined cylinder walls.
Any more info needed, please let me know. Also, what do you think of the oil? It only had 1114 miles on the oil. I wanted to see if I could run it longer because people say it is a race only oil. TBN was good.
Thanks all,
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