Sounds like a re-build to me! get the ports polished whilst the engine is in bits gets that little extra (as you know)
I've got a brand new front tyre if you're interested, just sitting on a spare rim. PM if you want it.

Good luck

Rick

 

Sounds good guys. No performance mods on mine (yet) but I did do some routine maintenance today after rolling over to 64,000km.

1) Oil dropped
2) Fumble with filter, realise I need a smaller tool
3) Fire up the XR600R and go buy smaller oil wrench
4) Remove old filter, fit new on.
5) Top with Valvoline 15W-40
6) Retension/lube chain and test ride!

Much better than before, and oil level seems spot on as well. One disturbing thing I found was that the rear wheel was out of alignment - she rides a lot better now! Absolutely insane that I could still manage to carve the Melbourne hills up for 1500km with her in the state she was, but thats riding for you.

One last note; Unifilter don't do a drop-in airfilter replacement for this bike! I asked the fellows at the local dealership about it and they looked on the PC, then the reference manuals, then called the reps. They got back to me in a few mintues and offered to send off my airfilter so they can design the new CBR1000F airfilter! Woo!

Cheers guys - boingk

 

Huh I swear I have an UNI foamover type filter out in my garage

hmm... maybe a diff line of products down under ! ?

Yeah I do and it's just like this one

 

Hmmm... righteo, thanks for that Sprock. Looks like we don't get those downunder and are instead offered a Unifilter refurbishment process - you send the OEM filter off to Unifilter and its rebuilt with their proprietary foam and so on... then they ship it back inside 7 working days. Just got off the phone with them, they seemed pretty helpful. Still think its weird that they offer them stateside and not down here, though.

Cheers - boingk

 

the title says it all sorry to everyone i know this is a tight knit community and ive been real lazy about posts

 

came out to an inch of snow this am - went in to the garage fired up both bikes to a
medium temp on the gauges - checked the fluids - decided to leave it at that as the
roads were a bit iffy !

 

Rode on Saturday for about 2 hours, beautiful December day. Tried out the new Parrot Sk4000 blutooth headset I picked up on eBay. Works like a charm, 55 mph and cell phone calls clear as a bell.

Got done with the chores on Sunday and decided the day was perfect for another 2 hour ride.

 

Might have to check out that Parrot sk4000 ranchome available in several online spots
for under $50, have the mki 9200 in my car for 4 years and it's the cat's PJ's have my
iphone btooth'd to it

sk4000 looks like a pretty compact setup

 

Too bleeding hot to work in the garden today so I went down and hid in the garage for a few hours and gave the old girl some love. Lots of polish, dropped some of the fairings off and did the de-rust and paint touch up on some of the frame.

Chain adjust time - nope I can only run to a 25mm socket and that big sucker is 27mm according to my calipers.

Walk to local hardware store, their range is the same as mine for individual sockets, everything you can think of up to 25mm then a sudden jump to 30mm.

So talk to Stu who is in charge of handtools , order a 27mm socket but he very generously breaks open a Bahco set and lends me one on the proviso I bring it back as soon as I'm finished.

Walk back home, break out my 1/2 drive imperial socket set to drive my newly scored 27mm socket and discover that the 1 & 1/16th imperial socket fits just as well.

Lesson learned : buy an equivalency chart before you buy a new socket.

 

The Parrot was $50.00 with free shipping. Brand new unit factory sealed.
I'd like it even better if I had a quieter helmet.