Gidday all. Im Stewart. I work for the ambulance service here in the Australian Capital Territory. My bike is a 1991 CBR 1000F and Ive had her for three years. I bought her at 92000km from a mature workmate who was the second owner. He purchased the bike from another mature owner and all of us have babied this machine from birth you could say! Its never done more than 3000 ks before an oil and filter change, currently on Shell synthetic. I love this bike. The only thing that does **** me off however is the cam chain tensioner. The fact that it needed renewal was reflected in the purchase price and I put in a new one at 93000. I have now done 103000 and the noise is embarassing! Not happy Jan, after all its only done a bit over 10000 kms at a cost of over $350 and thats doing the work myself. So Im trying Tripps idea and soaking the bloody thing in kero and going out to the garage at regular intervals and working the lever in and out and then dunking it back in the kero and watching the bubbles!! I will get back to you all when Ive reinstalled the thing and used the bike for a while. Cheers, Stewart

 

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