Just wanted to thank you for this thread. I got so **** frustrated with my zx1000, I went out and picked up a dl1000k7. Now I can take the time to work on the ninja.
The bike sat for 5 years with a busted starter chain. After I acquired it, replaced the chain, all fluids, lined the tank with Por 15 and had the carbs cleaned and synced at a dealer. Compression is fine, "failed" the leak down test, dealer said 2 and 3 were tight? The original owner put in a stage 2 jet kit, modified cams and yosh 4-1. The bike was always difficult to start cold.
I'm assuming carbon buildup may be adding to the valve issues and may hinder a proper valve adjustment. Worst case scenario, the head gets rebuilt, However there is a product from Kano labs called "Kreen", the propaganda states; "Guaranteed to improve your engines performance. When added to Either the gas or oil, of your engine, Kreen dissolves the carbon deposit
buildups and varnishing to Improve Compression · Increase Gas Mileage
Reduce Downtime · Restore Power By thoroughly cleaning the rings, valve, and fuel injectors" the directions say pour one ounce into each cylinder, reinstall plugs, rotate engine a few times and let sit overnight. Then simply start it up and blow out the carbon. Since I have the DL1000 it sure sounds tempting to try!
ELR658, Is a valve adjustment on a motor with 23,000 miles sufficient? or should I just pull the head and have it done somewhere? And do you know a good place in the northeast for this kind of work?
The bike sat for 5 years with a busted starter chain. After I acquired it, replaced the chain, all fluids, lined the tank with Por 15 and had the carbs cleaned and synced at a dealer. Compression is fine, "failed" the leak down test, dealer said 2 and 3 were tight? The original owner put in a stage 2 jet kit, modified cams and yosh 4-1. The bike was always difficult to start cold.
I'm assuming carbon buildup may be adding to the valve issues and may hinder a proper valve adjustment. Worst case scenario, the head gets rebuilt, However there is a product from Kano labs called "Kreen", the propaganda states; "Guaranteed to improve your engines performance. When added to Either the gas or oil, of your engine, Kreen dissolves the carbon deposit
buildups and varnishing to Improve Compression · Increase Gas Mileage
Reduce Downtime · Restore Power By thoroughly cleaning the rings, valve, and fuel injectors" the directions say pour one ounce into each cylinder, reinstall plugs, rotate engine a few times and let sit overnight. Then simply start it up and blow out the carbon. Since I have the DL1000 it sure sounds tempting to try!
ELR658, Is a valve adjustment on a motor with 23,000 miles sufficient? or should I just pull the head and have it done somewhere? And do you know a good place in the northeast for this kind of work?