fastbob

If only my manual were as clear ! is that a factory manual? or haynes Factory.

If I go with the TL drawing then I take back my earlier comment that the garage got it wrong .

If only my manual were as clear !

Thanks Stu but its not the order , It's which way up the second one goes . sorry, didn't read it properly, same as TL makes sense .

Thanks Stu but its not the order , It's which way up the second one goes .

Yep , GSXR 1100 wp

And there you go , the Gixer forum or rather someone on it says smallest outwards but based on the TL pics its the opposite way round.

Right , I've got my brand new replacement clutch kit and its soaking in oil . BUT I have a problem. I cannot for the life of me determine which way up the Wave Washer goes . I've spent literally hours online and I'm none the wiser . Some "experts" say one way and just when I'm feeling sure another "expert" on YouTube goes and puts it the other way up . To clarify, before any plates go in there are two large diameter thin steel washers that go in first . The first one in is flat and called the seat and the second one is dished and that is the Wave Washer . It's this last one that's doing my head in. There's nothing in the factory manual except the brilliant advice to make sure they are the right way up and an unclear drawing . I think it goes in with the larger diameter first and the smaller diameter facing outwards so if you imagine it as a shallow cone the "point" would be facing away from the bike . Trouble is I just can't be sure . Perhaps if I knew WHY it goes in the way it does I.e. I understood the mechanism at work here I would be able to make sense of it all . There is no Haynes manual for the W series GSXRs but I'm going to the library to look at an oil cooled manual . Surely Haynes will tell me .

Wheel bearings ? Check front AND back .

You can where I live , how's the leg doing?

Could be loose muck in the starter motor , a strip and clean wouldn't go amiss.

Nor would I normally but I just couldn't shift that 50 mm spring holder nut . I bought a clutch holding tool and the biggest socket wrench you ever saw plus a 4ft piece of scaffolding. I had a piece of 4 by 2 wood through the back wheel but eventually the pins fell out of the clutch holding tool and I was just not feeling right about it . The bike workshop that did it , which is a 10 minute job , asked me to take the bike in on a Monday . Half past five on the Friday and they still haven't done it so a weeks holiday was wasted phoning them up every day . Anyway I've got the loan of a Snap-on impact wrench so , as you rightly say , I wouldn't trust anyone to work on my bike either. So now that you have unleashed this extra power what are you doing for a clutch on the Busa ? I only mention this because my previous clutch only started slipping when I added a Dynojet kit . This is what happened to the holding tool , luckily the pegs didn't end up in the sump .

I would add by the way that it was not me that installed it originally and that I had it done "professionally" Yeah right , never again .

25psi front 29psi rear ?

Definitely sounds like a tyre pressure issue . Have you checked both of them ?

Not really, it shouldn't have been oil starved because I carefully measured the oil that came out and it wasnt short plus its only lubricated by splash . The only possibility is that the wave washer might have been installed upside down but I wasn't paying attention when I pulled the last friction plate ( the thin one ) out . There were wear marks on the wave washer seat and an indentation on the first steel plate that suggests this was the case BUT I'm not sure at all because I was distracted when I took it out . Oddly the factory manual says nothing about which way up it goes . I have determined that it goes with the smallest diameter outwards but even this is not 100% certain . Anyway this would be more likely to cause drag than slip . One other possibility is that my left hand was getting so tired from the heavy duty clutch springs that I was letting the clutch out too slowly.

Result !!! New clutch on it's way !

I don't think any regular bike rider would be comfortable as pillion . I don't think I could do it .

Power Stations, honestly . I cringe at the thought of cooling towers . I had to look down and make a run for it on a visit to Tate Modern. Dams and reservoirs come a close second . Thankfully both of these Objects are relatively easy to avoid .

Id probably better not describe my recent umbilical hernia operation then . Neat job though.

Do you know how to check for a spark ?

Simple things first , like the kill switch or side stand switch. What about the fuses ? How about the plug lead , have you tried taking the plug cap off , snipping a little bit off the end of the HT lead and screwing the plug cap back on ?

Oh, Aberdeenshire. My dad was born in Old Deer , moved to New Deer and then Strichen . My Grand parents used to live in Mintlaw next to the chip shop in South street .

Stick at it , I bought one as a second bike and I've developed a great respect for mine . It had had a hard life as a training school bike with a high mileage already. Since I sorted all the bugs out I have done around 8000 miles on mine including a 1620 mile trip to Scotland. Its more relaxing than exciting to ride, just a good basic motorbike. Try to get a light ( and loud ) slip on can because the standard one weighs a ton !

You can always saw a bit off but it is unlikely that your Honda bar ends will fit because alloy bars have a smaller inside diameter. Don't saw too much off or the controls won't fit . As previously mentioned, measure everything first then go to a good MX shop with your tape measure.