BEGINING TO WONDER

grego · 06-12-2011, 10:43 PM

HI ALL

I've had the bike for 2 months now. The odometer said 168 miles. The shop i bought it from said the owner bought it in error. Well as you all know by my posts i no nothing about bikes but am learning in a hurry. Since owning it i had to free up the coke cable was pinched. Adjust the clutch cable, adjust the back brake. Also found a nail for a cotter pin on the rear brake. Just today i was looking at the service manual because i have a tach to install. I saw a picture of the muffler and thought gee that doesn't look like mine. I read where if you modified the muffler you had to modify the carb, or something because if you do just the muffler the bike looses power. So now what do i have to do ? I don't know enough to figure out if i'm loosing power or if the other modifications were done. Seems like a lot of stuff for a 2006 with 168 miles on it. Here are pics of the muffler. I didn't think riding a bike was so much work.. If this isn't the stock muffler what do i do next ??

Safe biking

GREGO

blaine · 06-12-2011, 10:52 PM

Although not the stock muffler,it will work fine.The only time you will need to do a re jet is with a straight pipe & intake mods.
:cool:

grego · 06-13-2011, 01:12 AM

blaine

thanks i feel a lot better now..... just wondering what will pop up next...

safe biking

greg

alantf · 06-13-2011, 05:30 AM

Adjusting the cables is pretty much normal when a bike has done only a few miles. Cables, by their very nature, start to stretch as soon as you start using them. Dunno why there should be a nail instead of a cotter pin though. He shouldn't have had need to disconnect it.

If you suspect that the bike may have more miles on it than it says, a quick, rule of thumb, method of checking is to look for wear on the footpegs. A bike with only 168 miles on it should have pretty much perfect rubber on them. An older bike will start showing wear. What I can't understand is why the guy would have started doing expensive mods to a new bike before he discovered he'd bought the wrong one. This seems to suggest that he wanted a faster one, but if this is the case, then he would have found this on day one, before changing the exhaust. Also I forgot to mention) check how much rubber has been used up on the tyre tread. 168 miles means negligible rubber loss. :2tup:

geezer · 06-13-2011, 07:38 PM

sweet ass muffler what brand so i can look it up?

grego · 06-14-2011, 11:13 PM

geezer

i don't have a clue what brand they are. i don't have a clue about very much on the bike, but learning as i go. like the drain under the air box full of oil. how does oil get into the air box ? anyway sorry i couldn't help

safe biking

grego

alanmcorcoran · 06-15-2011, 09:53 PM

Hey grego I live in Anaheim too. Unfortunately I don't know jack about bike's either, but perhaps we can compare notes on power, idling if that helps. Also, I have a battery charger and an air compressor if either of those are needed.

I'm out of town at the moment but I'll be back next thursday. I use Mission Motorsports for anything more complex than tightening the mirrors or filling the tires with air. I have had the oil plug off, the spark plug out and I've charged the battery a few times - but 9 times out of ten, GZ issues are the carburetor and I am too afraid to tackle that myself.

blaine · 06-15-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by grego

how does oil get into the air box ?

grego

The oil & water you find in the air box is blow by from the engine,a little is normal.If there is a excessive amount of oil in the air box,it can be a sign of worn rings.It can also be as simple as too much oil in the crank case.
:cool:

geezer · 06-15-2011, 10:22 PM

nothing on the muffler? no markings of any kind? thanks

grego · 06-15-2011, 10:30 PM

hi all

ok after reading the posts i went out and checked my tires. have continential 110/90-16 on the front and a meteler perfect m77 130/90-15.. they are over due for replacement. the front tire was made in 2003. i can hear you chuckling cause you know what the question is going to be and you know there are going to be lots of opinions on what brand and design to buy...and that's my question. oh another think there is this can under the frame in the center. looking at the parts and service manual it says its the evapo system. but mine doesn't look like the one in the parts manual. here is a picture of it. and the nut one one side was loose and the nut on the other side is gone...

06-12-2011, 10:43 PM	#1
grego Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: anaheim california Posts: 96	BEGINING TO WONDER HI ALL I've had the bike for 2 months now. The odometer said 168 miles. The shop i bought it from said the owner bought it in error. Well as you all know by my posts i no nothing about bikes but am learning in a hurry. Since owning it i had to free up the coke cable was pinched. Adjust the clutch cable, adjust the back brake. Also found a nail for a cotter pin on the rear brake. Just today i was looking at the service manual because i have a tach to install. I saw a picture of the muffler and thought gee that doesn't look like mine. I read where if you modified the muffler you had to modify the carb, or something because if you do just the muffler the bike looses power. So now what do i have to do ? I don't know enough to figure out if i'm loosing power or if the other modifications were done. Seems like a lot of stuff for a 2006 with 168 miles on it. Here are pics of the muffler. I didn't think riding a bike was so much work.. If this isn't the stock muffler what do i do next ?? Safe biking GREGO Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-12-2011, 10:52 PM	#2
blaine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: P.E.I. Canada Posts: 3,784	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER Although not the stock muffler,it will work fine.The only time you will need to do a re jet is with a straight pipe & intake mods. :cool: __________________ If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised.
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06-13-2011, 01:12 AM	#3
grego Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: anaheim california Posts: 96	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER blaine thanks i feel a lot better now..... just wondering what will pop up next... safe biking greg Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-13-2011, 05:30 AM	#4
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,719	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER Adjusting the cables is pretty much normal when a bike has done only a few miles. Cables, by their very nature, start to stretch as soon as you start using them. Dunno why there should be a nail instead of a cotter pin though. He shouldn't have had need to disconnect it. If you suspect that the bike may have more miles on it than it says, a quick, rule of thumb, method of checking is to look for wear on the footpegs. A bike with only 168 miles on it should have pretty much perfect rubber on them. An older bike will start showing wear. What I can't understand is why the guy would have started doing expensive mods to a new bike before he discovered he'd bought the wrong one. This seems to suggest that he wanted a faster one, but if this is the case, then he would have found this on day one, before changing the exhaust. Also I forgot to mention) check how much rubber has been used up on the tyre tread. 168 miles means negligible rubber loss. :2tup: __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman.
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06-13-2011, 07:38 PM	#5
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER sweet ass muffler what brand so i can look it up? __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-14-2011, 11:13 PM	#6
grego Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: anaheim california Posts: 96	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER geezer i don't have a clue what brand they are. i don't have a clue about very much on the bike, but learning as i go. like the drain under the air box full of oil. how does oil get into the air box ? anyway sorry i couldn't help safe biking grego
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06-15-2011, 09:53 PM	#7
alanmcorcoran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,926	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER Hey grego I live in Anaheim too. Unfortunately I don't know jack about bike's either, but perhaps we can compare notes on power, idling if that helps. Also, I have a battery charger and an air compressor if either of those are needed. I'm out of town at the moment but I'll be back next thursday. I use Mission Motorsports for anything more complex than tightening the mirrors or filling the tires with air. I have had the oil plug off, the spark plug out and I've charged the battery a few times - but 9 times out of ten, GZ issues are the carburetor and I am too afraid to tackle that myself. __________________ [hr:5yt6ldkq][/hr:5yt6ldkq] http://alanmarkcorcoran.com Motorcycles, Music, Musings and More…
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06-15-2011, 10:22 PM	#9
geezer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: dahlonega GA Posts: 563	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER nothing on the muffler? no markings of any kind? thanks __________________ 99 gz 250 and a currently dismantled fzr 1000
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06-15-2011, 10:30 PM	#10
grego Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: anaheim california Posts: 96	Re: BEGINING TO WONDER hi all ok after reading the posts i went out and checked my tires. have continential 110/90-16 on the front and a meteler perfect m77 130/90-15.. they are over due for replacement. the front tire was made in 2003. i can hear you chuckling cause you know what the question is going to be and you know there are going to be lots of opinions on what brand and design to buy...and that's my question. oh another think there is this can under the frame in the center. looking at the parts and service manual it says its the evapo system. but mine doesn't look like the one in the parts manual. here is a picture of it. and the nut one one side was loose and the nut on the other side is gone...
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