You'll see a few different things going on here. Motorcycles...and Bikes....and also, Motorized Cycles. My Life, Trucks, a little "How-to" also thrown in.
I think maybe you forgot to put the snap ring after seating oil seal, then after snap ring is installed, then seat your dust seal. Or did I miss something?
I had to change my clutch twice in Three months, seriously wtf is going on Kawasaki!? My clutch is fucking slipping again! What is it?! I have the spring that pushes back the clutch cable and new Kevlar plates from Barnett. Is there a nut to tighten the basket? Fuck me
If you need to turn or maneuver the bars quickly for example in tight traffic or city riding you might not want it fully tight because it slows down how fast the bars react to input.
I'm talking about THIS damper on these bikes in particular.. Trust me, you don't want it anywhere but fully tight. It's common practice for people to take them apart and modify them to make them even stiffer.
Everything was replaced on the valve that dropped. Valve, Spring Seat, Spring, Guide, Retainers and Collets/Keepers. The rest got new retainers and reassembled.
Thank you for your video. I bought the race tech kit for my 82 nighthawk but havent yet installed it but i felt stupid for spending so much once i saw the progressive kit for like a third of the price but i new race tech was going to be the way to go in the end.
I thought the same thing at first and even bought and installed the Progressive springs. Not even 500 miles later I realised my error and they came back out.
I remember watching your first vid about the retainers and the valve dropping, I also switched the retainers on my gen 1 for gen 3 retainers, disturbing to learn what happened to yours again! It's such a weird thing, I can only imagine there are hundreds of bikes out there running fine with broken retainer fragments under the tappets, and actual issues arising from it seem pretty rare, still you don't want that nagging feeling that something could go wrong AGAIN!
It's something that really causes you to worry because there's no sign that there's any problem until all of a sudden there's a HUGE problem. Then there's all of the ones that I didn't change this time.. Who's to say they didn't crack the very next day? Needless to say, this bike is going to be running a VERY short valve inspection schedule
Buying one of these tomorrow. I live in AZ and just moved to a neighborhood with desert access. I can't wait. If I wasn't an OG (55) I would have gone with a 450, but I'll be content just cruising--bike cost used is very fair.
The ratio of nitromethane to air is so high, that just before ignition the nitro becomes so compressed and homogenous that for a split second it becomes a freaking *solid.*
Amazing! I knew they went through a LOT of fuel during a run, but seeing it in real time is insane. Also, very cool to have the Beach Boys singing "Little Deuce Coupe" in the background!
