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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 14, 2011 07:03 PM        
clutch exploded!!!!!

hi guys as it say it went boom!!!!.. this is what happend. had her ouside jus started it up lettin it warm up started cleanin her up wipein the wjeels ect alil time goes by bike is warm my buddy calls and so befor i hung up i decide to rev it for him...then almost instantly as i reved it it seemed to rev real fastand i was gettin sprayed with wat felt like sand then felt something bigger hit me and killed it all within in 2 seconds.... killed it looked down seen metel scraps looked like valve cover but wasnt it was the clutch cover.. removed wat was left of it and looks like the outter basket exploded and some clutch plates and put a small hole on the block side.... rode the bike 3 days ago all was perfect parked it and then this wat am i to do?????

link to some photos

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1342874806&aid=2055222

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tshultz


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posted April 14, 2011 07:46 PM        
looks like the basket exploded time for a billet one. better drop the oil pan make sure all the peaces are out. even then there still could be peaces in the motor but lets hope not.
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emikawasakininja


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posted April 15, 2011 12:36 PM        
what the....imagine that go off at higher speeds
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2000redrocket


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posted April 15, 2011 08:03 PM        Edited By: 2000redrocket on 16 Apr 2011 04:06



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say-what-u-want


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posted April 15, 2011 08:36 PM        
o man what cause that
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1badzx12r


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posted April 16, 2011 08:17 AM        
man thats ugly .. i've alway heard the stock zx12 baskets are junk
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KZScott


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posted April 16, 2011 01:56 PM        
strip the whole motor. you will find pieces everywhere. this happened to a local guy and i had to take everything apart
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tshultz


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posted April 16, 2011 06:45 PM        
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strip the whole motor. you will find pieces everywhere. this happened to a local guy and i had to take everything apart


that's the route id go those little peaces could be in the top end. Scott I remember you posing pics of that.

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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 16, 2011 08:02 PM        
wat does strip motor intail? like completly dimamble
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almost_les


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posted April 16, 2011 11:33 PM        
yup. then take compressed air and blow out all the oil passages.
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KZScott


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posted April 17, 2011 06:21 AM        
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wat does strip motor intail? like completly dimamble

as in every single piece comes apart... this may not be a job for a beginner
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01 ZX-12R 8.84 @ 156.3 no bars, DOT tires. Pump Gas, NA.... turbo 8.47 @ 164.
00 ZX-12R 8.62 @ 165.2 no bars, slicks, Pump Gas, 55 shot.... turbo 8.32 @173
00 ZX-12R Fastest NA Kawasaki in the world 1: 222.046 1.5: 226.390 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R street turbo 1: 227.9 1.5: 234.1 Loring AFB
00 ZX-12R LSR turbo 1: 263.1 1.5: 266.5 Loring AFB Worlds fastest ZX-12R
CMG Racing RCC Turbos

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2000redrocket


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posted April 17, 2011 06:53 AM        
than get pictures of that hole.
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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 17, 2011 07:36 AM        
motor should be out this after noon any tricks doin this??? gotta go buy deep socket to remove wats left of the basket and get a good pic of the hole...
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2000redrocket


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posted April 17, 2011 07:47 AM        
i talked to the guy that welded my case. you just need to look at it to see if it is fatel or just a hole.
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tshultz


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posted April 17, 2011 03:43 PM        
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motor should be out this after noon any tricks doin this??? gotta go buy deep socket to remove wats left of the basket and get a good pic of the hole...


I think its a 30mm socket deep well

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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 20, 2011 05:56 PM        
got some new pics not sure how to post up on here so heres a link

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/media/set/fbx/?set=a.2006491205587.2117329.1342874806

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2000redrocket


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posted April 20, 2011 07:54 PM        

if that is the hole where i think it is epoxy will fix that. that is fixable. put your camara on macro to get a better picture some time

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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 24, 2011 07:09 PM        


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Bobbydigital17420


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posted April 24, 2011 07:29 PM        

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Bobbydigital17420


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posted June 26, 2011 12:19 PM        
Its ALIVE im back up and runnin
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