brent davis
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posted May 19, 2007 07:31 PM
busted the oil pan and boy am I lucky.....
I needed a part for my car that I take to the track and decided to take the bike out since the part was something that I could put in my jacket pocket. Well I get to the shop which is about 10 miles from the house and damn, they are closed so I head back home and there was a bad dip in the road that apparently I could not have avoided. The best that I did was stand up off the seat a bit to take some weight off but it was not enough. I didn't know what had just happened until I hit the throttle and the bike acted as if the clutch was slipping all while I was going about 60 MPH. I looked in the mirror and saw a ton of smoke and I immediately shut the bike off and coasted off the side of the road. It still had some oil in it as when I stopped, at least a 1 qt. and 1/2 drained out. Oh well, I will get it off and mod that biatch to be smooth and flat on the bottom and the drain off to the side.
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smokinzx14
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posted May 19, 2007 07:37 PM
You are a lucky man that you didn't go down !!! Someone needs to built as a killer low profile pan ....Smokin
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Nelson Taylor
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posted May 19, 2007 09:25 PM
Glad your ok Brent
+1 on the low profile pan
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dubious
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posted May 19, 2007 09:34 PM
+ 2
we need low profile pan
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bigdtd
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posted May 20, 2007 03:15 AM
are you lowered?
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dubious
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posted May 20, 2007 04:32 AM
yes we all are....
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brent davis
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posted May 20, 2007 04:41 AM
quote:
yes we all are....
LOL. That's the problem....................we are lowered.
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brent davis
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posted May 20, 2007 09:45 AM
Here it is. Gonna go and get it fixed tomorrow BUT can any of the turbo guys in here tell me or show me where the drain fitting goes so that I can go ahead and add one?
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dubious
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posted May 20, 2007 10:10 AM
iflyphi, or zx bob can help ya with that. might have good luck on the zx14ninja site reaching them, Bob is a moderator over there
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lietoome
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posted May 20, 2007 07:40 PM
 Edited By: lietoome on 20 May 2007 20:40
i ripped mine off too. see where I had it welded up and relocated to the kickstand side? I'll see if I can find the other pics.
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stevewfl
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posted May 20, 2007 07:42 PM
assist
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posted May 20, 2007 07:42 PM
wtf you corrected as I reposted?.....apologies~
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lietoome
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posted May 20, 2007 07:43 PM
thanks steve, I fixed it right after.
Here's the link with some other pics.
http://www.bikeland.org/board/viewthread.php?FID=27&TID=31274&set_time=
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lietoome
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posted May 20, 2007 07:44 PM
Edited By: lietoome on 20 May 2007 20:46
http://www.bikeland.org/board/viewthread.php?FID=13&TID=31291&set_time=
this is a pic of what halvefast did...my guy did it a little different, but it works.
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Brent Davis
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posted May 21, 2007 02:25 AM
Thanks man. I do have that picture of what halvefast did and I have already cut out the pan and can actually re-use the stock drain fitting plug. I just ground off the ragged material around the plug and cut a hole for it to fit right in.
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thevak
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posted May 22, 2007 03:04 PM
Yeah I did the oil pan in about a year ago bike whipped violently some how did'nt go down glad you did'nt either. To the guy with the colored chain well I never thought I would like one of those. But the way you have it all blacked out in the back it looks awesome. Nice work bro........
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CrotchRocket
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posted May 22, 2007 05:16 PM
You guys are riding in the street with the 14 lowered???
Did you guys stiffen up the suspention???
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Nelson Taylor
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posted May 22, 2007 06:19 PM
My suspension is stiff, and I haven't busted my pan. I do occasionally rub it against drive ways when going to fast or when pulling into the trailer if its not raised up enough.
I think it would be good just to have a modded pan that relocates the bolt.
I do like the recessed look for the bolt.
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BlackMagic14
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posted May 23, 2007 07:41 PM
RPM Cycle and performance makes one they are located in El Dorado arkansas I dont know there website but they have a section on www.psychobike.com
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