trikchop
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posted June 16, 2007 08:20 AM
 Edited By: trikchop on 16 Jun 2007 09:22
oooooops
the 14s got a noise in the motor. sounds alot like a rod. im gonna take it down toomorrow. 906 miles on the damn thing. what a pisser.
  
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Tool man
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posted June 16, 2007 08:32 AM
Hey.... details !! it might just be your cam chain tensioner !!!
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blackbullet76
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posted June 16, 2007 10:21 AM
Yeah, a few of peoples 14's on here make that annoying little knocking sound, including mine. It's the loudest right after it idles back down from a cold start, but after a few miles of riding, I don't hear it as much. I can tell you that it will get better with more miles. Mine still makes the noise, but nothing like it used to. I've got right at 3500 miles on my 07. I was told that the new 10r's and 6's make the same noise, but I haven't heard it for myself. Still though, it wouldn't hurt to take it back and have it checked out.
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ninjavin
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posted June 16, 2007 10:56 AM
My buddies 07 with 625 miles is in the shop right now with the same knocking sound. The tech said may have to replace the engines cases, apparently kawasaki know theres a problem. They've (Kawasaki) have had to replace a few.
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blackbullet76
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posted June 16, 2007 11:23 AM
Oh really? What did he say was wrong with the engine case? Bad casting? Someting not positioned like it should be?
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shane661
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posted June 16, 2007 11:57 AM
I could swear there was a thread about engine knocking, and how to fix it. Like maybe it was the counterbalancer or something? Do a search.....
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stevewfl
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posted June 16, 2007 12:16 PM
I remember the knocking thread too.
trikchop, dude use the directions up top to search, there's even directions to search google to search the threads
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FasterThanStink
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posted June 16, 2007 04:02 PM
Read this before you go too far.
http://www.bikeland.org/board/viewthread.php?FID=27&TID=27624&set_time=1168128100
The site search blows chunks.
The Google search is awesome. It brought me right to the thread by only inputting the word knocking.
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ninjavin
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posted June 17, 2007 04:29 AM
quote:
I could swear there was a thread about engine knocking, and how to fix it. Like maybe it was the counterbalancer or something? Do a search.....
I already tried adjusting the counterbalancers, made no improvement.
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blackbullet76
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posted June 17, 2007 05:18 AM
Yeah, I tried the counter balancer thing too with no luck.
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trikchop
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posted June 21, 2007 09:08 AM
drained the oil and toke the pan off to take a look. as soon as i saw the oil i knew it wasnt good. i was really hoping it would be something else. the guys at the dealership said theyd warranty it but i wouldnt let them fuckheads open a beer for me, much less a fukkin motor.
as soon as my zx10 motor gets done ill take this one down and drop it off to get repaired.
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stevewfl
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posted June 21, 2007 07:20 PM
what happened to the zx 10 motor
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posted June 22, 2007 07:16 AM
The 14's cam chain tensioner is noisey on start-up. Kawi's aware of it, and it's normal. As far as another problem, I haven't been informed, and I talked to my service rep a few weeks ago at length about the bike.
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trikchop
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posted June 22, 2007 10:13 AM
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what happened to the zx 10 motor
nothin. just freshining it up a lil  its got like 40 something thousand miles. ive bent the shift forks in the tranny a couple of time but never had any problems with the motor.
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stevewfl
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posted June 22, 2007 11:50 AM
kewl!
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