bigdtd
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posted November 15, 2009 09:55 AM
Thanks to Smokin!
After 3 years and 12500 miles my 06 Ebony ZX-14 developed a slight valve cover leak. I rode with it for a while but finally decided to get it fixed. Lee graciously offered his services and I took it over to his place. He used washers to shim the valve cover tighter and a new gasket with sealer in the proper places and voila no leaks! The bike was spotless when he finished with it and as a bonus we found out that after 3 years and quite a few miles the bike still pulls like new on the dyno  . He found and fixed any issues he came across and the bike came back perfect. I would highly recommend Lee to anyone who needs an expert to work on their bike and nobody pays more attention to the details! I feel lucky to have him around.
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posted November 15, 2009 02:23 PM
Hey Smokin , moove to Oz , the house next door is ready to rent !
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smokinZX14
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posted November 15, 2009 02:32 PM
Thank you Dave , you are too kind ... It's really nice to work on a clean bike and Dave keeps his bike spotless ..You would never know the bike had 12000 miles ..
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ZX11D
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posted November 15, 2009 04:02 PM
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Hey Smokin , moove to Oz , the house next door is ready to rent !
Or to California....closer than OZ, no visa, and.....warm weather too 
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Bawls
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posted November 15, 2009 04:24 PM
then you can come to barona and show me what kind of times my bike is supposed to run :P
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bigdtd
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posted November 16, 2009 09:27 AM
we are keeping him here in sunny fla where all the fastest 14s live.....
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Fifty Thousand
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posted November 16, 2009 09:41 AM
Smikin wanna do other one?
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smokinZX14
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posted November 16, 2009 12:53 PM
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Smikin wanna do other one?
Sure ... Is yours leaking ?
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SteveWFL
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posted November 16, 2009 01:00 PM
I got p*ssed at mine, every time the valve cover leak was fixed it would come back 6K later. I should've took it to smokin' instead of being pissed off at the warranty "Kawasaki" folks . But I never liked the bike after the 3rd oil leak repair, and glad its gone!
I may get a Connie 14, from what I'm seeing on Kawi forums they are leaking too after some mileage which has me hesitant.
Smokin' and Bigdtd, miss riding with you guys and I'm back in FL hope to see you!
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smokinZX14
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posted November 16, 2009 01:28 PM
quote:
I got p*ssed at mine, every time the valve cover leak was fixed it would come back 6K later. I should've took it to smokin' instead of being pissed off at the warranty "Kawasaki" folks . But I never liked the bike after the 3rd oil leak repair, and glad its gone!
I may get a Connie 14, from what I'm seeing on Kawi forums they are leaking too after some mileage which has me hesitant.
Smokin' and Bigdtd, miss riding with you guys and I'm back in FL hope to see you!
Steve as soon as i get a new chain i'm going to start street riding again ...
As of now Daves bike is not leaking , but we will watch it closely and see if it becomes a problem again .. My hope is the new gasket and washers will fix it forever .. What i did find out is the old gasket was very hard compared to the new one .. I believe the heat caused the gasket to get hard and that is the main cause of the oil leaking ...
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SteddyTeddy
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posted November 16, 2009 02:35 PM
I'm trying to pull in a local ZRX for a couple dyno runs and rejetting.
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SteveWFL
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posted November 16, 2009 03:30 PM
quote:
I'm trying to pull in a local ZRX for a couple dyno runs and rejetting.
friend of mine just picked one of those up, its an '03 *minty* and he may be in the market for a dyno pull too, I can ask.
here it is Saturday:
the bike and Roco's gal
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posted November 16, 2009 04:48 PM
Ya Lee, last weekend I was checking the coolant level, and decided I needed to add some. When I took the lean mean fat grilling machine cover off I saw the oil on the left side of the motor..... It's a 2007 blue stocker.... only got the qwick pipes on it. I have about 11,000 miles on it also. gimme a call sometime. (86*)944-1027 <--- Lakeland area code
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posted November 16, 2009 04:48 PM
Steve glad ur back buddy, when we gonna ride again?
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smokinZX14
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posted November 16, 2009 05:28 PM
quote:
quote:
I'm trying to pull in a local ZRX for a couple dyno runs and rejetting.
friend of mine just picked one of those up, its an '03 *minty* and he may be in the market for a dyno pull too, I can ask.
here it is Saturday:
the bike and Roco's gal
Cool steve .. I love them ZRXs ... Muzzy pipe and pods it should make 131 hp..
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smokinZX14
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posted November 16, 2009 05:30 PM
 Edited By: smokinZX14 on 17 Nov 2009 01:31
quote:
Ya Lee, last weekend I was checking the coolant level, and decided I needed to add some. When I took the lean mean fat grilling machine cover off I saw the oil on the left side of the motor..... It's a 2007 blue stocker.... only got the qwick pipes on it. I have about 11,000 miles on it also. gimme a call sometime. (86*)944-1027 <--- Lakeland area code
Cool ... Before we start PING Jesse and have him pick up another valve cover gasket ..He gets us a really good price on them..
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SteddyTeddy
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posted November 16, 2009 07:24 PM
That's Goobr's new bike. Everyone know's knows Goobr. Just saw him on the 7th up in Ocala on a ride.
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SteveWFL
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posted November 16, 2009 08:56 PM
Edited By: SteveWFL on 17 Nov 2009 04:58
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That's Goobr's new bike. Everyone know's knows Goobr. Just saw him on the 7th up in Ocala on a ride.
Yup, He picked up that bike during the ride didn't have any clue you know him...this past weekend he talked so highly of that ride wish I'd have been there!!!
We ate big at his place in Lakeland Saturday...good times
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SteddyTeddy
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posted November 17, 2009 05:26 AM
We always have a good time on the Lakes Ride, as they call it. I didn't get to stay for the Saturday night party this time.  You'll have to make the ride next year. Lot of good people. We even let Yamaha's join in on the ride. LOL
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SteveWFL
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posted November 17, 2009 07:44 AM
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We always have a good time on the Lakes Ride, as they call it. I didn't get to stay for the Saturday night party this time. You'll have to make the ride next year. Lot of good people. We even let Yamaha's join in on the ride. LOL
Thanks! Yeah I heard goobr was up there with his Ohlins equipped new R1 and came back with both bikes 
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posted November 17, 2009 11:21 AM
Damn steve you come way over here to my lakeland and I dont get an invite???? LOL
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SteveWFL
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posted November 17, 2009 11:27 AM
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Damn steve you come way over here to my lakeland and I dont get an invite???? LOL
had no idea you're in Lakeland, I always thought you live in Tampa!
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SteddyTeddy
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posted November 17, 2009 12:29 PM
Edited By: SteddyTeddy on 17 Nov 2009 20:31
Steve was just trying to keep all of Ben's Goobr sauce for himself!
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SteveWFL
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posted November 17, 2009 01:45 PM
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Steve was just trying to keep all of Ben's Goobr sauce for himself!
and you know that ain't right 
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SteveWFL
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posted November 20, 2009 06:13 AM
Edited By: SteveWFL on 20 Nov 2009 14:14
here's what goobr did to his "other" bike as 1st mod - 2009 R1 track bike
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