I'm trying to get mine running. I gotta do some carb cleaning and also the tank. I have the gold color katana 600. Looks really sweet. I've had mine since 2001.
By good what is it exactly that you mean? I mean it's too damn slow, but, very dependable as long as it doesn't sit for long periods cause that wrecks the carbs.
Have you put bigger jets in your motorcycle or even tried modifying one its pretty quick once you've done some bolt ons and put a full exhaust and pod filters. I like it for what it is. I also mentioned in the video that it wasn't a fast motorcycle, so I get what you're saying with it being slow, but it's my first motorcycle and for me its plenty quick. its a very good motorcycle for what it does and what it was inteded for at the time.
@@hotspankamencrew6861 Only probably around 300 + times over the course of 47 years. Changing jets is not the issue. Dialing it in can be challenging. If this is your first motorcycle you clearly have a zero reference for what is a good motorcycle to begin with. We all have our riding styles and the Katana 600 is a girlie bike in my humble opinion. I did own one, ONCE. Rescued a barn find with very low mileage, refreshed damn near everything on it, Brakes, Forks and seals, brake calipers, and master cylinders with a titanium wrapped exhaust pipes and new braided brake lines. I put 1700 into a bike I got for 1500 and sold it taking a loss of $1200 just to get rid of it. Katana's here in the USA are sort of like riding a moped. My sport bikes get up and go far better and that is my last katana adventure EVER.
okay you’re really going to that kind of gate keeper. First off this is a barn find motorcycle, and second off I’ve done all of the work on it. When I first got it there were wires hanging the gas tank was missing the carbs looked like hell, engine was seized so I used marvel mystery oil to unseize it, so I rebuilt and bought everything on it.There were like three things that I didn’t have the tools for that had to be done at a shop. Thirdly I was given it for free I didn't have the luxury of buying a super fast motorcycle, and clearly you didn’t do your research very well cause it wasn’t marked as a race bike or gsxr its a gsxf. I have been working with limited information on my motorcycle because everything is really hard to find parts for it and the information on the internet is very old not only that but the one forum that I had been visiting got shut down. The fact that you have the nerve to comment on the video this late tells me that you really don’t care about anything in the motorcycle community and would rather be a loser who just points a laughs at everyone else who is getting started on motorcycles. For your information it is a good motorcycle it was meant as a sport touring not sport bike and it got stuck being compared to other sport bikes when they clearly had a gsxr at the time.
I'm trying to get mine running. I gotta do some carb cleaning and also the tank. I have the gold color katana 600. Looks really sweet. I've had mine since 2001.
I'm restoring a 750 K model Katana right now. It's a beast no matter what the haters say.
heck yeah good luck with that.
You can see the Katana 600 racing here: ua-cam.com/video/_puvc7haT4o/v-deo.html
By good what is it exactly that you mean? I mean it's too damn slow, but, very dependable as long as it doesn't sit for long periods cause that wrecks the carbs.
Have you put bigger jets in your motorcycle or even tried modifying one its pretty quick once you've done some bolt ons and put a full exhaust and pod filters. I like it for what it is. I also mentioned in the video that it wasn't a fast motorcycle, so I get what you're saying with it being slow, but it's my first motorcycle and for me its plenty quick. its a very good motorcycle for what it does and what it was inteded for at the time.
@@hotspankamencrew6861 Only probably around 300 + times over the course of 47 years. Changing jets is not the issue. Dialing it in can be challenging. If this is your first motorcycle you clearly have a zero reference for what is a good motorcycle to begin with. We all have our riding styles and the Katana 600 is a girlie bike in my humble opinion. I did own one, ONCE. Rescued a barn find with very low mileage, refreshed damn near everything on it, Brakes, Forks and seals, brake calipers, and master cylinders with a titanium wrapped exhaust pipes and new braided brake lines. I put 1700 into a bike I got for 1500 and sold it taking a loss of $1200 just to get rid of it. Katana's here in the USA are sort of like riding a moped. My sport bikes get up and go far better and that is my last katana adventure EVER.
okay you’re really going to that kind of gate keeper. First off this is a barn find motorcycle, and second off I’ve done all of the work on it. When I first got it there were wires hanging the gas tank was missing the carbs looked like hell, engine was seized so I used marvel mystery oil to unseize it, so I rebuilt and bought everything on it.There were like three things that I didn’t have the tools for that had to be done at a shop. Thirdly I was given it for free I didn't have the luxury of buying a super fast motorcycle, and clearly you didn’t do your research very well cause it wasn’t marked as a race bike or gsxr its a gsxf. I have been working with limited information on my motorcycle because everything is really hard to find parts for it and the information on the internet is very old not only that but the one forum that I had been visiting got shut down. The fact that you have the nerve to comment on the video this late tells me that you really don’t care about anything in the motorcycle community and would rather be a loser who just points a laughs at everyone else who is getting started on motorcycles. For your information it is a good motorcycle it was meant as a sport touring not sport bike and it got stuck being compared to other sport bikes when they clearly had a gsxr at the time.