Good progress Tom, looking forward to seeing it start up, and eventually on the road again. Have you replaced the radiator? you can get an aftermarket one for just over £100 if I remember right, in black to so would look great with all the work done to this.
I’ve seen them, I wanted one that wasn’t Chinese and they’re a lot more expensive. I’ll keep saving for one as the radiator I have doesn’t leak. I’d just be spending on looks then! Haha
@@8713Thomas Tbh bud, Chinese made ones are likely very good, but this one (linked below in separate comment in case it gets blocked lol), is UK made. It's currently not in stock, but I guess they make them to order as they are probably rare items to sell. Mine is still the original and works fine too, but if I'd put the work in that you had, I'd buy one to make it look like new, still your choice obvs. Might be worth getting in contact and asking at least.
@@HalfdeadRider I’ll have a look when I get home! I hadn’t found one from England, so like you said it would ruin it, after all the work! Cheers buddy! How’s yours getting on?
@@8713Thomas Yea my bike is going well bud, you may have seen that I painted my calipers to match the purple on the bike, done the Tokico in gold, they look great. My tank still needs fixing, but hoping to get some extra cash soon, so hope to get it done finally. It could also do with it having the valve clearances checked, and the CCT reset or replaced as now coming up to 21k miles, doesn't sound too bad though.
@@HalfdeadRider yeah seen your calipers! Good job done there! Hope you used my video to help!? 😜 Have you got the link to that radiator? A fairing tab has rotten off, noticed this afternoon whilst filming! Hahaha
Is there a setting in there for when you over lay the music, cos the music sections are very loud. I have the volume set to a level so I can hear what you're saying and then when the music kicks in, it's like 100 Db.
hey don't know if you'll ever see this, but i'm having trouble locating the fuel pump relay on my zx9r. looked under tank, under seat, behind both front fairings and even under the airbox. any ideas?
@@NickMorales-xt5tk the pump only has a solenoid, which is part of the pump, or a fuse which is in the fuse box. The pump should start as you turn the ignition on and the kill switch is off. If you have power going to the fuel pump, but the pump isn’t working you can buy a new solenoid assembly from wemoto, I believe you can also get the full fuel pump from there, too.
Hi Tom, excellent progress on the bike. It will be amazing to ride I am sure of it. I recently purchased an E2 and have noticed that it will backfire slightly through one of the carbs, especially when it's cold. I haven't gone any further into it but I have been reading various symptoms online. It may need a carb service/calibration. I hope there isn't anything more significant like engine timing or poor valve seating. I have no service history on the thing so any advice would be appreciated. I also hear the occasional crunch coming from the transmission when stationary, ONLY when the clutch is out and NOT engaged. So when I'm at the lights with clutch free, it will make this quick crunch sound, but when I hold the lever in, it never does it. Have you had any transmission/clutch experience with these bikes to be able to diagnose the possible issue ? I also found that the oil pan has been aluminium welded just beside where the sump plug is. I wonder what happened there for that to have been welded. I hate knowing it's there, so I'm looking to replace the oil pan with a nice clean spare if I can get one for a reasonable price. The bike runs great apart from these. it starts and runs fine and goes through the gears well. I have since stopped using it until I know for sure what's going so I don't risk any potential damage. I have recorded a video of the carb backfire sound. When I upload it on UA-cam I'll share it so others can hear what I'm hearing. I'll have to get a video of the gearbox crunch sound too.
Which carb? Is it number 1? Take the air box off, run it and check how much fuel a going into the chambers. If it’s a lot more in one then you have a float valve issue. I had similar. A good clean out of the jets too. Make sure the mixtures screws and floats are set right.
I can’t tell you what’s up with your transmission, it s something I’d have to see. But, for good measure, adjust the clutch cable so you only have 2/3mm of play at the lever and grease the foot lever pivots. Also, get a service done with valve clearances. Join zx-9r.net there are great bits of advice there
@@8713Thomas I'll try and get into it this weekend Tom. Hopefully shed some light on the issue. I have never experienced this ever during my long time being around motorcycles.
keep up the good work man
Good progress Tom, looking forward to seeing it start up, and eventually on the road again. Have you replaced the radiator? you can get an aftermarket one for just over £100 if I remember right, in black to so would look great with all the work done to this.
I’ve seen them, I wanted one that wasn’t Chinese and they’re a lot more expensive. I’ll keep saving for one as the radiator I have doesn’t leak. I’d just be spending on looks then! Haha
@@8713Thomas Tbh bud, Chinese made ones are likely very good, but this one (linked below in separate comment in case it gets blocked lol), is UK made.
It's currently not in stock, but I guess they make them to order as they are probably rare items to sell.
Mine is still the original and works fine too, but if I'd put the work in that you had, I'd buy one to make it look like new, still your choice obvs. Might be worth getting in contact and asking at least.
@@HalfdeadRider I’ll have a look when I get home! I hadn’t found one from England, so like you said it would ruin it, after all the work! Cheers buddy! How’s yours getting on?
@@8713Thomas Yea my bike is going well bud, you may have seen that I painted my calipers to match the purple on the bike, done the Tokico in gold, they look great.
My tank still needs fixing, but hoping to get some extra cash soon, so hope to get it done finally. It could also do with it having the valve clearances checked, and the CCT reset or replaced as now coming up to 21k miles, doesn't sound too bad though.
@@HalfdeadRider yeah seen your calipers! Good job done there! Hope you used my video to help!? 😜
Have you got the link to that radiator? A fairing tab has rotten off, noticed this afternoon whilst filming! Hahaha
Is there a setting in there for when you over lay the music, cos the music sections are very loud. I have the volume set to a level so I can hear what you're saying and then when the music kicks in, it's like 100 Db.
You should link where you get the parts from Tom. Others may also be interested and not know where to turn for such things.
Wemoto.com haha
hey don't know if you'll ever see this, but i'm having trouble locating the fuel pump relay on my zx9r. looked under tank, under seat, behind both front fairings and even under the airbox. any ideas?
@@NickMorales-xt5tk the pump only has a solenoid, which is part of the pump, or a fuse which is in the fuse box. The pump should start as you turn the ignition on and the kill switch is off. If you have power going to the fuel pump, but the pump isn’t working you can buy a new solenoid assembly from wemoto, I believe you can also get the full fuel pump from there, too.
Hi Tom, excellent progress on the bike. It will be amazing to ride I am sure of it.
I recently purchased an E2 and have noticed that it will backfire slightly through one of the carbs, especially when it's cold. I haven't gone any further into it but I have been reading various symptoms online.
It may need a carb service/calibration. I hope there isn't anything more significant like engine timing or poor valve seating. I have no service history on the thing so any advice would be appreciated.
I also hear the occasional crunch coming from the transmission when stationary, ONLY when the clutch is out and NOT engaged. So when I'm at the lights with clutch free, it will make this quick crunch sound, but when I hold the lever in, it never does it.
Have you had any transmission/clutch experience with these bikes to be able to diagnose the possible issue ?
I also found that the oil pan has been aluminium welded just beside where the sump plug is. I wonder what happened there for that to have been welded. I hate knowing it's there, so I'm looking to replace the oil pan with a nice clean spare if I can get one for a reasonable price.
The bike runs great apart from these. it starts and runs fine and goes through the gears well. I have since stopped using it until I know for sure what's going so I don't risk any potential damage.
I have recorded a video of the carb backfire sound. When I upload it on UA-cam I'll share it so others can hear what I'm hearing.
I'll have to get a video of the gearbox crunch sound too.
Which carb? Is it number 1? Take the air box off, run it and check how much fuel a going into the chambers. If it’s a lot more in one then you have a float valve issue. I had similar. A good clean out of the jets too. Make sure the mixtures screws and floats are set right.
I can’t tell you what’s up with your transmission, it s something I’d have to see. But, for good measure, adjust the clutch cable so you only have 2/3mm of play at the lever and grease the foot lever pivots.
Also, get a service done with valve clearances. Join zx-9r.net there are great bits of advice there
@@8713Thomas I'll try and get into it this weekend Tom. Hopefully shed some light on the issue. I have never experienced this ever during my long time being around motorcycles.
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