Hello! How you doing? I am wanting to buy one, do you mind if i ask you what were the major problems you had on this one? Thanks in advance, Marco, Portugal
Hey Marco, I have it for years and no major problems. Just remember to check if the new tensioner was fitted with the previous owner or garage. Its a known fault with OEM tensioner on those. After that, I had a cracked plastic knee in the fuel line, failed starter relay, failed starter, the radiator will need replacing soon. That's about it.
Hey! Thanks for answering! You mean timing chain tensioner? Is or can the replace be better than the oem? Im glad you havent had any major problems. Im probably mostly looking about transmission and etc. I really like the idea of a none chain final drive, byt have been wondering wether is or is not reliable. Thanks Marco
yep, timing chain tensioner, with OEM chain is slamming around in the engine cover and causes rattle. Could cause to skip a tooth on the sprocket and then... cry cry cry :P There's a good chance most of the Ks have the upgraded tensioner by now. As for driveshaft its more reliable than a chain, its safer for you and the bike, looks better, its less maintenance, its smoother ride and acceleration. Only draw back is the slight power loss, its heavier and less efficient so you loose couple of ponies between the engine and the road. It has a plenty of power so I think positive outweigh the negatives.
Totally agree with you! Looks way better. Thanks for the heads up regarding the tensioner, will most certainly have a look on that when buying it. I believe listening to the engine carefully would be enough to acknowledge that issue what do you think? Regarding the driveshaft, im really pleased to hear you haveny got any problems, thats really great news for me. Do you do the maintenance by your own? If not, and comparing to another bikes, do you find this one more expensive regarding parts and labor? Thank you for replying
@@marcoaurelio6941 It was so long ago I can't recall the rattle noise so I can't tell now. yeah, I do it on my own, check my channel I have a video on the driveshaft, one tube of grease and a bit of oil it's all you need to maintain it once a year. Other bits are the same as in other bikes like oil, filters, pads etc so the same maintenance costs minus the cost of chain, sprockets and chain lube
I just got mine here in Thailand, just 27K on her. Looking forward to getting it to 100K :)
Have fun and safe riding!
Hello! How you doing? I am wanting to buy one, do you mind if i ask you what were the major problems you had on this one?
Thanks in advance,
Marco, Portugal
Hey Marco, I have it for years and no major problems. Just remember to check if the new tensioner was fitted with the previous owner or garage. Its a known fault with OEM tensioner on those. After that, I had a cracked plastic knee in the fuel line, failed starter relay, failed starter, the radiator will need replacing soon. That's about it.
Hey! Thanks for answering!
You mean timing chain tensioner? Is or can the replace be better than the oem?
Im glad you havent had any major problems.
Im probably mostly looking about transmission and etc. I really like the idea of a none chain final drive, byt have been wondering wether is or is not reliable.
Thanks
Marco
yep, timing chain tensioner, with OEM chain is slamming around in the engine cover and causes rattle. Could cause to skip a tooth on the sprocket and then... cry cry cry :P There's a good chance most of the Ks have the upgraded tensioner by now.
As for driveshaft its more reliable than a chain, its safer for you and the bike, looks better, its less maintenance, its smoother ride and acceleration. Only draw back is the slight power loss, its heavier and less efficient so you loose couple of ponies between the engine and the road. It has a plenty of power so I think positive outweigh the negatives.
Totally agree with you! Looks way better. Thanks for the heads up regarding the tensioner, will most certainly have a look on that when buying it. I believe listening to the engine carefully would be enough to acknowledge that issue what do you think?
Regarding the driveshaft, im really pleased to hear you haveny got any problems, thats really great news for me.
Do you do the maintenance by your own? If not, and comparing to another bikes, do you find this one more expensive regarding parts and labor?
Thank you for replying
@@marcoaurelio6941 It was so long ago I can't recall the rattle noise so I can't tell now.
yeah, I do it on my own, check my channel I have a video on the driveshaft, one tube of grease and a bit of oil it's all you need to maintain it once a year. Other bits are the same as in other bikes like oil, filters, pads etc so the same maintenance costs minus the cost of chain, sprockets and chain lube