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Old April 16th, 2009, 06:25 PM
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We should make a day of it one day ....how about one day we coudl have a grill out and we could all share bike knowledge for everyone...i used to race a 350z and we had a site like this we would all meet up and work on each others cars or help..
Might could just use my shop one sunday
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Old April 16th, 2009, 06:27 PM
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plugs on your bike are fun (heavy dose of sarcasm)

I got it down to 20-30 min on my bike LOL
without using the lift
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Old April 16th, 2009, 06:54 PM
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I got it down to 20-30 min on my bike LOL
without using the lift
yeah but how many have you done. for someone doing it only like once every 14-20k miles then its gonna be a bit harder lol. IIRC isnt the spark plugs like under the front neck on th 1k rr?? like you gotta get to the plugs from the front sort of?
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Old April 16th, 2009, 06:55 PM
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yeah but how many have you done. for someone doing it only like once every 14-20k miles then its gonna be a bit harder lol. IIRC isnt the spark plugs like under the front neck on th 1k rr?? like you gotta get to the plugs from the front sort of?
yep, fucking nightmare on my bike
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Old April 16th, 2009, 07:23 PM
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Can't be that hard...
Nothing on a motorcycle is hard...
Other than my peepee
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Old April 19th, 2009, 01:31 PM
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how hard is it to do the plugs on a gsxr 750 07 I have about 16000 miles on mine and never been changed
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Old April 19th, 2009, 02:57 PM
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I do my own oil changes and I do them every 2K miles, and I use Mobil 1 Racing 4T also... (formally known as MX4T). I love that oil, and I can get it at the local auto parts store
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Old April 20th, 2009, 01:50 AM
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how hard is it to do the plugs on a gsxr 750 07 I have about 16000 miles on mine and never been changed
10-15mins. easy as shit. IMO everything on a gixxer is easy to do.
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owned the fiddy for about 4 years now... changed the oil once, back in 07... holler

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lmao! Tell me you did not use canola oil for your oil change haha.
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lmao! Tell me you did not use canola oil for your oil change haha.
sure did. no ticking sound.
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Had Motul but using Castrol now and it seems to run smoother now
Doing it myself btw.
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sure did. no ticking sound.
Nice. Maybe I can try it on the 600.
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sure would like to get my chain and oil changed sigh ...im gonna go give those guys that dropped shit on brats bike a beat down id have my shit done by now...
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sure would like to get my chain and oil changed sigh ...im gonna go give those guys that dropped shit on brats bike a beat down id have my shit done by now...
i told you before i could do it. would have been done a long time ago.
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