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Dailying a 1000cc sportsbike, pls help (lemmy.ml)
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I wanted a lightly used zx-25r, light weight, high revving, it would be a fun way to get around the city pretending I'm a sportsbike revving to 17000 rpm while barely generating 50 hp. But there was an even lighter used, newer zx-4rr for the same price. Not what I wanted, but obviously more bike=better.

But then there was a 2014 z1000 in great condition for the same price so I really didn't have a choice in the matter.

I have to push really hard to keep this thing leaned over, my feet feel like they're way too far back, I can't split like I normally do because it's so big, my thighs get cooked, there's literally no reason to leave first gear it might as well be an automatic scooter that likes to do wheelies.

Anyone have any advice how I can make it more comfortable or enjoyable?

A guy laying on a halloween-colored z1000.
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[–] [S] 1 point 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, now the issue that I've noticed is that the rear brake does basically nothing and the front brake gets squishy with even the moderate riding possible on Hanoi streets, gonna take it to a kawa dealership see if they can figure the issue, maybe replace all the hoses with braided ones.

The private dealer I bought it from put DOT 3 in while the manual specifies 4 and didn't inflate the tires so I'm not sure they'll be much use diagnosing issues.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago* (1 child)

    I’d start with just bleeding the brakes. Sounds like air in the lines somewhere. Brake fluid is cheap and you only need a wrench for the caliper nipple and a piece of tubing to do the job.

    If they for some reason let air get into the master cylinder(completely drained the system, or didn’t top it off before it drained the reservoir while bleeding) there is usually a nipple to bleed that up by the fluid reservoir somewhere around the lever.

    Brake fluid eats a bunch of stuff…so don’t get that on the paint/plastics, etc.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 days ago*

    I don't really have a place to do that. I took it to Kawasaki, they took it for a spin and said I should replace the brake disc, the brake caliper, the barely used 2023 tires, and the entire bike. They did this with no diagnostic or tests beyond the ride.

    Used calipers to check, disc was within spec, then they changed the story to "the previous owner ran it without pads and the caliper left ridges in the disc", but the lines were basically cosmetic, you could barely feel them.

    They claimed to hear rod knock, I didn't hear it.

    So I took it to an independent shop and paid them 80 bucks to spend 2 days looking for problems for me to be aware of.

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