r6 maintenance routine
Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:52 am
Finally, after riding bikes for 15 years, I have started attempting my own maintenance efforts, rather than paying some pigfucking swine to do them for me. The chain adjustment of my 99' r6 took a while, but I was most pleased with the outcome. Unfortunately changing one of the headlight bulbs took 90 minutes last week, and then today, I changed the oil, but put in the new oil BEFORE changing the oil filter. I was too excited I guess, to give my beloved beast new blood, and take her for a ride. I am unsure if any of you are mechanically minded, but what the hell, I may as well ask...
Before the oil change...and the oil and oil filter have not been changed since early october of last year...there was an intermiitent rattle coming from the cam chain. A friend at work was disgusted with me for leaving the same oil in the bike for so long. Apparently, a high revving supersports bike needs oil and oil filter changes more than once per year, especially if used every day. The rattle was dying out on my first ride post-oil change, and on the way home, it was completely absent. Could the oil change have cured the camchain rattle????Would dirty old oil cause a cam chain to get a bit rattly???
can I change the oil filter, which juts out the engine horizontally without having to drain the oil once again??? I assume that the oil sits in the sump when the bike is not in use?
Tyres...I have a michelin pilot power 2ct on the front, and a pilot power radial on the rear. As I ride quite aggressively, but am almost always in the city, commuting, what is the best psi for my tyres??? I was going to aim for 36/36...
Lastly...I was forced recently, by the police, to replace an aftermarket muffler with the stock muffler. It fit, but did not fit as snuggly as it is supposed to...in order to pass the noise test I caked the connection with muffler putty, which has since dropped off. Any ideas of how to make it a more snug fit??? It seems that the pipe coming from the four exhaust pipes from the 4 cylinders, is not long enough, hence the lack of a snug fit. A mate suggested I cover the pipe from the 4 into 1 with alluminium foil or a can, to make it more snugly fit...
a strange place to put such questions, but someone may be able to help?
Before the oil change...and the oil and oil filter have not been changed since early october of last year...there was an intermiitent rattle coming from the cam chain. A friend at work was disgusted with me for leaving the same oil in the bike for so long. Apparently, a high revving supersports bike needs oil and oil filter changes more than once per year, especially if used every day. The rattle was dying out on my first ride post-oil change, and on the way home, it was completely absent. Could the oil change have cured the camchain rattle????Would dirty old oil cause a cam chain to get a bit rattly???
can I change the oil filter, which juts out the engine horizontally without having to drain the oil once again??? I assume that the oil sits in the sump when the bike is not in use?
Tyres...I have a michelin pilot power 2ct on the front, and a pilot power radial on the rear. As I ride quite aggressively, but am almost always in the city, commuting, what is the best psi for my tyres??? I was going to aim for 36/36...
Lastly...I was forced recently, by the police, to replace an aftermarket muffler with the stock muffler. It fit, but did not fit as snuggly as it is supposed to...in order to pass the noise test I caked the connection with muffler putty, which has since dropped off. Any ideas of how to make it a more snug fit??? It seems that the pipe coming from the four exhaust pipes from the 4 cylinders, is not long enough, hence the lack of a snug fit. A mate suggested I cover the pipe from the 4 into 1 with alluminium foil or a can, to make it more snugly fit...
a strange place to put such questions, but someone may be able to help?