Kinda not surprised glen if it is an '07 plated bike .....I had a few gremlin's when I bought my six (the first time) knew something didn't sound right and after a bit of research on US forum's there was a lot of occurances of them dropping valves from worn/deformed valve bucket's from a lack of oil pressure to the head....The '08 even though the same model came out with a different head with larger oil port's apparently and this is what kawasaki put in my bike at a cost to them of over 5k + labour ....
They originally took it in for the rocker cover gasket under warrenty and noticed my pharked valve bucket's
Dave
2010 Z1000
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05 ZX-10R Race Bike - No.77
95 ZXR750R M Race Bike - No. 75
98 ZX9R Race Bike - No. 000
zx6r, zx7r, GPX750, GPX500, lots of KX's.
I ride way too fast to worry about cholesterol
Glen, I would not rule out warranty on it. Maybe give John at mornington a call. If it is a known issue as disco mentioned you could have a valid claim.
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When we talked about it today Glen I forgot to mention about how the rocker cover gasket kit was replaced under the "recall" program on mine even tho it's a rwo also..... but I left that little detail out in my discussions with the dealer.
Difference is mine's obviously a roadie, the deadX6 is a trackie and depends if you wanna go through ALLLLLL of that work to reverse that.
Warranty claim conditions may be different, but I get the feeling that if you've got a dealer batting for you with the big K you might be in with a chance... you could try Kelens also? They did say to me how that kind of work is a PITA beacuse they don't recover much of the cost back from K.A.
Blurr wrote:shit Glen, thats shit hourse news. Time for a Mozzie me thinks
So who is riding the roadie?
That'd be me. He's had a crash and a lunched engine in twelve months, you think I'm going to hand him the keys to the classic
It's really all about standing around drinking Dave's beer.
2008 ZRX1200 Greeeeen Roadie
2016 KTM Superduke 1290 Oraaaaange
2016 Seadoo RXTX300
Too many toys.......work is getting in the way!!!!
I tried to give John a call but he's in tassie racing.
If you can get a friendly dealer ie John then you might get a warranty claim up. Jaimie Aitken once told me they'd look after warranty issues for me.
As for putting road gear back on it and registering it, I don't have much of the road gear left anyway and to some extent I couldn't be bothered. In the end it'd probably cost me more then a motor out of the states anyway.
Best I've had via findapart so far is $2800 plus freight for one with 12000klm's on it out of Perth and one for $3000 exchange out of Vic.
I thik I'm just going to google Bike wreckers in the US and UK
It's really all about standing around drinking Dave's beer.
2008 ZRX1200 Greeeeen Roadie
2016 KTM Superduke 1290 Oraaaaange
2016 Seadoo RXTX300
Too many toys.......work is getting in the way!!!!
Dave
2010 Z1000
ex bikes
05 ZX-10R Race Bike - No.77
95 ZXR750R M Race Bike - No. 75
98 ZX9R Race Bike - No. 000
zx6r, zx7r, GPX750, GPX500, lots of KX's.
I ride way too fast to worry about cholesterol
yup had a look, cylinder 3 intake valve looks like someone's making metal soup with valve balls
airbox full of shards
MadKaw wrote:Theres a couple on ebay. I'm sure you've already checked though..
Now we're talking Dave..... if you're gonna go this route time to start checking engine numbers.... I've got a feeling the 08 engine is that much more because it's an 08.
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.....I had a few gremlin's when I bought my six (the first time) knew something didn't sound right and after a bit of research on US forum's there was a lot of occurances of them dropping valves from worn/deformed valve bucket's from a lack of oil pressure to the head....The '08 even though the same model came out with a different head with larger oil port's apparently and this is what kawasaki put in my bike at a cost to them of over 5k + labour 
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