20 Most Recent 2004 kawasaki ZZR 1200 Questions & Answers

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yes but not for the faint hearted. need to find out y if loose

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ZZR-1200 2002 - 2005 models

a little bit is normal

it could rock a little..if you have not pumped the pistons out in the caliper by useing the back brake pedel a few times....if this dont work..is it the pins that go threw the caliper to bolt it on the caliper mount...are they worn??

if you have a mechanical speed, (not sure on this year) the cable may have vibrated loose at the speed head behind the head light.

pull the front case cover off that is over the sproket, then you will remove the large bolt that retains the sprocket to the output shaft of the trans, this will require a 1/2" drive air impact gun (like tire shops use to remove wheel lugs), u will also need a good quaility gear puller to get the gear off as it is a press fit.

normaly timing chains last for aprox 30,000 miles. it is possible that the cam chain tensioners are sticking. you would also be better off giving the bike some serious throttle at times as this stops the adjusters from sticking, my advice would be to take it out for a ride and giving it some redline action for a while then listen for the noise if its any better or worse,if worse replace camchain and tensioners together...hope this helps

just have to keep working it to free it up... spray more from the other end of the cable too.

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check fuses an bulbs good place to start

It is most likely a bulb problem. I do believe they run off the same fuse, same as headlight too I believe. You can always look at the fuse to see if it is bad. You can also test it with an ohmmeter. You can test power from the tailight wire to the bulb with a voltmeter if you wanted to.

how old is the battery it mite be a weak cell in the batt

You didn't say what year model or size of your bike, but most have a neutral safety switch and a side kickstand safety switch. When you dropped it, it probably effected the operation of the switch.

NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF BIKE YOU HAVE I HAVE A KAWASAKI 1500 CLASSIC THE BOLTS ARE ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE 10MM.BOLTS AROUND CLOSE TO THE SIDE COVERS

If the engine is very worn, try using a softer plug as that will help to burn off the oil deposits or if the plug is not pink but grey, make the misture skightly richer so it will burn cooler.
Hope this helps.

tube hangs loose. keep it away from any moving parts though.

Put the air filter back on the carbs! You might think that because of the freedom, it's breathing better, but the truth is that you actually manage to evaporate the little amounts of gas going into the chamber so the mixture is so poor you can't get ignition.