![]() I also felt like this was more than I could chew. I was not really interested in selling the bike and the idea of paying $80/hr to have the piston replaced isn’t exactly what I call exciting. Not being mechanically inclined, this was really disappointing. I think that changing the rings could have been an option too but it also required about the same amount of work + replacing the gaskets. The SolutionĪll signs pointed to replacing the piston and having the cylinder rebored to fix the problem. Kawasaki fixed the problem on the 2009 model by using thinner pison rings that have more tension. The problem is most likely attributed to the pison rings being out of spec. It is a common problem on the 2008, the year of the first radical redesign since 1987. Maybe I didn’t realize before because I was really avoid this stuff… I had to top up after driving 110km/h (5,000rpm) for 2 hours. Gulp! Gulp! Gulp!įast forward a few months and my bike is drinking oil like crazy. I’ve never been satisfied with local dealerships when dealing my regular yearly checkup and oil change so last fall I ordered the Clymer manual and decided that I would do regular and easy preventative maintenance on the bike. I have never been mechanically inclined and avoided learning about bike maintenance for as long as I could. I’ve now done kilometers on it - mostly road, but a lot more logging roads in the last few months. It’s a 2008 and it had around 10,500 kilometers on the odometer. Published on by Vincent Roy Lower Rockport Rd., NB ![]()
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