What Did You Do To Your Busa, Today?
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CBXRider
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I have begun cleaning it up after my trip, many miles in the rain really dirty up a bike. Removed and cleaned the cans, chain guard and rear wheel, cleaned and lubed the chain, plexus the bodywork from the seat back. The Amsoil and oil filter arrived and a new air filter is coming Saturday. Next I’ll plexus the side and front bodywork and clean the front wheel then remove the right fairing for an oil change. A new rear tire will be in soon and I’ll button it all back up. I prefer doing these things in stages. 
CBXRider
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New clutch? How many miles on the old one? I turned over 88,000 on my Yellowstone trip and I’m still running the original.
ottafish
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Just hit 58,000 ks. But she's starting to shudder.and be a bit argumentative.
Kiwi Rider
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I fitted a new radiator and silicon hoses to my Busa today!
Flushed out the engine and added fresh blue coolant, bled it and warmed it up..
Now the fan cycles nicely at idle, 25 seconds running fan, 30 secs fan off, repeats consistently.
The OEM 26 year old radiator is blocked pretty bad in the core, flow is less than 50%.. the fins are squashed over real bad… once the fan came on it wouldn’t shut off at all,.only cooled while riding.
Never overheated though, unless it was a hot day and riding in city traffic. Then I’d have to pull over and wait 10 mins til the temp gauge dropped below half way.
Wont have that problem anymore yeeeehaaa!
Here’s the new rad…
And the hoses..
Flushed out the engine and added fresh blue coolant, bled it and warmed it up..
Now the fan cycles nicely at idle, 25 seconds running fan, 30 secs fan off, repeats consistently.
The OEM 26 year old radiator is blocked pretty bad in the core, flow is less than 50%.. the fins are squashed over real bad… once the fan came on it wouldn’t shut off at all,.only cooled while riding.
Never overheated though, unless it was a hot day and riding in city traffic. Then I’d have to pull over and wait 10 mins til the temp gauge dropped below half way.
Wont have that problem anymore yeeeehaaa!
Here’s the new rad…
And the hoses..
Kiwi Rider
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Do you get the oil filter removed without disconnecting the the oil cooler hose?I have begun cleaning it up after my trip, many miles in the rain really dirty up a bike. Removed and cleaned the cans, chain guard and rear wheel, cleaned and lubed the chain, plexus the bodywork from the seat back. The Amsoil and oil filter arrived and a new air filter is coming Saturday. Next I’ll plexus the side and front bodywork and clean the front wheel then remove the right fairing for an oil change. A new rear tire will be in soon and I’ll button it all back up. I prefer doing these things in stages.
I always disconnect the hose other wise I can’t get the filter out past the headers… although my headers are Akrapovic, not OEM..
I’m always concerned about the cooler hose flange mounting Bolt holes threads in the crankcase getting worn out with repeated oil changes and constant removal.
One day they’re gonna strip out, and I’m not looking forward to that!
Kiwi Rider
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I replaced my clutch plates with a OEM kit just like yours but that was a year ago, with 138,000kms on the original set!
I’ve never slipped the clutch on take off coz they tend to judder badly in the torque limiter mechanism.. I hate that!!
Trying to get away quickly at a traffic light with your mates all on the gas and my bikes bucking like a bronco lol.. no fun at all! Lmao!
Kiwi Rider
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Just finished prepping my Busa for the trip to the Greymouth Street Racing on the West Coast on Sunday.
Leaving tomorrow and staying with a mate on Saturday night at his place, about 35kms north of Greymouth.
Forecast is for rune weather tomorrow but rain on race day.. darn it!
Here’s a taste of what we are in for…
Leaving tomorrow and staying with a mate on Saturday night at his place, about 35kms north of Greymouth.
Forecast is for rune weather tomorrow but rain on race day.. darn it!
Here’s a taste of what we are in for…
Wow, I would never have thought events lije this occurred there. Hope it doesn't rain for you.
michael parris heuberger
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Hi. Where did you get the radiator? My old 1999 ran hot. My 2003 tuns cool below 1/2 even when I raced it.
CBXRider
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Yes, I’ve never removed the hose. The K&N filter is easy to remove even with hot pipes. My Rad looks like your old one although it never overheats. As it’s getting older I wonder about the fuel pump too. Never been serviced. I think it’s time for a valve check. What’s a new gasket cost these days?
Kiwi Rider
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New gasket??
I’ve never bothered with that, I just reuse the old one coz it’s still soft and pliable enough to reseal.
I also re use the sealing washers coz they don’t leak.
I’ve had my tappet cover off and back on about 5 times over the 11 years I’ve had the bike.
It’s about USD$50 for the cover gaskets including sealing washers, I got that price from Megazip website.
Yes it’s a good idea to replace the fuel pump motor and filter considering your bike has done 80k miles… preventative maintenance is a good thing!
Getting caught in the middle of nowhere with a dead bike is no fun..
how often do you change the antifreeze in your bike?
You see the crusty crap in my radiator?
I’ve change mine twice in 11 years/50,000 miles.
Should have changed it more often I guess, supposed to be evey 2 years with green glycol antifreeze but the blue antifreeze lasts 5 years they say, the price is thru the roof these days, paid $30 for a liter of concentrate. Ridiculous!!!
Kiwi Rider
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Yeah, we even have electricity here in New Zealand lol.
It’s Saturday morning 8am here and sunny and cool and I’m getting ready to leave, it’s 250kms to get there so I’m leaving at 10am… rain is forecast for tomorrow so will stay Sunday night as well.. should be clear on Monday.
Will you be riding the Busa on that course or just riding around while you are there?
Kiwi Rider
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Hi Mike! I got the radiator and hoses from good old China just like most things these days.
Looks well made and it’s an exact copy of the OEM radiator.
In your money (USD$) it was $120 delivered incl taxes.
Pretty reasonable I thought.. it cools as it should.
The silicon hose set was USD85.
Kiwi Rider
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Racing the Busa???
Are you mad? Lmao!
I’m riding over to the town where the event is and standing on the sidelines watching the mayhem unfold… always a few crashes and a few years back there was a death so that almost shut the event down permanently. . . But the organisers carried on the event, it’s every year on this public holiday weekend.
We had another street race in a small country town called Methven, only 40kms from where I live, that ran annually for many years.
Then around 5 years ago a guy was killed in a crash in one of the races, and they closed that event down permanently after that.
Buts there’s a few street racing events running here In NZ every year…
Here’s one in the north island . . .
I didn't think so, but thought I'd ask.
I know how much you care for your bikes and assumed the potential danger of any collision would be enough to keep you off the circuit.
ottafish
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The kit is quite a decent savings versus all individual parts. And it includes gasket and new springs.
I reckon the trackdays at PI have taken their toll on the clutch. Hard on the brakes, then hard on the throttle..
But yeah, the judder making my head look like a bobble head on a cars dashboard keeps my riding buddies amused.
We’ve got a 2500k trip over the Melb cup weekend and last thing I want is a worry about the clutch..
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