Shawn89

The vines never seen passed 9k maybe 10k rpm since I've had it. Redline is 11k

It's not a huge deal because I do have a spare head. The only thing that gets me is why they got bent.

Update. Found two bent exhaust valves

Damnit man all in pieceshttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/26/147a82514396b643f2882b7199351b9f.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/26/9d45e8450e54ba9ab964c9e666dd900b.jpg

It's bucket and shim for sure. I'll be removing the left side cover today. Will post pics of that as well

Yeah I don't see anything there. I did take the valves cover off and while doing so found a few possible vacuum leaks. Valves don't seem out of adjustment. I haven't checked with a feeler gauge yet but just feeling then it seems OK. I think while it's down this far in going to go ahead and do the head gasket and exhaust gaskets. Now just to find someone to tune the carbs.

Side cover is off. Here is what I've got http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/25/c63e76136a82aecc3c818df11c3dd9c1.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/25/a5d4b48c5f245344494505e2e35ec1a6.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06/25/6e8a931fb3ca3ef71892756efc58aa51.jpg

Good read. Hopefully tonight I'll get to pull the clutch cover and valve cover and see what's going on there. As for the carbs I may just try to find someone that can tune them up for me to my exhaust and filter. I don't have the vacuum gauge tool. The slides all move freely and smooth.

When I took the carbs off I opend up the butterfly's and one or two was not open all the way. I do know this. The bike lost allot of power last time I laid into it. I couldn't get by a guy I work with who has a Harley bagger....... It felt like I was riding a 500 or something.

The way I was showed was take the carb mm(38mm is what I seen as stock on the searches I've done) X that by 5 X say .95 for anything with a free flowing exhaust and air filter. So itll be 38x5x.95=180.5. Maybe this is the wrong way of doing it Idk. I guess I'll be pulling the side cover and checking the chains to. I have a spare engine but it's in pieces.

It's coming from the exhaust for sure. I'm going to pull the valve cover as soon as I get a chance and see what's going on under there. As for the jets I only know of one way to calculate the size but with a 38mm carb an open and filter is need something around a 180?

I just popped the carbs off. They seem to be slightly out of sync. Also checked the jet size and for a bike with a drop in filter and full exhaust with no baffle it has #137.5 jets in it. Isn't that a little small?

They haven't been done since I've had the bike. I got it in January. Good point though.

Not sure if this is supposed to be here or in the daily ride section but here goes: So I noticed a squeek/chirp from the exhaust the other day while riding. Thought maybe the baffle in my muffler was loose. So I took it apart and ran with no baffle. Still have the noise. Checked all mounting and nothing is rubbing anything. Even took the mid pipe of and ran straight header and the noise was super loud. Question is, does anyone know what it might be?

Looks like I may be doing a head gasket on my zx10. Pushing quite a bit of water past the cap