Bike in bad shape - may be time to put the ol' girl down.

[Steve Northrop]

Yeah, 2 new valves, a valve job, springs shimmed, new seals and a good 
cleaning was less than $400. Fast by Gast in Buffalo, NY.

Steve in Western NY
'96 GPZ1100
'08 KLR 650
'08 Tuono Factory
"You Can't Fix Stupid", Ron White
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "1KPerDay" <1kperday at gmail.com>
Cc: <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Bike in bad shape - may be time to put the ol' girl down.


> +1... find out what's the problem before you kiss her goodbye. You can
> freshen the head/valves for, what... couple-three-hundred bucks or so,
> Steve?
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Steve Northrop
> <blackgpz at rochester.rr.com>wrote:
>
>>  Is cylinder #3 the one that has an oiling problem on the ZX-11 engine?
>>>>
>>>
>> Our engines as well, but the oiling problem affects the rod bearing. Does
>> not affect compression at all. Did the shop determine the cause of the 
>> low
>> compression, rings or valves?
>
>
>
>> Steve in Western NY
>>
>> --
>> Utah Jeff
>> '96 SheePz1100
>>