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So...always smart to be proactive with bike parts because we all know, it's never a case of 'if' but 'when'. Noted my nice condition mounted mufflers had a very small 'trouble spot ' on the balance pipe/connection. Before anyone makes me panic further, the running conditions have not changed a bit! Nor has the exhaust note. Been keeping things extra clean and ACF50 anti corrision spray continues working wonders. A pal in the FB W crew offered the pictured mufflers to me for....$200!? Yes, please! So, the attached is my efforts cleaning up with Simple Green(properly diluted etc), kerosene(I'm so late to learning about its cleaning powers) fine and extra fine steel wool, Simichrome and ACF50. I'd like to think they look pretty good. I know mufflers can be sourced from Webbike Japan but some buyers said they got hit with expensive customs fees. They said Posh is a good brand with nice construction but we all know nothing beats the fitment of OEM. Anyone wanna comment about the quality of any aftermarket mufflers and their fitment experiences? Thanks!
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Mine has about 15K miles on it and the back is getting a bit thin so I want to get a set. I the the current ones are BT45s? So what are the latest recommendation?
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IF you have received a Reverification Email... your account may be suspended.
Your account may be suspended unless you take this action. If you have not received that email about Action Required, then you have nothing to worry about. It only affects people whos email domain is unusual. Anyone with a gmail, hotmail, yahoo, live, or other big name company is not affected. It turns out that you must follow the instructions in that email. If you don't then you will be removed from the group. It all has to do with one of the anti-spam companies (Spamhaus). Here is a link to more information about this issue. /static/reverifyfaq If you miss the deadlines, you can always rejoin. Dennis Group Owner
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Anyone know where I can find a headlight brace or loop or ring (or whatever it's called) like this? [image: image.png]
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This winter I"m wanting to get the clutch cover and the smaller lower right cover polished..Is dissassembling the bevel gear cover something the average Joe should'nt mess with ?
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Hi all - I'm a daily W commuter rain or shine. Recently it's gotten to 43¡ãF (6¡ãC) and I wonder, as it get's closer to freezing, how cold is too cold for the bike to maintain proper operating temp? My route is about 50mph (8Kph) for 45 minutes. I've switched to 5w40 in the winter for easier warm ups... but curious about the drive.
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W800 for sale with ONLY 26 MILES. See below email from CJMC member Dane Berens: -------- Original message -------- From: "Dane Berens via groups.io" <daneberens@...> Date: 10/12/23 3:51 PM (GMT-08:00) To: [email protected] Cc: Ben Gundy <13tickover13@...> Subject: CJMC New 2020 Kawasaki W800: For Sale CJMC members: I just chatted with Club member and our former webmaster Ben Gundy, who is selling his brand new 2020 Kawasaki W800 with factory ABS. I am traveling to see Ben next week. As mentioned previously, I¡¯d be happy to use my enclosed trailer to bring ¡°the W¡± back to the SF bay area where I live, or another place along my way back home. The W800 is registered and perfect with only 26 (yes, twenty-six) miles. It includes an already installed new GIVI windscreen and GIVI top case mounted on a factory Kawasaki W800 luggage rack. Ben has not yet listed this motorcycle for sale anywhere, but here to the CJMC. If interested in owning this machine, the firm price is $7500. (see attached pictures) Please contact Ben at 650-793-2461 or email at 13tickover13@...
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Attn: Portland, Oregon W650 owners
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Hello fellow riders, if you are in the PNW (Portland, Vancouver, Salem, Eugene) area let yourself be known. I am trying to set up a gathering of W650/W800 owners sometime this August. Get back to me via this forum and I will set a date and place. Cheers
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I¡¯ve always like the look and sound of the W650 and now I have an opportunity to pick one up. The bike is owned by a good friend that stopped riding about 5 years ago. It has not been started in at least 15 years. The tank still has that ancient gas in it. It¡¯s been kept in a garage and covered, but somehow has collected some dark funk all over it. Seems like some kind of mold. So I¡¯m wondering what a reasonable offer would be, considering: - all the fuel-related issues - brake fluid, master cylinder + caliper rebuild - many rubber items might be trashed - needs tires and tubes So, maybe $1000? $1500? I¡¯m not wanting to fully restore it, but just get it running and cleaned up. cheers, mark
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No longer able to ride :-(
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Late last year (2022) I was diagnosed with faulty heart parts and no longer allowed to ride. Besides, we have been invaded by a horde of messengers with 125cc bikes, mad skills and little regard for their own lives or those of older riders. I have therefore decided to sell my much loved 2000 W650. I am asking for $4,300.- but I am, of course willing to entertain offers. I have advertised it locally (I am located in Panama City, Panama). The bike is in excellent shape, especially considering it spent its early life in a beach town, but it needed a new tank in 2022 which I was fortunately able to find.
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Question regarding Progressive Suspension 412 rear shock bushing dimensions
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I'd searched the forum for information regarding Progressive Suspension 412 shocks for the W650 but I couldn't find any mention of problems with the size of the bushings they come with. I was thinking I might be able to use the bushings off the stock shocks, but there's a flange on the Progressive shocks that make it look to me as though they can't be removed without destroying them, and the flange also makes it impossible to see the inner dimension of the eyes the bushings go into. I don't want to cut them off to find the stock bushing don't fit in case I need to return them for a correct size. I've put in a request from the shop I bought them from, which guaranteed they'd fit, but I figure I might get a quicker answer here about our particular bike's specs.
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My 2000 W650 for Sale at Santa Clara Cycle Accessories, California
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I was going to sell my Honda CX650 Turbo, but decided to keep it, yet room for only three motorcycles in my garage, so I'm parting with my W. The link to the add description and video is below, but I'll reiterate some key points here. First of all, you're not going to see a nicer looking w650. It has polished wheels, stainless steel spokes, all aluminum engine components are polished. I replaced the rear fender with the Kawasaki OEM updated reinforced fender. Steering damper. LED headlight. Hagon shocks. Tour Master saddlebags. Dynojet stage 2 jet kit, which really improved the cold starting and low speed throttle responsiveness. Aftermarket exhaust, which really adds a bark over the stock exhaust. The odometer reads 4,956 miles, but actual mileage is 12,150 miles, because the reset button broke early on and was replaced under warranty. All documentation, with mileage at replacement, is provided with the bike, and is currently with Santa Clara cycle accessories. The gas tank knee pads were replaced with the later, larger ones, and the stock saddle was replaced with the later, more comfortable one. Your choice on the saddle, if you want the original one, which sits about an inch taller, you can have that one instead of the stepped saddle shown in the ad. Ron See the ad and video here: https://santaclaracycle.com/collections/used-motorcycles-for-sale/products/2000-kawasaki-w650-click-on-image-to-view-video
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My 2000 W650 for sale at Santa Clara Cycle Accessories.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: TurboDV8 <turbodv8@...> Date: Tue, Aug 8, 2023, 10:42 AM Subject: My 2000 W650 for sale at Santa Clara Cycle Accessories. To: <[email protected]> I was going to sell my Honda CX650 Turbo, but decided to keep it, yet room for only three motorcycles in my garage, so I'm parting with my W. The link to the add description and video is below, but I'll reiterate some key points here. First of all, I don't think you're going to see a nicer looking w650. It has polished wheels, stainless steel spokes, all aluminum engine components are polished. I replaced the rear fender with the Kawasaki OEM updated reinforced fender. Steering damper. LED headlight. Hagon shocks. Tour Master saddlebags. Dynojet stage 2 jet kit, which really improved the cold starting and low speed throttle responsiveness. Aftermarket exhaust, which really adds a bark over the stock exhaust. The odometer reads 4,000 something miles, but actual mileage is 12,150 miles, because the reset button broke early on and was replaced under warranty. All documentation, with mileage, is provided with the bike, and is currently with Santa Clara cycle accessories. The gas tank knee pads were replaced with the later, larger ones, and the stock saddle was replaced with the later, more comfortable one. Your choice on the saddle, if you want the original one, which sits about an inch taller, you can have that one instead of the stepped saddle shown in the ad. Ron See the ad and video here: https://santaclaracycle.com/collections/used-motorcycles-for-sale/products/2000-kawasaki-w650-click-on-image-to-view-video
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It's going to arrive later this week. Always wanted one. What are some of the popular mods you guys did to yours? Looking for lower bars. Any recommendation?
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Odometer adjustment, possible?
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I have to increase the miles on my W. The stock replacement Odo that I got has less miles than my bike. Is there a way to make adjustment?
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Hello members: Just got a 2000 W 650 with 2000 some odd miles. Been sitting a very long time but looks great. Went ahead and did brake jobs on front and rear, oil change and filter serviced the chain and pulled the carbs off for a cleaning in the machine of my local shop. It would run only on starter fluid, good sign though. So I really do not want to put back on the stock air box set up again when I reinstall the done carb, can anyone recommend the right jetting if I choose to attempt just using pods instead and leaving the stock air cleaner off. Has anyone ever done it, or know anyone who successfully was able to transition these to pod filters? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Looking for jet size and type of pods if anyone has been successful at this. Sincerely, Howard
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Hi All its time for my W650 to move on if anyone¡¯s interested It¡¯s in mint condition and only covered 15K Kind Regards From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Peter Wainwright via groups.io Sent: Thursday, June 8, 2023 9:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [W650Riders] Gentleman a question about my 2000 W650. Hi Rauri I also have that type of filter at the end of the crankcase hose. However I have fitted a nipple in the middle of the top with a small rubber hose going to a T junction on the fuel cock vacuum line to the 2 carbarrators ventures . The vacuum created in the carb-ventures is more than enough to scavenge the inflamable crankcase residue vapor coming up from hot crankcase expansion gasses.and also keep the petti cock flange open., during an engine run.That should solve the problem, check also hoses for tightness and porous decay. Has anyone in the group fitted a kickstarter and carbs to a W800, thinking of buying a secondhand 800 and doing it, if it's possible? ? Pete Den tors. 8. jun. 2023 kl. 00.35 skrev Ruari McLennan <ruari.mclennan@...>: Hi Pete, As I recall (been a while) I used a 30-45 degree angled hose about 3-5¡± long from the crankcase outlet and put a pod filter on the end similar but not identical to this one: Despite the filter the oily vapour came through and made everything dirty and oily beneath and around it. On Jun 7, 2023, at 1:51 PM, Peter Wainwright <pete.wainwright.nz@...> wrote: ? HI Ruari Did you put a breather filter in the end of the crankcase breather outlet after removing airbox? A hose goes from the case to the box which scavenges bypass cylinder wall gas and vaporized oil to be burn.t in the cylinders. If not, then that could account for the mess.sucked onto the pods, It can't come from within. I also forgot to mention that to Howard, hope he,s reading. Pods have 34mm inlet rubber if I recall correctly? Pete Den ons. 7. jun. 2023 kl. 22.28 skrev Peter Wainwright <pete.wainwright.nz@...>: Den ons. 7. jun. 2023 kl. 21.58 skrev Ruari McLennan <ruari.mclennan@...>: Howard, I tried the pods but had already increased the jetting so made no changes there. I went back to the airbox though, because there was always oily vapourized dirty crap coming from the pods all over my engine casing and starter motor, and I noticed zero performance or noise difference. Ruari On Jun 7, 2023, at 10:48 AM, Rokko100@... wrote: ?Hello members: Just got a 2000 W 650 with 2000 some odd miles. Been sitting a very long time but looks great. Went ahead and did brake jobs on front and rear, oil change and filter serviced the chain and pulled the carbs off for a cleaning in the machine of my local shop. It would run only on starter fluid, good sign though. So I really do not want to put back on the stock air box set up again when I reinstall the done carb, can anyone recommend the right jetting if I choose to attempt just using pods instead and leaving the stock air cleaner off. Has anyone ever done it, or know anyone who successfully was able to transition these to pod filters? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Looking for jet size and type of pods if anyone has been successful at this. Sincerely, Howard
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Hi everyone, Another W800 question, since y'all were so helpful last time: I find the foot of the W800's side stand a bit thin for stopping on gravel, dirt or grass (I'm concerned that the weight of the bike will cause it to sink into these soft surfaces, at best making it hard to upright, at worst tipping it over). I know that there are after-market additions to the side stand foot, referred to as side stand supports, which increase the surface area of the foot, thereby making this sinking effect less of an issue. An example is attached. The thing is, I assume not every support works with every foot. I was wondering if anyone has had success adding such a support to their W800 (or W650, I'm hoping the side stand is similar), and if yes, what model did you use? Thanks again, I appreciate any help I get! Sam
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