Holy crap, they ARE "indistructable"

**OreoGaborio** · 10-21-04, 11:18 PM

And it's my freakin bike they tested

**lopycam** · 10-22-04, 06:17 AM

I want that job............

**LuvDog** · 10-22-04, 07:12 AM

That's great.... and I agree... how do I get that job?

**MsHap** · 10-22-04, 07:16 AM

If you had that job it would be a horrible commute.

**highsider** · 10-22-04, 07:46 AM

On a related note, there is a super cheap ZX-6 in the Cycle Trader with about 20k on it.......ad says "never been beaten or wheelied, runs great!"

**SSearchVT** · 10-22-04, 08:26 AM

The funny thing is, how many people have been concerned when they have 3001 miles on an oil change?

**dhuze** · 10-22-04, 01:25 PM

Wow you need a new mail carrier that article is a couple months old

**cropover20** · 10-26-04, 10:00 PM

Never again will I be concern when I hear the fan come on.

**OreoGaborio** · 10-27-04, 02:02 AM

Nice lookin bike ya got there

**odduc** · 10-27-04, 06:33 AM

So, basically, I can continue to beat the snot out of my FZR1000 and NEVER have to worry about it...

But, I like the idea of treating her like a lady and taking good care of her much better. She rewards me with consistent, solid performance because of how well I maintain her. At least it's good to know how reliable the Japanese motorcycle engines really are.

That was a good read.

**OreoGaborio** · 07-15-05, 03:45 PM

bump, for the paranoid new guys worrying about oil, coolant etc

**MnM** · 07-15-05, 06:14 PM

gotta love kawi

**bara954** · 07-15-05, 06:41 PM

wow, if you can do that to a kawi engine, imagine what a good engine can take

and before you kawi riders get your panties in a bunch, i think kawi has some of the best bike out right now. if i could get a new bike id have the zx-10

**Path148** · 07-15-05, 07:31 PM

you're supposed to put oil in these things?

**Kham** · 07-15-05, 08:02 PM

holy shit the KING is back and posting. that's great!

**dhuze** · 07-15-05, 08:10 PM

Originally posted by Kham
holy shit the KING is back and posting. that's great!

try looking at the date before you post.

**RandyO** · 07-15-05, 08:12 PM

I remember once about 30 years ago trying to blow up a Mopar 170ci slant 6 . it was in a junk ealy 60's plymouth valiant with over 300,000 miles

it was a good running motor
day 1, we drained the water, started motor up, let it run till it seized almost 2 hours
day 2, motor was cooled, we tried starting it, it started right up, we shut it off, drained the oil, then started ut and let it run wit no oil or water, it seized in about 30 minutes
day 3, someone comes in garage looking for slant 6 motor, this was only one we had, we pulled motor, installed it in his car, added oil, water etc, the guy drove the car for at least a whole year (more than 15,000 more miles) that I know of

**Kham** · 07-15-05, 08:29 PM

so who brought this thread back from the dead?

**HBerry** · 07-15-05, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by Kham
so who brought this thread back from the dead?

Pete whom else?

**a13x** · 07-15-05, 11:24 PM

That's bloody amazing.

I've seen a few bikes catch fire up on Animal Hill... doing the ol 'Back Board Boogie'.

**Half Squid** · 07-17-05, 11:30 PM

BTW, there is a video about this.. Same guys! I think I saw it on the discovery channel. It was scary watching it and hearing the engine pinging away at teh rev limiter non stop! You thought for dam sure it was going to blow any second.. When they shut it down they then dumped the oil, fired it up and pegged it to the rev limiter again until the exhuast nearly melted off. They then put oil back in it and ran it to the rev limiter again and let it sit. Freaking amaizing what abuse the bike took and continued to run!

Holy crap, they ARE "indistructable"

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