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Had the same problem with mine. It gradually went from intermittently running on 3 cylinders until it was permanent.
It started to blow blue smoke on …login to view the rest of this post

Another wire to make sure it's not rubbing on the fans is the camshaft position sensor. Sit's in the middle of the spark plugs on the rocker cover tow…login to view the rest of this post

Mines got the same needle roller bearing on the back wheel of the 4C8 - the other bit that I was stumped about was getting it out!
I think i'll leave …login to view the rest of this post

Ah nice one,

Thanks for the heads up on the fitting of them jompy

Cheers John - I put an All Balls headrace bearing kit in my GSXR I had a few years ago and it held in there no problems and got some good use.
I can …login to view the rest of this post

Nice!! That's half the value of my old girl though

Thanks for the feedback Boz…login to view the rest of this post

Hi Guys,

Looking at replacing the front wheel bearings on my 4C8.
Trawling through ebay there looks like two possible contenders Koyo and All Balls…login to view the rest of this post

Hi Mate,

I'm based in London

Cheers…login to view the rest of this post

Hi Guys,

Looking at replacing the OEM discs with some Brembo Serie Oro's and upgrading them to the 320mm ones.

I think I'll need 5mm spacers if th…login to view the rest of this post

Hi Guys,

Looking at replacing the OEM discs with some Brembo Serie Oro's and upgrading them to the 320mm ones.

I think I'll need 5mm spacers if th…login to view the rest of this post

Hey Guys,

I run -1 front and +3 at the rear with a 520 chain(didn't need to take any links out)
Same ratios as a 15/45 but has the benefit of keeping t…login to view the rest of this post

How long has it been happening for mate?

Update

Looks like a dicky coil - as Scrapman mentioned a partial miss can still heat the headers up!!
Testing is you're friend!!

Cheers for your he…login to view the rest of this post

I've got Leo Vince's and a de-cat pipe

With the baffles out sounds lovely and pop's it's head off with the flash-tune …login to view the rest of this post

I thought the same thing or that it was the quickshifter that was causing it. But when I took the quickshifter loom off and plugged the normal connect…login to view the rest of this post

Hey Scrapman

Awesome - thanks for the feedback. Nice to know the 14B sticks are the same. Fingers crossed that's all it is and it's not going to be s…login to view the rest of this post

Hi Chaps

Wondering if you could help me out with my 4c8 I've built as a track bike.

Its a 2007 4c8 with VeloxRacing Flash Tune, Leo Vinci exhaust and d…login to view the rest of this post

Thanks for dropping Pete a line Adrian - much appreciated.

Network and Firewall IT guy, more interested in bikes though

Have to work to accommodate this addiction called motorcycling!!!!…login to view the rest of this post

Thanks for the heads up Luke, I'll just post on thread several more times

Thanks for the welcome Guys!!!

Pete I'd be interested in at least your rearsets - I'm trying to figure out how to PM you.

Thanks Again

Scott

Hi Guys

Newbie here - been a GSXR man most of my life but this year I've gone to the Yamaha side. Have a FZS1000 road bike and have just purchased a 4C8 R1 red and white.

Sorry no pics at the moment but she's totally standard. I'm currently in the process of building her as a track bike, there ...