Katana Owners Club U.K.

Just been looking at what seem like reasonably priced 650 Kats in Germany via the web (mobile.de) and wondered if anyone has gone to the trouble of going over? There are some examples which look to be in 'good' condition going for around 700 euro's or less.. especially with the current exchange rate...

yup! wrong sump pan! anyone looking for a pre cooler item - still in wrapping £10 plus postage...

I eventually rechecked the compression -with the throttle open and plugs out as suggested. this didn't improve results 60's all-round. Hey ho, at least they're all similar! let the dismantling begin.

Correct John , model with oil cooler needs to be GS650 GZ or GZ , the GT is different with the oil way blanked off and will pressurise the filter housing causing it to blow off, Don't ask! :oops: I went and ordered the GT pan last night, could be interesting to see if the oil way can be reinstated....

sparki wrote:you stripped the drain plug? why not just repair it?

partly due to not having a helicoil kit at the moment and the ebay item is reasonably priced... plus advice to the effect that replacement would be preferable..

cheers

Andy

Since I striped the thread on my 83 kat a bottom engine cover has come up on ebay - just checking with the enlightened on here as to whether there's any difference between the two?

Ta

Andy

I'll redo over the weekend following the sage advice!

Not very high :( You mean 3 not 4 right ? Were the carbs on? I only recently found out that your supposed to have the throttle open :oops: :oops: Pete good point! the silver lining being any residual petrol is sucked out of the carbs..and yes it was pot 3 that was deflating.. I don't expect any gre...

I can only assume compression test figures of 90-90-60-90 psi on the four pots is not good news and points to a problem on pot four. What would the normal 'cold' figures be. Apologies if this is fixtures on another thread!

Hiya & welcome to the club. I have a couple of 650 projects which I may be selling soon & am just down the road from you in Crawley Despite the best intentions of the better half, I can foresee some hoarding on my part. As Busby said 'It's good to talk'...high on my wish list is a useable engine am...