Katana Owners Club U.K.

Yep I could ask TSR dave in sevenoaks to clean them he,s cleaned a few engines for me including ultrasonic cleaning .Considering the time it was standing it goes ok and it does get used .

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I like the beagle comment I thought mine was an Rd 400 with all the smoke and misfiring .Maybe I should start it up and take it out more ,now were s my sou`wester and wellies

Well it started whish it hadn,t fumes are now seaping through the house ha ha.It started easily only run rough for a min ,misfiring then cleared but smoking .No 1 cylinder was the coolest exhaust pipe by far. So bobsters idea about valve stem oil seals letting oil by could well be my problem.I new a...

Its not starting at the moment ,as its not been started for more than a month.Always parked on side stand as no mainstand,and yes it smokes on start up then stops and uses oil but nothing that i cant live with.As for the carbs cant remmember but I have cleaned everything with the carb cleaner poked ...

Thanks ill go and start it and find out what cylinders its running on.My battery is three years old and knackered .Ill check on the coil earth etc. As for Krytens problems a friend of mine who works with computers at a high level backs up his computer and reinstalls the operating system on a regular...

Im looking for your thoughts on wether to replace my std ingnition with a dyna s .If I use the bike regularly its fine, if I start it occasionally its a pig to start only working on two cylinders then after a while all four,flattening the battery on several occasions .Ive had the carb off and cleane...

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Any Idea who it was that I spotted coming out of the limehouse link tunnel in london this afternoon ( 3 oclock ish ) on a very clean kat 750/1000/1100 I think, standard silver colour.You dont see hardly any in london so I was surprised to say the least

I,ve just watched a programme about Barry Sheene on ESPN Classic (free on Sky ).He.,s shown riding a katana 1100 ? round donnington in 1981 with Jimmy Greaves on the back.Its repeated sunday at 3.40 am .Anyone on here own VNJ 215Y because thats the bike they used