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Experiences & notes NEW KATANA


Brakes

The original brakes are very bad it will be useful to chance the brake-disc into a movable/swimming brake-disc. Also it will help to change the brake-lines into steel-flexible ones. And the use of sintered brakepats will help a lot. There it will fit the ones from the Kawasaki  ZZ-R 1100 back brake 1993 - they fit for the front brakes of the S3.

The clutch-line should be changed also.


Rear damper

The rear damper is an oil-system. Unfortunately and very dangerouse built, there is a srew in the way of the oil-line of the damper. This srew does an awful job and kills the line after a while. It will take time, but ones you doesn't think about it, it may happen. Suddenly the complete oil of the damper-system will hit your backwheel. It is not really funny when that happens while you riding :-(

The only thing that worked good enough so far, except of changing the damper-system into a gas-system, was to get a new line with a much stronger and bigger metal cap on it, so the srew will not have the chance to reache the line direct. There is no way to get the srew shorter or away, just only to save the line to get in contact with the srew.
By the way, SUZUKI doesn't sell the line single, just the complete damper-system. But it is possible to buy a new line in a shop which fixes such pressure-lines. There you just have to order it with a much longer/bigger  metal end added over the original end.


Electricity controler

Also a "disease" of this cycle. The loadingcontrol seems to be messed up, by manufacturing.
Some have just the problem that the electricity just change a little, other have the problem of "waving" pop-up-light/headlight or just the bulbs of the lights (especially turnlights) burnout very often. It also happens  that the battery water gets lost very fast  which is a sign of not correct working, better to high working, loadcontrol.
The only thing which helps is to exchange the controler into a new part.


Turnlight bulbs

Do you have the problem, that the bulbs burnout very often? Even your loadcontroler functioned correct?

I found out that happens while turning on the light when you ride or if it is started too fast.
Since I do not start the light while riding, rather before and start the light step by step, I need much less often new bulbs for the turnlights :-)


Instruments

The coulors of the speedometer and a warning-lamp with japanese letters are a little confusing.
An explanation: In Japan is the maximum speedlimit of ca. 52 mph. This motorcycle is able to run faster, therefore this warning-lamp starts to glew when you go faster than 52 mph. The coulors of the speedometer change at this point from white to red.
In Germany it helps to keep the driving-licence, when we have an eye on this special lamp, while cruising in town :-)
have a look on the picture of the speedometer here -  "about us" - Kiki

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