Round 3, FOAK: 1982 Kawie KZ550 C3 LTD Restoration Options

Thanks to all who have helped me so far! I followed your advice,
changed BOTH throttle cables, and the force needed to control the
throttle is much less, the bike is now rideable for at least short
distances. Will take it on a long trip soon and then report back......

(The old cables sure looked like a mess when I removed them and
inspected them up close.)

What about all the stripped screwdriver slots in all the fasteners
that hold it together? I have one machine screw that is busted off
but it's above the casting so I can heat it after I remove the engine
to keep from starting the whole bike on fire. Z-1 Enterprises sells
replacement machine screws for bikes that all have Allen heads.

My question to the group is this:

Should I install Allen head screws with anti-sieze compound or Loc-
Tite on the threads to reduce the dissimilar metal corrosion?

Biker Dude in the Land of ZATAMM

 

Anti-seize. Copper grease is fine.

 

I don't use either one on screw threads.

I spray WD40 on the threads so the screw will turn in smoothly.

I never use a torque wrench on threads that I've lubricated in this
manner, I rely upon my calibrated wrist when tightening the bolt.

Several months (or years) later, when I loosen the WD40 lubricated
bolt, it takes the same amount of force as if I was loosening a
factory intalled bolt.

The bolt (or screw) comes loose with a *snapping* sound.

 

They salt the roads in England, don't they?

 

Get the nearest size bit to what remains of the head. Coat it lightly in
fine valve grinding paste and thump it in. The shock can help break the
corrosion and the grinding paste helps the bit grip the head.

Stainless steel fasteners with, in personal order of preference, aluminium
grease, copper grease or moly grease thinly smeared in to the threads works
for me in the land of road salt.

 

Yes, hence the copper grease. Your point?

 

Mark speaks truth

There's also thread SEALER. It's a weak version of Locktite that just
keeps air, moisture and spooge out of the threads. Good for non-
critical screws (whatever those are) or screws that won't vibrate out.
Locktite does the same thing, but also prevents the screws from
loosening. Loctite doesn't affect torqueing. For more information than
you'd care about:

http://www.henkelna.com/us/content_data/138230_LT4985TLCapabilityGd.pdf

Lots of other information their web page too. For a mechanical geek,
very interesting.

Seize grease does affect correct torque values, so be careful!

 

Biker Dude in the Land of ZATAMM may or may not ride on salted roads.

AIR, the author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance began his
cross country fugue in Minnesota where it's cold and it snows at lot.

However, CalTrans doesn't salt California roads around here so a
metallic anti-seize compound is not required.

It's more important to have fasteners stay fastened on all day rides
on California's high speed roads.

And I haven't lost a threaded fastener off of one of my moyotorcycles
in years, after using the WD40 and hand torquing technique I mentioned
above.

 

So? Fasteners still corrode over time, unless you're living in a
really dry region.

So? What has this to do with things?

So? Who knows where the OP lives?

So? It's important to have fasteners stay fastened on *any* ride.

Nor have I.

And again, your point?

 

That you are an argumentative Evil Clown and you will soon claim that
I'm stupid for not turning the OP's request for advice into a long
drawn out debate and you will then shift over to your version of
"humour" and claim that I have no sense of it.

 

I'm not arguing at all. I honestly can't understand what you're
blabbering on about. You've obviously decided to try and debate some
point or other, wittered on about Robert Pirsig, said that California
doesn't salt roads, and generally posted a load of irrelevant
nonsense.

Once more: your point? Please?

 

OK, California's a big place, but 'high-speed roads'? Californians
invented longitudinal six-lane parking (which I've 'enjoyed' on 101 in
the past, several times).

If you're trying to impress a British NG, you might want to mention
taking it over to the IoM for the TT...

 

I think if Krusty and other Yanks want to see all-day high-speed
riding, they really need to pop over to Europe.

And as proof, we can dig out the Clique Runners' impressive tally of
speeding tickets.

Really, though, he does post the most fearful bollocks.

 

That you are an argumentative Evil Clown and you will soon claim that
I'm stupid for not turning the OP's request for advice into a long
drawn out debate and you will then shift over to your version of
"humour" and claim that I have no sense of it.

 

That only happens during the two rush hours on the sections from the
stoplight at State St. in Santa Barbara to downtown Los Angeles, a
distance of about 100 miles.

And there is no place where 101 has six lanes, so far as I recall.

When I lived in Hollyweird, I would always take an alternate route
through Santa Paula and Fillmore whenever returning from Santa Barbara
on a Sunday afternoon.

Avid motorcyclists learned long ago that they needed to get up early
to beat the cagers if they wanted to use the 101 to go anywhere on
Sunday.

The cagers usually don't get onto the road before 11:00 AM and by that
time, Sunday riders who gathered at the Rock Store are typically on
their way home to watch a football game or to get in their own cage
and take their wife to the mall.

I'm not trying to impress *anybody*. The Evil Clown that you know as
Neil Murray crossposted his troll to the UK groups just to stir up his
usual shite.

 

If I ever go back to Europe, it won't be to ride motorcycles, it will
be to tour historic buildings and museums.

 

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:36:05 -0700 (PDT), 1949 Whizzer

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I think you'll find that the OP posted to three groups from the start
so forget the evil clown, let's concentrate on the sister fucking
redneck that doesn't know how to read headers.

That's you btw, don't be fooled into thinking I meant anyone else.

 

Oh, I do like it. I love seeing Krusty make an arse of himself in front
of a global audience. Fun to watch you do it, too.

OP asked for advice. Mark Olson, myself and M Badger gave exactly the
same (good) advice. Krusty tried to stir it up and, interestingly, chose
to stir it up with me rather than the other two posters who gave the
same advice.

Now he realises he's looking silly and has started bleating.

End. Of.

 

I did? Are you sure it wasn't the OP?

 

Let's cut you some slack. What, exactly, was wrong with the advice given
by Mark, Badger and myself?