ZXR400 MOT

It's booked in. What is it most likely to fail on?

 

You running a book?

OK, my vote is : rear brake pedal not returning properly.

 

Champ says...

I'm going with fork seals

 

Corroded frame; although without seeing it that could be a lucky guess.

 

Nowt, they're great.[1]


[1] I'm going to regret saying that come MOT time.

 

Other than my corroded frame guess it'll be either:

warped discs and (IME of that particular machine) insecure exhaust.

 

Head bearings.

--
Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Well, it is a Kawasaki.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..17005.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

Salad Dodger says...

<Looks across at 2 sets of head bearings for ZX-9R and ZX-5R>

You might have a point there SD.

 

I'm still miffed at doing the ones on the Wing "just in case".

They were only 73000 miles old, ffs.

Well, I've replaced the head bearings on 3 out of four Kwaks[1], and
both Suzukis, and they've done less miles between them than the Wing's
managed on one set.

[1] Except the KH500

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..17005.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

I thought a points system with some form of prize for whoever gets
nearest.

Noted.

 

You running a book?

Rear wheel alignment. (JDAOK)

 

Binding brakes has always been one of my favourite MOT failure reasons.

 

Excessive play in the poetic fantasy.

 

I'm not actually sure this is a testable item.

 

Eddie says...

<touches wood>

I've *never* had a bike fail an MOT. I test them myself before I take
them to the MOT place. If I think something may have trouble getting
through, I have time to sort it before testing.

 

I hadn't before I took the FJ into a pendantic old twat. Failed it on the
horn not working [1] and the back wheel *very* marginally out of line
adjustment according to his plank of wood. . . . .

[1] When I took issue with this I had my finger on the horn button and he
couldn't hear me 'coz of the racket [2]
[2] Extra special loud ones from the owners club

 

I'd like to place my bet on excessive play in the rear suspension linkage.

 

Not swallowing.


--
AndrewR, D.Bot (Celeritas)
Kawasaki ZX-6R J1
BOTAFOT#2,ITJWTFO#6,UKRMRM#1/13a,MCT#1,DFV#2,SKoGA#0 (and KotL)
BotToS#5,SBS#25,IbW#34, TEAR#3 (and KotL), DS#5, COSOC#9, KotTFSTR#
The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Lozzo wrote

Back brake pedal adjustment is always an issue for me as I like to wind
the pedal down to get it out of temptations way.