hey thanks for the info! Ill be replacing mine soon! Any chance you get to make more vids on the 1300 would be greatly helpful! Im just starting to get started on my 1980 kz1300 b. forums are great but videos help me so much more! thank you so much!
Bart Staton Glad you found it helpful! I've been on the road for work quite a bit recently, but I've got some more videos coming. Anything in particular you'd like to see?
problem with the zx11 tensioner is the string tension is too strong for the kz1300, it will push too hard on that plastic cam idle gear and accelerate the wear. some suggest clip off the spring by10mm.
There is evidence to suggest that the ZX-11 / ZZR1100 CCT bears too heavily on the Z1300 camchain, wearing the nylon cam chain idler sprocket more quickly. My idea was to replace that locking bolt with a longer one (& a dowty washer to seal). It then acts as a locking bolt instead of a limiting bolt. All you do then is slacken off that bolt every 1500 miles or so, let it do it's thing, then tighten the locking bolt. You get the correct tensioning from the original CCT & there's no chance of it backing off in service.
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hey thanks for the info! Ill be replacing mine soon! Any chance you get to make more vids on the 1300 would be greatly helpful! Im just starting to get started on my 1980 kz1300 b. forums are great but videos help me so much more! thank you so much!
Bart Staton Glad you found it helpful! I've been on the road for work quite a bit recently, but I've got some more videos coming.
Anything in particular you'd like to see?
problem with the zx11 tensioner is the string tension is too strong for the kz1300, it will push too hard on that plastic cam idle gear and accelerate the wear. some suggest clip off the spring by10mm.
There is evidence to suggest that the ZX-11 / ZZR1100 CCT bears too heavily on the Z1300 camchain, wearing the nylon cam chain idler sprocket more quickly. My idea was to replace that locking bolt with a longer one (& a dowty washer to seal). It then acts as a locking bolt instead of a limiting bolt. All you do then is slacken off that bolt every 1500 miles or so, let it do it's thing, then tighten the locking bolt. You get the correct tensioning from the original CCT & there's no chance of it backing off in service.