
Friday, September 25, 2009
More bike parts
My GPZ1100 (it's a motorcycle, of course) has over 70,000 miles on it. I haven't always driven it in a nice respectful manner. It occasionally rewards me with worn out parts. A few months ago I put on a brand new rear wheel complete with bearings and a sprocket damper. And I've known for quite some time that I was going to have to replace at least the clutch basket. The noise and occasional shudder from the clutch the last few times I've ridden it have been a pretty clear indication that it was now overdue. It's been keeping me from riding. I finally decided that I just needed to go for it and get the parts I need. I did pretty well on ebay. From a low-mile (less than 8000) Kawasaki ZX-11 (the ZX-11 and the GPZ1100 share many parts), I got a clutch basket with ring gear, bearing, bearing sleeve, washer, drive gear and backing plate. All for $100 including shipping. That's less than a third of the cost of new. Now I just need to find a couple of hours or so to put it in, probably either at Bethany's or Erik's. And it might be due for an oil change.

This is where I want to be right now

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