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Well, I finally scraped some money together and did some improvements on my 2006 Kat 600. I have been doing a ton of reading on KR and took some valueable KR advice
I bought myself a K&N and a dynojet kit... J/K
I ordered the Ivan's jet kit for the 98+ Kat 600 and I did the poor man's version of the timing advancer and I have a new bike. My Kat only has 5000Km on it, but since I bought it it has had poor throttle response, flat spots and a very angry hornet in the airbox between 5-6 RPM.
Well, I now have excellent throttle response in all ranges, great roll on in the bottom end, no surging at low RPM -low speed and the angry hornet has left! Bar buzz is definitely lower in the 5-6K range.
If I ever get another Kat or a friend with one, the Ivan's kit will be the FIRST install.
I also have been doing a lot of reading and splurged on some new Metzler roadtec Z6's, they will be arriving in a few days. I think it is time to get rid of those 5 year old scrapadams before I end up a road crayon.
I love twisties!
Being in Canada, the Ivan's kit was a little nasty for cost, but I feel it is worth every penny. It ended up being $130 US plus exchange plus $30 US shipping plus $25 CAD in customs or so. I live near the west coast so that little weightless box had a long way to go.
As for the Poor man's timing advance - DON'T DO IT!!, I am an auto mechanic of 11 years and I am not happy with how it went. Spend the bucks and get the little wheel that I could have installed in twenty minutes instead of spending an hour and half screwing around!
Don't be cheap! As for the timing, by the time I ended up filing the top left hole until there was almost no edge left for the screw to catch I figure I netted about 3 degrees extra advance. I measured the plate at 99mm, then X by Pi = 311mm circumference, then take 360 degrees and divide by 311 = 1.15mm per degree on the edge of the plate. I think I moved mine about 3.5 mm equalling 3 degrees advance. I wanted to play it safe and go a little less than 5 degrees just in case of detonation.
My exhaust is still stock, but I am hoping to do a slip-on and mid pipe this summer sometime after a couple more paycheques.
I will also do the weld romoval mod when I get into that can of worms. IDEA - Has anyone thought of silver soldering the outer part of the flange to the pipe to increase strength in case the weld was poor and the best structural part was removed? Or has everyone had success and no problems with just buzzing the welds out??
Again thank you all KR rider's for your trial and error, mistakes, wasted money and time and learning to make a perfect Kat the first time and the easy way!
Jason
I bought myself a K&N and a dynojet kit... J/K
I ordered the Ivan's jet kit for the 98+ Kat 600 and I did the poor man's version of the timing advancer and I have a new bike. My Kat only has 5000Km on it, but since I bought it it has had poor throttle response, flat spots and a very angry hornet in the airbox between 5-6 RPM.
Well, I now have excellent throttle response in all ranges, great roll on in the bottom end, no surging at low RPM -low speed and the angry hornet has left! Bar buzz is definitely lower in the 5-6K range.
If I ever get another Kat or a friend with one, the Ivan's kit will be the FIRST install.
I also have been doing a lot of reading and splurged on some new Metzler roadtec Z6's, they will be arriving in a few days. I think it is time to get rid of those 5 year old scrapadams before I end up a road crayon.
I love twisties!Being in Canada, the Ivan's kit was a little nasty for cost, but I feel it is worth every penny. It ended up being $130 US plus exchange plus $30 US shipping plus $25 CAD in customs or so. I live near the west coast so that little weightless box had a long way to go.
As for the Poor man's timing advance - DON'T DO IT!!, I am an auto mechanic of 11 years and I am not happy with how it went. Spend the bucks and get the little wheel that I could have installed in twenty minutes instead of spending an hour and half screwing around!
Don't be cheap! As for the timing, by the time I ended up filing the top left hole until there was almost no edge left for the screw to catch I figure I netted about 3 degrees extra advance. I measured the plate at 99mm, then X by Pi = 311mm circumference, then take 360 degrees and divide by 311 = 1.15mm per degree on the edge of the plate. I think I moved mine about 3.5 mm equalling 3 degrees advance. I wanted to play it safe and go a little less than 5 degrees just in case of detonation. My exhaust is still stock, but I am hoping to do a slip-on and mid pipe this summer sometime after a couple more paycheques.
I will also do the weld romoval mod when I get into that can of worms. IDEA - Has anyone thought of silver soldering the outer part of the flange to the pipe to increase strength in case the weld was poor and the best structural part was removed? Or has everyone had success and no problems with just buzzing the welds out??Again thank you all KR rider's for your trial and error, mistakes, wasted money and time and learning to make a perfect Kat the first time and the easy way!
Jason
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