[md86]

I like THIS tuner . It makes tune ups a BREEZE

[The CyberPoet]

Now for the serious answers:

1. Services - http://www.motorcycleanchor.com/Katana/index.html
Will have how to do an oil change, how to do a valve adjustment, how to do a carb sync, etc. My website.

2. Parts - http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=58596
Will have all the maintenance parts you need.

3. Tools - http://www.motorcycleanchor.com/kata...tool_list.html
Will cover the tools you'll need, want or would be helpful (and which fall into what category).

4. Service Manuals - already posted higher in this thread.

5. Maint Schedule - basic:


Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

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[Black_peter]

Now for the serious answers:

My answers were very serious!!

[HemiKat]

Not saying that anyone is wrong, but Ive been a mechanic for a few years now and have always been around cars (not bikes) and have never heard of air going bad. I replace 4-8 tires weekly and I bet only 1-20 have water in them.

[Kreylyn]

Not saying that anyone is wrong, but Ive been a mechanic for a few years now and have always been around cars (not bikes) and have never heard of air going bad. I replace 4-8 tires weekly and I bet only 1-20 have water in them.

Bah, everyone knows Ohio air is exceptionally dry....

Krey

[scottynoface]

Bah, everyone knows Ohio air is exceptionally dry....

Krey

Hrm...Kentucky air is humid as hell...weird...

[hardlydangerous]

BP unless you bike sits for MONTHS at a time and never driven more then a few miles a month water won't build up in a tire because of tire heat.
I change a ton of tires at my shop and have never found water in any tires, unless it was a dirtbike with laced (spoked) wheels that recently had been used in wet conditions.

[Rangerx52]

Actaullly phenylcyclohexyl piperidine aka rocket fuel is:
C17N25H

Actually, it all depends on which rocket fuel you're talking about. The fuel used for burst rockets, retro rockets, ejector seats and high powered actuators is a series of Ammonium perchlorate compounds, bound to metals like copper or aluminum. Easily found too. I make a lot of electronic circuits, but i'm cheap, so i refuse to pay for them. I make a transfer sheet from glossy magazine pages, and cook them on a little proctor silex panini grill that i plasma cut to shape. Ammonium perchlorate is a common etchant used in circuit building- essentially it is white crystals (coarse) mixed with hot water, and is clear- as it etches copper, it turns blue like gatorade, showing that the solution has absorbed the copper.

THats where the fun part is- just stick the solution on a hot plate, let the water evaporate, and you're left with crystals again, but with a little copper in there for flavor. the crystals are stable while coarse, but become increasingly unstable as they are ground finer.

VOila.. rocket fuel you can get from radio shack.

[scottynoface]

Actually, it all depends on which rocket fuel you're talking about. The fuel used for burst rockets, retro rockets, ejector seats and high powered actuators is a series of Ammonium perchlorate compounds, bound to metals like copper or aluminum. Easily found too. I make a lot of electronic circuits, but i'm cheap, so i refuse to pay for them. I make a transfer sheet from glossy magazine pages, and cook them on a little proctor silex panini grill that i plasma cut to shape. Ammonium perchlorate is a common etchant used in circuit building- essentially it is white crystals (coarse) mixed with hot water, and is clear- as it etches copper, it turns blue like gatorade, showing that the solution has absorbed the copper.

THats where the fun part is- just stick the solution on a hot plate, let the water evaporate, and you're left with crystals again, but with a little copper in there for flavor. the crystals are stable while coarse, but become increasingly unstable as they are ground finer.

VOila.. rocket fuel you can get from radio shack.

This is reminding me of biodome...

"What are you some kind of rocket scientist or something?"

"Actually...yes..."

"Oh, sorry."

[Rangerx52]

I have yet to engineer a combustible coconut though.

[Black_peter]

Actually, it all depends on which rocket fuel you're talking about.

The question was for solid rocket fuel.. I think I was right, chemically speaking.

[The CyberPoet]

Not saying that anyone is wrong, but Ive been a mechanic for a few years now and have always been around cars (not bikes) and have never heard of air going bad. I replace 4-8 tires weekly and I bet only 1-20 have water in them.

BP unless you bike sits for MONTHS at a time and never driven more then a few miles a month water won't build up in a tire because of tire heat.
I change a ton of tires at my shop and have never found water in any tires, unless it was a dirtbike with laced (spoked) wheels that recently had been used in wet conditions.

Geesh, nobody gets humor any more!

Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

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CyberPoet's Katana Maintence and Upgrade Parts Offerings
The Best Metal Steel Aluminum Motorcycle Tire Valves in the World, plus lots of motorcycle & Katana (GSX600F / GSX750F) specific help files.

[Black_peter]

Geesh, nobody gets humor any more!

Dude.. I was hoping to keep the debate going...
In fact I was planning to have top start a new thread...

Spoil sport...

[The CyberPoet]

I'll edit out mine if you edit out yours... we can goad them instead!

Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

__________________________________________________ ________
CyberPoet's Katana Maintence and Upgrade Parts Offerings
The Best Metal Steel Aluminum Motorcycle Tire Valves in the World, plus lots of motorcycle & Katana (GSX600F / GSX750F) specific help files.

[Rangerx52]

The question was for solid rocket fuel.. I think I was right, chemically speaking.

Cuprous ammonium perchlorate is solid, and like most solid propellants is bound with a rubber/plastic/ceramic binding agent to act as a burn regulator.
Doesnt mean you were wrong by any means, there's just a lot of fuels out there and they're application specific. in fact i believe they use aqueous hydrazine in space for retros.

as for commercial rockets, those tend to use liquid fuel. Typically because it gives more control over output and level monitoring. You cant shut off a solid fuel rocket, and that could open up a whole world of hurt