picked up a few things

[sekter]

so the PO for whatever reason had a tiny battery in the kat, so I after visiting my local cyclegear and being a little disappointed...I checked out 1....2......3 Walmarts which were all out of stock of the one battery compatible with the post-kats. Regardless I got oil and a filter from there. Came home and looked around on bikebandit, settled on:

Yuasa Maintenance Free VRLA Battery (YTX9-BS)

EBC Organic Brake Pads x 2 for up front, think these are good choice? hopefully it should work out. eager to get it up to optimum

[Wild-Bill]

Good choice. The only good thing about Never-lasts is that they usually die before the warranty runs out so you get two for the price of one.

[sekter]

the battery or the pads?

[Wild-Bill]

The battery. I don't think Wally World sells pads to fit a Kat.

[Silent]

He!!, I can't find an oil filter at mine lol...

[Wild-Bill]

NAPA has good filters for the Kat.

[loudnlow7484]

NAPA has good filters for the Kat.

+1..... Wal Mart only carries Fram for motorcycles, and Fram makes terrible oil filters. NAPA's filters are made by Wix. In every small town in the US, there will be either a NAPA store, or a parts store that carries Wix filters. Find it and use it!

Good choice. The only good thing about Never-lasts is that they usually die before the warranty runs out so you get two for the price of one.

I have had no problem with them. My last Kat had one that was grossly undersized for the bike, and it still lasted for 3 years without even having a battery tender on it (just jumped it whenever I got to riding again). It's still in the bike now with the current owner. I can't remember what company makes "Never-Start" motorcycle batteries, but it's one of the big ones. Of course they aren't as nice as a new, fancy gel battery or something (I can crank my GSXR seemingly forever without it dieing.... it's got a fancy one), but they function just fine for most usage.

[flash007]

1+ on napa filters

[05RedKat600]

Here is a good user review on the Wal Mart branded Supertech filters. They seem to be high quality construction with good quality filter media and pretty cheap too. Better than the Fram's anyway.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20429981-Tech-REVIEW-WalMart-Branded-Supertech-Oil-Filters

[loudnlow7484]

Here is a good user review on the Wal Mart branded Supertech filters. They seem to be high quality construction with good quality filter media and pretty cheap too. Better than the Fram's anyway.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r204...ch-Oil-Filters

I don't think they make them for the Kat. Suzuki uses a thread that isn't shared (as far as I know) with any car. A lot of Yamaha's and Honda's can use car filters.... I don't know about Kawi.

[teddy]

I don't think they make them for the Kat. Suzuki uses a thread that isn't shared (as far as I know) with any car. A lot of Yamaha's and Honda's can use car filters.... I don't know about Kawi.

doubtful on the kat fitment. its worth a check though. Wix/Napa lists the 1359 our kats use as a strictly Suzuki powersport apps and a couple arctic kat apps. The Kawi filter (1358) has a much broader range of fitments, including some Nissan's, Scubi's, and many marine apps and even Kubota tractors...

[05RedKat600]

I don't think they make them for the Kat. Suzuki uses a thread that isn't shared (as far as I know) with any car. A lot of Yamaha's and Honda's can use car filters.... I don't know about Kawi.

They have one for the wife's Ninja and my FZ6. Not sure about the Kat either. I put a K&N on mine only for the fact it has a nut on the end of it which makes removal a ton easier. I'll only do that once, those things are too damned expensive.

[sekter]

got in the new oil and filter today, waiting on my pads and battery. i would have gotten the walmart battery but since all three were out of stock of that one i decided to order one from bikebandit, so i think that should be A.O.K.

[sekter]

first oil change - check! went for a test ride and everything felt nice, no leaks upon return. hooraaah

[sekter]

installed the Yuasa today, starts right up! the PO had some lil pos moped battery in it before, an everstart 4...when the kats need a 9 lol. im surprised it even started with it haha, it definitely did drain it though, couple times i had to charge it up before I could ride, shouldnt have that problem anymore though!