Howdy all. Well, off to the USGP I go last Thursday. Put my son on the back, head out and WTF??? No more than a quarter of a mile from my house I have a COIL go bad!!! My wife already left with the truck and all the camping gear, so, what to do? Just ride the thing! Even at 1050cc I still had the fastest bike in the group although I HATE riding a bike that isn't running right. At Laguna, I swapped the bad coil,(#4) to #1 to verify that is was the culprit and, sure enough , the coil is definitely bad. So. I have a used set coming, thank God for e-bay! Everyone I was riding with commented on how fast the bike was.... they ain't seen NUTTIN yet!!!

Well, that's my little tale.
Later
Mad

That's funny sh!t. I would ride it if I had to as well... luckily I got a second bike to jump on so if the 14 craps close enough to home its back to the garage for the 2011 z1000. Which BTW is the funnest bike I have ever ridden. Don't get me wrong.. the 14 is pretty damn fun and will make small dots of most everything in the rear view much faster.. but for around town, that new zed is the sh!t. Light, nimble, torquey but doesn't turn on the spigots of hell fire like the 14 can.. which is pretty useless on the street IMO.

Anyway.. good job diagnosing the issue on the road. I love the eBay scores myself.

Now.. can I hi-jack with a pic?

My new Urban Assault Bike.

* Last updated by: motoCycho on 7/27/2011 @ 2:55 PM *

Niiiice pic! Yeah, my other bike is a Streetfighter 04 ZX10 but I didn't want to 2-up that down there. The coil should be here today or tomorrow so the 14 will be back in action soon.

Mad

Sure enough is one easy bike to figure out... I mean the computer bike. Swap a good know part for the questionable parts is parts... Catch that one, kid?

parts is parts... Catch that one, kid?

"Chicken isn't vegan?"

* Last updated by: motoCycho on 7/28/2011 @ 1:23 PM *

Well, got the coils, they shipped the same day I ordered! Excellent! Popped the replacement into #1 ( where I had the bad one) and.........back to 4 smooth, powerful cylinders!! Yay!
So, me and the wifey will be ripping it up this weekend! Whoo hoo!
Later

Mad