Categories: all aviation bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater

Tue, 06 Dec 2005

I was all ready to curse and swear at Kawasaki for their poor build
quality, but I was being too hasty. Several hundred miles and a week or two ago, I noticed a really annoying rattling sound coming from the dash on the Z750s. When I shifted the instrument cluster around a little bit it stopped, so I figured it was probably one of the nuts holding the instruments on. I was all ready to be upset that the nut and washer had fallen off the bike as I heard the rattle change frequency over time.

Tonight I finally made time to take apart the fairing so I could check behind the instruments. Perfect. Nothing coming loose, no problems. Hmm. Then I noticed my power plug, which was sitting in a little panel to the left of the instruments. Hmm. Its securing nut was actually kind of loose. D'oh!

I tightened it back up, and put everything back together. No more rattling. Guess I need to check my own build quality before I go blaming anything on Kawasaki. This time, at least.

While I was in there, I noticed that there's a lovely little space behind the instrument cluster (well, forward of it, actually, but to the back of the cluster itself). It would be great for installing, say, an intercom box. Hmmmmm!

Posted at 22:48 permanent link category: /motorcycle

Categories: all aviation gadgets misc motorcycle theater

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