Motorcycle Repair: torque specs, torque specs, head bolts


Question
Do you no the torch specs for the head bolts on my 1999 kawasaki kx80.

Answer
I think you mean torque specs. I can't imagine any specs for bolts that would have anything to do with torches ;-)

Torque specs should be in your shop manual. If you don't have a shop manual you should get one - your bike is almost 10 years old and you will soon have a hard time finding a shop that will work on it. The sad fact is that a lot of the shops are not interested in having their mechanics spend the necessary time learning enough about older models to do a proper job so they simply do not service machines over 10 years old. This means that you will have to do most of your own work, and working on a bike without a good shop manual is just not worth the headaches. (My bikes are even older - that's why I fix them myself.)

I recommend that you get two manuals - a Factory Shop Manual and a Haynes or Clymer. That way when you don't understand the explanation in one you will probably figure it out when you have read the other too.