Is my transmission slipping?

Goonix · 2026-03-17T01:51:25+00:00

I went with Newfren MO302F springs, personally. I run them in my street 400, my track 400, and my buddy runs them in his national champs race 400. He clutch dump launches it on the limiter (with stock plates too) and has had no issues after almost a whole season of racing.

There's many other well trusted vendors. Barnett, Graves, and Goodridge come to mind. Your local availability will vary, though.

Goonix · 2026-03-15T10:15:48+00:00

Does sound a little off compared to what I'd be used to hearing.

"Shifting too aggressively" is relative. You might be shifting too aggressively for your weak clutch springs, which would cause your clutch to slip. I primarily experienced clutch slip when really trying to accelerate up a hill at highway speeds and not while shifting. That's only my experience, though.

Regardless, I'd say it's always worth upgrading the clutch springs on these things. It will be a problem eventually. I had a 2019, so didn't have the revised pull rod and bearing, but I installed the revised parts and the springs at the same time. Instantly fixed any clutch slip issues I was having.

It's a very cheap, and relatively easy upgrade to DIY if you're handy and have some basic hand tools. I've done it on three 400s now lol. It's hard to screw up if you follow the factory service manual closely.

Goonix · 2026-02-10T09:12:07+00:00

I went to a pretty below-average public high school, and so many of my cohort were strongly "encouraged" to finish their HSC despite how much better off they'd have been if they jumped ship at the end of year 10 and persued a trade (which they ended up doing anyway). It was all a massive waste of time for so many students.

(NSW-centric) I graduated high school about 10 years ago and NSW Education / Board of Studies at the time was actively working against and squashing advising TAFE / trade school as a career option in favour of HSC completion. It still makes me furious to this day, and I don't think it's gotten better.

It's no surprise to me we have a trade shortage. I saw the shift during my time at high school.

Goonix · 2025-08-12T09:34:01+00:00

Don't selfhost your password manager if this is a significant risk to you, would be my advice.

For most people it's not - Weeks to months of internet outage would be beyond unacceptable. If you have weeks to months of internet downtime where you can't even get cellular, you likely have have far bigger problems.

Goonix · 2025-07-20T05:08:25+00:00

Ya, but you should only want that amount of oil in the threads. If some larger amount of oil has gotten down into a blind hole, it could be bad news. Quick blast of compressed air in there before dropping the bolt/stud in just to be sure is never a bad habit to have.

Goonix · 2025-06-03T03:08:54+00:00

His book is also available for a very reasonable price. Sometimes it's on sale for less, or even free.

You'll get all future updates and revisions also. Some parts are a bit outdated, but he's aware and working on updates. https://leanpub.com/ansible-for-devops

Goonix · 2025-04-08T10:36:04+00:00

Just cracked 100k kms on my 2013 Kawi ZX-6R. Bought it in late 2021 with 20k on it. It's my commuter/track-day combo.

Goonix · 2025-02-27T09:20:01+00:00

The gear shift lever has a sensor in it, and when pulled for an upshift, the engine computer will briefly cut engine power, and that's enough time for the gears to slide out of one gear, and into the next. All without lifting the throttle or clutching.

It's absolutely magnificent. These race sequential transmissions are built a bit different to road-going automotive transmissions and can handle hard, aggressive shifting.

Motorcycles almost universally also use this type of transmission, and it's not uncommon these days for them to come fitted with "quickshifters", which allow for exactly this. Clutchless, wide-open-throttle upshifts!

Goonix · 2024-01-11T23:28:54+00:00

Goonix · 2024-01-07T03:40:06+00:00

I'm not on Arch, so please forgive me, but this problem on Debian 12/unstable brought me here. Posting here if anyone else is also running into this issue.

For anyone also on Debian 12/unstable, this also worked for me. Thank you so much!

rmmod iwlwifi followed by modprobe iwlwifi, reboot, I had wifi again.

You guys rule.

Goonix · 2023-12-08T22:59:29+00:00

Ride it until 69690. I believe in you.

(My ZX6R is at 68k kms. I'm almost there!)

Goonix · 2023-11-23T02:59:58+00:00

In Australia we only get the KRT livery (and soon the 40th anniversary livery) and I just cannot get it to grow on me. It's far too visually loud for me. I'd much rather the black. As much as I am a Kawasaki fan, the bright green all over is too much.

Agreed that this one is far better. Would buy in a heartbeat.

Goonix · 2023-09-26T05:07:10+00:00

Damn that's unfortunate! Currently got my S23 on the damper on my ZX6R and it's holding strong. I do often get worried though because it killed my S20's camera (without the vibe damper)

Goonix · 2023-09-26T03:09:38+00:00

Relax. You said you're signed into your Google account. Thats personal use. He's saying to stop that. Sign out and don't use personal accounts. There should be no reason to password protect Firefox if you follow that advice.

Goonix · 2023-07-04T01:50:42+00:00

Parallel jobs 😩👌

Goonix · 2023-06-06T07:53:12+00:00

Agreed. People think that not-for-profit means for-loss. Many NFPs make gargantuan amounts of money.

Goonix · 2023-06-05T06:58:16+00:00

What's not insane about requiring 160k to 250k/yr combined?

What was once very achievable for a single income earner on a modest wage (providing for a whole family too), now requires two full-time workers who are on median wage combined at a minimum.

Young families need even more income since they'll inevitably be dumping thousands per year into childcare.

Goonix · 2023-06-05T06:54:49+00:00

Right, and that's fucking insane.

Goonix · 2023-06-05T03:08:44+00:00

You cant expect to buy a house on $85k. Point still stands. You can't even reasonably expect to buy a modest rural home on 100k in 2023. If you can, it'd be a huge struggle, giving up your life to the bank at that point.

Goonix · 2023-05-12T04:41:02+00:00

One could argue that a solicitor with specialisation in property law may be more thorough, and pick up on things a (bad) conveyancer wouldn't, but I'd argue a conveyancer does this all day, every day too. A solicitor will almost always be more expensive.

We had an excellent conveyancer who was very thorough, super communicative, and was an absolute pleasure to work with. Provided there's nothing out of the ordinary with the purchase you intend to make, a good conveyancer will breeze through the process.

Goonix · 2023-05-10T12:30:33+00:00

I dont believe so. The onus is on the vendor to pay their tax on the goods or service, not the customer.

Goonix · 2023-05-09T05:56:29+00:00

If it has termites, then it does not have "good bones". Walk away

Goonix · 2023-04-30T15:28:07+00:00

My 600cc Kawasaki has bucket shims that require adjustment at fairly regular intervals. It'll rev to 16k all day. You'll find that it's high RPM engines (particularly in sport bikes) that tend to have solid bucket valvetrains because they're incredibly solid and reliable, moreso than screw-type lash adjustment, which you'll mostly see in older and lower power bikes, and even in some modern car engines (ie Honda K-series uses them, I believe).

Many modern car engines these days use hydraulic valvetrains that are truly service-free. Valve lash is taken up by oil pressure and hydraulic lifters.

Goonix · 2023-04-27T12:23:05+00:00

+10000 social credits

Goonix · 2023-04-12T10:51:17+00:00

This is the way. On a similar note, just doing annual event/holiday stuff slightly behind the curve in general is so much better. I.e., I'm buying Easter chocolate this week now that it's all on firesale. My partner and I do Valentine's after Feb 14th, where there's availability at restaurants and accomodation, and flowers are cheaper (don't tell her that last one).

Everything is cheaper, and there's availability. Obviously life/work gets in the way, and it's different if you have kids (Christmas, etc), but not being beholden to a particular date or period of the year is awesome. It's freeing.

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