new to mz1000sf

[tomtom]

Just purchased a 1000sf. Any hints or tips would be welcome. Have i bought a bummer as i don't see many mz1000's about.? I bought the bike because i has previously ridden a mz250 with sidecar to austria in the middle of winter with a friend and that little bike took all the punishment and still came out shining.

[DAVID THOMPSON]

the motors on the 1000 are free reving and it will run like nothing else you have ever been on

if its any thing like my rt125 it needs to be wound up and both my mz bikes were geared toooo tall for my use
looking at gearing 6th on the 1000 is for autobaun flying >>>>.
have fun and keep the rpm above 3500 you will get a feel for it

also get it in a big parking lot and work out the slow speed handling my saxon tour gets in to the fork stops way too soon
i came down the street one day and turned into my driveway..... yea right it hit the stops and up the sidewalk i went and
almost took out the mail box post in the yard
so get a handle on how wide the slow turns are befoe you waste plastic or bust ass...
dave

[boilermaker]

tom tom
Is it a new machine?

[tomtom]

No, it's a seconhand 2005 model. Thought it just looked brilliant and I wasn't put off just because it's an mz. I reckon the build quality should be okay.

[boilermaker]

Tom Tom
The build quality is second to none. The reason I asked if it was a new one is that a number of minor niggles can crop up in the first 12,000 miles or so. My own 1000st has had the following minor problems: (1) Engine casing crews coming loose (including sump).(2) Swing arm chain protection rubbers coming loose. (3) rear hugger rubbing on tyre wwhen wheel adjusted rearwards. (4) LCD Display blackening (replaced by MZ). (5) Ignition relay malfunction. And finally the coil-on-plug type pencil coil failed. This last problem is more important than it seems as I learnt that you should not try and continue home on one cylinder as the waste fuel from the non-firing cylinder combusts in the catalyst section of the exhaust system causing it to get very hot! If I had not noticed this happening the results could have been serious. All the foregoing are things that could happen to any new machine. The engine has been dynomometer checked at 96 bhp at the rear wheel. It likes Metzler tyres best, the 10w 50w synthetic oil is not readily available at a reasonable price, and a number of service consumables can be sourced from non-MZ suppliers if necessary. I hope that this info has been of some help. do not hesitate to ask if you need any help.
Regards
George Waite
Harbertonford
Devon

[tomtom]

Can i use the workshop manual for the 1000s, as i take it most parts are similar. I am up in glasgow and i'm wondering how easy it will be to get it seviced or is it easy enough to do it yourself?
Do they still sell them new1

[boilermaker]

Tom Tom
You have an MZ agent in Selkirk. Not Just bikes, 77 Albert Place, Selkirk. enquiries@notjustbikes.com. If you want to service it yourself then service parts can be obtained from Grahams Motorcycles, 45 Wood St. Taunton, Somerset TA1 1UW. grahamsmc @ yahoo.co.uk. Alternative Oil filters can be obtained from any K & N agent as filter number HP-1002. Do not tell them its for a bike or you will get the usual negative/idiotic "we don't do bike filters" bit. this is a high quality filter with a spanner hexagon built in to make fitting/removal easier. Air filters are an MZ Part only option at the moment (from Grahams). Oil should be fully synthetic and of 10w-40 or 50w NOT 0w-40 or 50, and as I have said in my last post this particular grade may not be too easy to find, I am at present running with a "Q8" 10w-50 obtained at my local Texaco garage. The oil filter can be a bit of a fiddle to get to, just need to swing the oil cooler out of the way. I would recommend removing the spark plug pencil coils and smearing them with fine silicon grease before re-fitting. Keep the switchgear well dressed with WD40 or something similar. Anything else?
George Waite
Harbertonford
Devon

[FUTURE]

Photos please. We still have not got this bike down here in Australia.

[tomtom]

Appreciate the help. I'll post pics as soon as i can. Wife thinks I'm on a chat room talking to some bird, as she says I'm spending too long on the net. Trouble with bikes is you become like a kid with a new toy.