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RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - pdedse - 10-19-2025
Just in time for the colder weather.
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - the Ferret - 10-19-2025
I used the heated grips on Angry Bird on yesterday mornings ride
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - Nachodaddy - 10-20-2025
Yes, it is cooling off here in the Phoenix, Arizona, area too. Only supposed to get up to 86F today. Good riding weather.
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - Gone in 60 - 10-22-2025
(10-19-2025, 07:54 AM)peterbaron Wrote: I just finished insalling the Koso Apollo heated grips with 5-level settings.
The heated grips tubes were a very tight fit to the handlebar, so there was no need for glue.
That's a really clean looking setup. Very stealth.
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - peterbaron - 11-19-2025
I'm having some issue reading the temperature. The gauge only shows 2-1 bars, normally 3 bars, when it's cold /+15°C/60°F or lower. After manually checking both the upper and lower coolant hoses, they seem to be at the same temperature when hot, so it doesn't sound like a thermostat issue, as the temperature changes very quickly from 3 bars to 1 bar when riding cold.
When I bought this bike in mid-August, the red light came on 3x... but it went away after a few starts. Maybe it was the first warning???
I'll check the temperature of both radiator hoses again on Friday when I get back to work and grab an infrared thermometer.
The Z650RS manual doesn't even mention the resistance of the coolant temperature sensor, but I've already checked with my buddy AI and I know everything. It has an NTS thermistor, and the resistance is 2 to 3 kOhms cold and 200-300 Ohms* hot = NTS. All the hand written notes are already in my service manual for further information.
I suspect a poor contact to coolant sensor, ECM, or a faulty sensor... but that's just a guess. I hope it's not a software issue, otherwise I'll have to go to the dealer for a reprogramming next spring. The bike has a 5-year/unlimited kms warranty.
Tomorrow I'll connect an OBDII error code reader via a 16-to-6-pin adapter...
* I rented a private jet and tomorrow I'm flying to my buddy
in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to borrow his bakelite multimeter....he has two bikes, a 2012 ST and a 2013 CB1100... 
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - Cormanus - 11-19-2025
(11-19-2025, 06:25 PM)peterbaron Wrote: I rented a private jet ...
Don't you have one of your own?
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - peterbaron - 11-19-2025
(11-19-2025, 08:11 PM)Cormanus Wrote:(11-19-2025, 06:25 PM)peterbaron Wrote: I rented a private jet ...
Don't you have one of your own?
How did you know..??
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - Cormanus - 11-19-2025
Well, you know ... a man with both a Honda CB1100 and a Kawasaki Z650RS ...
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - Lord Popgun - 11-20-2025
PB, I’ll have to break out a bakelite Simpson 260
Wish I had one, but the prices have gone way up 
I do have 2 infrared thermometers, but I used to use them on an aircraft search radar so they may not want to work on an engine, but should be good on your jet radar.
RE: 2022 Kawasaki Z650RS - peterbaron - 07-15-2026
My 2024 Z650RS has already been fitted with several red accents, some accessories, an SW-Motech rear rack and Givi top case.
Having covered 10,000 km without a hitch, the bike has proven itself on long-distance rides, so it now deserves a set of SW-Motech side racks and cases, which I’ll be ordering tomorrow.
One of the components isn't currently in stock, so I expect to receive the full set in mid-August.
My DLX, 42k km, will be used for very long-distance trips...or when I start missing a comfortable and smooth ride.
Also, next week I want to see a 1975 GL-1000 in red, completely original with 15,000 miles on the clock, one owner, and in impeccable condition??