Taking a 3TJ on track
Forum rules
Please can you post items for sale or wanted in the correct For Sale section. Items / bikes for sale here will be removed without warning. Reasons for this are in the FAQ. Thanks
Please can you post items for sale or wanted in the correct For Sale section. Items / bikes for sale here will be removed without warning. Reasons for this are in the FAQ. Thanks
- Drunkn Munky
- Site Supporter
- Posts: 6313
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 9:37 am
- Bike owned: NC30 MC21 TZR FZR GSXR RG MITO
- Location: Kent
Taking a 3TJ on track
I keep reading about how 3TJ racebikes must have the oil ways drilled to avoid engine failure but is it really necessary if doing the odd trackday?
-
- Site Supporter
- Posts: 5374
- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:59 pm
- Bike owned: Bimota SB6 Yamaha FZR 3TJ x2
- Location: Lundin Taan
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
Not if it's is a road bike, but worth considering if it's track day bike, and recommended for race bikes. If the bikes going to live at high revs then it should be done but if it's going to be ridden around and with an occasional track day it should be ok
How's that
How's that

-
- Settled in member
- Posts: 29
- Joined: Wed May 14, 2008 5:58 pm
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
Better safe than sorry! And theres not many 3tj engines around as spare ones these days
-
- Settled in member
- Posts: 212
- Joined: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:33 pm
- Location: Rainham, Kent.
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
True, but there are a few 600s...jtodd1968 wrote:Better safe than sorry! And theres not many 3tj engines around as spare ones these days
Alex.
- Drunkn Munky
- Site Supporter
- Posts: 6313
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 9:37 am
- Bike owned: NC30 MC21 TZR FZR GSXR RG MITO
- Location: Kent
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
Ok good to know it wont explode from a bit of hard use, if i keep the bike which im still not decided on then it will get stripped down and the oil ways done at some point but were see how i get on with it at anglesey in may before making any decisions.
-
- Site Supporter
- Posts: 722
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 2:03 pm
- Bike owned: fzr 400 3tj x 2, cbr900rrs
- Location: Ironbridge, uk
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
Still got an engine with it done....:-)
- Drunkn Munky
- Site Supporter
- Posts: 6313
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2008 9:37 am
- Bike owned: NC30 MC21 TZR FZR GSXR RG MITO
- Location: Kent
Re: Taking a 3TJ on track
Dare I ask how much 
