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Hay guys, has any one has bought the gaskit set from USA motorcycles for $59.00 or from any other manufactuer from ebay. And are there head gaskit any good. They seem to sell a lot of them. But according to faq the only one thats work is omc and its about $130.oo dollors.
Thanks,
kz john

John,

You should find the gaskets themselves in most kits are perfectly good.........but the HEAD GASKET itself is questionable due to it being subject to a lot more compression & a mix of fluids.

The rule of thumb is to use a GENUINE K Head Gasket as pattern ones often leak or blow.

Hope that helps ?

Pete F

Cometic has a head gasket and base gasket available for the 13. I haven't ran one yet, but that's what will be in mine by spring.

I've never had good results with aftermarket head gasket Now I only use the original Kawasaki!

Nice looking 13 you have there 137rt ...any more pics?

I used an ebay head gasket on mine 3 or 4 years ago,has held up fine,and I ride it like I stole it.Cant remember manufacturer name,but I think it was South American.Would probably recognize maker if I saw the name,or I can go to my storage and look,still have package with leftover gaskets.But I used to build Mercedes /BMW engines for a living,(mostly headgaskets lol)and Had to be practically OCD about assembly and torque values because they will gladly bite you in the butt otherwise.I had used that companies gaskets back then with good results,recognized name,which(besides availability) was only reason I rolled dice on non-OEM gasket set.I do remember that during the re-torque process after 1st warmup,the nuts surprised me how much movement it took to put them in spec.I got the feeling that the re-torque was nowhere to get lazy,and tore down & checked again after 100 miles or so,and they still tightened a bit more.