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'81 GPz550 No Startie Thread

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07 Apr 2024 10:00 #897344 by chopper1963
Replied by chopper1963 on topic '81 GPz550 No Startie Thread
I dropped the bike off at my retired Kawi tech yesterday and asked him to take a look. I have forwarded him your notes. Thanks to all. Will update.

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07 Apr 2024 20:32 #897367 by F64
Replied by F64 on topic '81 GPz550 No Startie Thread
If it spins like crazy, are you even getting compression?
81-KZ440-D2.
Louis Dudzik's GM HEI ignitor conversion installed 2015 s3.amazonaws.com/gpzweb/Ignition/GPZgmHEImod.html
Motogadget m-unit blue installed 2017.
LIC, NY

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08 Apr 2024 05:22 #897376 by ThatGPzGuy
Replied by ThatGPzGuy on topic '81 GPz550 No Startie Thread
Not a Kawi but when I rebuilt my Triumph engine it spun and spun with not even a cough. When I put my hand over one of the carb throats there was no suction at all. It turns out we had miscalculated the cam timing (no timing marks on custom cams). Once we redid the cam timing it started as soon as we touched the key. Live and learn. 
Jim
North GA
2016 Yamaha FJR1300ES
1982 GPz750 R1
1974 Kawasaki H1
1976 Kawasaki KZ400
1979 Yamaha XS650 cafe'
2001 KZ1000P
2001 Yamaha YZ426
1981 Honda XR200 stroked in an '89 CR125 chassis
1965 Mustang
1967 Triumph GT6
1976 Bronco
"If you didn't build it, it's not really yours"

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