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09 May 2006 17:51 #46219 by kawsakiman
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ok, here we go. my 77 kz650 has the 3 phase charging system on it and i can't confirm if i'm charging the battery or not. (waiting for the manual from e-bay to arrive) i tried to take it out today for a putt and got about 15 feet before it shut down. it was electriclly dead. after about 10-15 seconds all the lights come back up and it started right back up. 10 more feet and dead again.went through this for a minute before i decided to pick it up and throw it in the trash.(just kidding)i already replaced the stator with a good one.(i think)dennis kirk is out of the convertor to make it a 2 phase.without a manual, how do i full field the stator to eliminate it as a problum?is there a way to bench test the rectifier or regulator?any other convertors for this system?can i use the 78-79 stator i have with these wires?or do i need to change the whole harness? help! the season in ny is very short and i'm missing it! thanks for reading this long post! forgot to add i already changed fuses over to blade type.this bike has had charging problums from the first day i got it. it was either under or overcharging to the point i boiled one battery.i burned one stator by misaligning it and fixed that problum and replaced everything.wires are not through the handlebars.whem i first got it, one of the white wires was not connected to the rectifier. could it possibly be burned from that? again, is there resistance values i can check with my fluke meter? it's funny i'm a auto tech and this bike's electric gremlins are killing me!

Post edited by: kawsakiman, at: 2006/05/10 08:46

someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.

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09 May 2006 21:07 #46275 by guitargeek
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Send a U2U message to loudhvx, he's the electrical guru hereabouts...

1980 KZ750-H1 (slightly altered)
1987 KZ1000-P6 "Ponch"
1979 GS1000 "Dadzuki"

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09 May 2006 21:10 #46278 by steell
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I'm a little confused by what you said.
Are you saying the problem is that the bike shuts off, and then a short while later everything works again? If that's the case, then the charging system has nothing to do with it. I'd search for a bad connection somewhere, or possibly a bad switch.

If there is some problem with the charging system, then perhaps you could provide some details.

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09 May 2006 22:29 #46305 by loudhvx
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Go through the fuse box with a fine-toothed comb. Lookk for wires inside that look burned or melted. Clean up all of the connections in there, especially the main fuse.

That's my guess. I agree with Steell, it doesn't sound like charging system.

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09 May 2006 22:31 #46306 by loudhvx
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This thread explains how to check your charging system. It's for a KZ400, but your 77 KZ650 uses a very similar system.

kzrider.com/component/option,com_joomlab...ew/id,35581/catid,4/

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10 May 2006 05:25 #46330 by BSKZ650
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do the wires still run thru the handle bars, I had a ton of problems until I pulled them out, fixed the bad spots,

77 kz650, owned for over 25 years
77 ltd1000, current rider
76 kz900, just waiting
73 z1,, gonna restore this one
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10 May 2006 08:03 #46362 by Nevco48
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For what it is worth, I had some electrical gremlins in my 750 last month. I found a loose push-in connector along the frame under the tank; solved all my problems. In hindsight, it was an intermitent problem, cutting in and out as the handlebars turned....Hindsight is always 20/20, right?

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10 May 2006 08:38 #46369 by dutchz
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Sounds like an intermittent short to me too. Check your killswitch and the connector to it underneath the tank. The plug on mine was shorted out a couple of months ago.
Check for burnmarks.

1974 Kawasaki Z1
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