new member with a kz550ltd

Her it is as I got it...

And now....



15000 miles ish, no spark on 2 and 3, got an eBay igniter coming, gonna bare bones rewire, make a cafe Ish, brat thingy. This is my first kawasaki so I imagine I'll have a few questions from you guys.

Looks like you got your hands full!

In my signature there are a bunch of links you may be interested in.

One is for the carburetors.
One has several service manuals you probably should download. Grab all of them to have several references.
And you should read the valve train warning before removing the valve cover.

The problem with 2-3 could be the ignition coil that fires those two cylinders.

Thank you both, I switched coils to check, and if I tested all the wiring it pointed to igniter. I've already lurked a bit, I had problems joining, I have a manual, but I did download your links already! My major problem is troubleshooting.....I'm not very good with electronics yet.

Okay. Then I was going to suggest it could be one of the pulsing coil pickups, but you've probably already checked.

We'll find out in a day or two once I get the igniter. I have been wrong before LOL

Well.....yup.....rookie mistake. Is indeed looking like the pick up coil, blue and black good....yellow and red nothing, the wires are pulled out a little also so I tested it there also.....dead. oh well, live and learn bwaa ha ha. Still not sure how I missed that.

You can use pickups from any KZ as long as the actual pickup itself looks the same as what you have.

You can also use a black/blue pickup in place of the red/yellow. You just have to re-route the wires and probably make them longer. The black wire swaps in place of yellow, and blue swaps in place of red.

Here's a link, for reference, in case you take apart the timing plate to swap the pickups.
gpzweb.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.co.../PickupAndRotor.html

Cool beans man! Thanks, I have yet to search for a replacement. Did however start assembling the carbs and painted the motor while I was sonic cleaning the parts.