Is it the engine or carbs?

Hey there:

I am getting extremely poor mileage on my KZ1000.

1/2 tank = 70km's or 65 miles.

Is that reasonable? The exhaust smells really rich, too rich.

How can I lean out the mixture? Is there a screw that I can adjust on the carbs or is this bike just a gas pig?

Is it the engine or any adjustments I can make there?


I am going on a trip into the rocky mountians and would like some advice.

I am guessing a new air filter would help. It already has new spark plugs and a brand new fuel line. Would an inline filter reduce the consumption at all?

Anways any ideas other than tire pressure would be helpful.

Had the same problem when I first got my bike. In my case the additional symptom was black sooty plugs.

Solution for me was the WG Coil Repowering Mod. This also solved hard starting and long warm up period on mine.

See WG CRPM here:

www.wgcarbs.com/index.php?option=com_con...view&id=12&Itemid=26

See how I did mine here:

s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh311/bill_w...lay%20Modifications/

Best of success.

PS
Nice seat... have never seen one in Kawasaki Green.