BIKE GOES DEAD ON HIGHWAY

I am driving 60mph on highway, just got refurbished pulse coils so it can't be them.

----I am driving and hear: "crack, crack, crack" real loud ----

my bike shuts of and I pull over. 2 days before my rear wheel skidded a couple times on a stop and locked up a bit --- only after charging the highway at 80.

Now, my bike won't start at all. I thought my engine seized, however, a friend said that if you can turn the bolt on either the stator or ignition coils side, then the bike probably hasn't seized.

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My oil was completely dry though.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT MY BIKE WON'T START and I need some advice.

It gets gas, blah blah blah.

I just can't get the engine to crank over when I push the starter button.

The bigger engined bikes(Z1's,Kz900's,Kz1000's and Kz1100's have a roller bearing crankshaft with lower pressure oil requirements (2.3-3.0 PSI).These engines were more forgiving of low oil problems.

The smaller engined bikes had standard bearings requiring a higher pressure oiling system. Possibly driving with low to no oil has seized the crank bearings or pistons and rings in the cylinders.

I'm assuming this motorcycle is a Kawasaki, hopefully a KZ something. If it is, fill the engine with the proper level of oil; remove the spark plugs; remove the points (or electronic ignition) cover on the right side of engine; using a 17mm wrench on the hex on the right side of crankshaft - see if the crank will rotate. If it will not, the engine is locked up and you have some serious work ahead of you. If it will rotate you may not have ruined the engine. If you ever get it running again, or if you buy another bike, be sure to check the oil before EVERY ride. It only takes 3 seconds to do. Ed

what yr what bike what battery ......



you gotta give info to get answers and blah blah blah...means you dont have the time to explain...my guess is the bike needs a

blah blah blah blah :woohoo: :woohoo:

Hawk111 wrote:

Now, my bike won't start at all. I thought my engine seized

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My oil was completely dry though.

Oil dry? RIP engine.

KZ550 LTD 1981, sorry bout the lack of info.

I hit the starter and get a chick, chick that's it.

Hawk111 wrote:

KZ550 LTD 1981, sorry bout the lack of info.

I hit the starter and get a chick, chick that's it.

If the bearings ran dry and siezed the engine, the starter won't be able to turn it over.

Remove the spark plugs and try kicking it over with the kick starter.

popping and dying can also be a battery run dry and not working anymore...did it not want to pull any revs before it sputtered and died......

"crack, crack, crack" real loud...

Get out the tools and service, No Oil :ohmy: is not good, don't care how bullet proof these old beasts are for they need OIL to operate...

You open up the valve cover yet?
If so, what did ya find...

Timing chain snap on ya?

Timing chain tensioner still in tact?

If chain still intact, timing still in spec on cam gear markings to TDC? Translation, timing chain jump some teeth...

In popping off the head, timing gears/guides still intact?

Drop the oil pan, metal pieces?

Blow a hole in a piston?

We could sit here and speculate on all the possibilities but opening her up will tell ya a lot of what is and not....

Sorry but get out the tools, you have a long weekend ahead of ya....

Just a hunch, but check your cam chain tensioner...if for some reason it let go and your chain kinked and bunched up you will get the situation you described...I say this from experience

Hawk111 wrote:

KZ550 LTD 1981, sorry bout the lack of info.

I hit the starter and get a chick, chick that's it.

Not to make light of your situation, but I've always wanted a button that I could just press to get a chick.

sparkn wrote:

Hawk111 wrote:

KZ550 LTD 1981, sorry bout the lack of info.

I hit the starter and get a chick, chick that's it.

Not to make light of your situation, but I've always wanted a button that I could just press to get a chick.

There is such a thing: it's called jewelry.:laugh: