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1977 KZ650 Cold Start Issues
- davej6997
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I am going to do a carb clean as sink, new plugs and check the points. The only this is that it runs good once its warmed.
Any ideas?
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If it were me, I'd be pricing ignition coils too as even when new,the spark was marginal. Dyna makes a good replacement coil, so does Accel. Z1 enterprises sells replacement sparkplugs,caps,sparkplug wires and ignition coils.
1982 GPZ1100 B2
General Dynamics/Convair 1983-1993
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- TeK9iNe
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I you do change to a hotter plug, don't ride it super hard in cold weather, you can hole a piston - seen it done!
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79 Kawie Z1000 LTD
81 Kawie Z1000 CSR
83 Honda VT750C A
85 Kawie GPZ900 A2
86 Zukie GS1150 EG
93 Yamie XV1100 E
Lucky to have rolled many old bikes through my doors
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- Denco where did you go?
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1977 KZ650 B1
Pods and Denco header
OLD KAW OWNERS SMILE ALOT
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1980 KZ650F1, Bought new out the door for $2,162.98!
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- RonKZ650
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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Also KZ650s are always a pain to start cold. All the miles I've done on KZ650s since new they were all hard to start cold, particularly after sitting for more than one day. I don't think the enrichener circuit in combination with the small bore pulls in enough mixture when cold. At least this is my theory. All KZ1000s no problem starting cold, all KZ650s pain in the ass. I ride all winter and have since 1978 on KZ650s and they are hard to start cold, every one of them. Thank the lord for a kick starter and a leg that works, it's needed all winter.
+1 - seems to be a 650 thing. my 78 is just cold blooded in stock form
- 1981 KZ1000-K1 LTD - Long term project
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""pull a Patton
I love that phrase. Good one.
If enough use it we might see it in the Oxford English Dictionary some day
1980 kz750E1, Delkevic exhaust
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Haven't had a whole lot of time to go through it and work on stuff... my boring indoor job is keeping me away from the old girl
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