Bike keeps dying, high idle, help?83 kz650

Not yet but I am going to soon and I am gonna invest in a new throttle cable and speedo cable. My speedo doesnt work. I rode it for the first time today. It was amazing. Super fast. Sounds like its running weird though.

Tj_saxon wrote: Yea sir, I've got it idling at 1500ish rpms. It's idling fine (ish). It's just when I rev it, it takes so long for it to wind down. Kinda like its sticking and slowly releasing.

If not already done, would inspect the timing advancer to assure it isn't hanging due to rust or whatever. Perhaps the weight arm pivots need lubing.

The advancer's not supposed to look like this:





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I will be 100% honest and say I have no clue where that is.

Patton wrote:

Tj_saxon wrote: Yea sir, I've got it idling at 1500ish rpms. It's idling fine (ish). It's just when I rev it, it takes so long for it to wind down. Kinda like its sticking and slowly releasing.

If not already done, would inspect the timing advancer to assure it isn't hanging due to rust or whatever. Perhaps the weight arm pivots need lubing.

The advancer's not supposed to look like this:

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take off the round cover on the right side.two allen bolts it's there.

What should I use to clean it?

brake clean ,solvent stuff like that will work.then lube it when done

Ok, thanks again guys. I highly doubt I woulda got to ride it today if it weren't for you guys.

Patton wrote: If not already done, would inspect the timing advancer to assure it isn't hanging due to rust or whatever. Perhaps the weight arm pivots need lubing.

The advancer's not supposed to look like this:

[photo]see rusty advancer above [/photo]


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No kidding. hee.

You should use an impact driver to remove the engine cover bolts & the pulsing coil screws. I use the hand type - insert a proper bit, put it in place on the bolt, then whack the end of the tool w a hammer. You could spray some penetrant beforehand. See photo below for details to remove the advancer. Or reference the manual.

After removing the advancer, separate the rotor from the body to give it a good cleaning, then lubricate it. Be sure to fill the groove w grease. I don't know the best lubricant. White lithium & dielectric grease seem to evaporate, leaving the advancer dry after a period of time. I used high temp wheel bearing grease the last time. Install a new gasket afterwards.

Not sure I really want to dive into something like that. I have never messed with actually setting timing and stuff. I might leave this for someone else. Lol.

You should go ahead and service the advancer. There isn't much to it & there's no timing to set. The only hard part is removing the bolts, and that may turn out easy. Take a photo of the pulsing coil before you remove it & do the same w the advancer. It's kinda hard to mess up, really. I think everything goes back together only one way. There's an alignment pin for the advancer.

Ok, that's very comforting, I saw something about top dead center in the picture and I knew that was timing.

Just curious is there any way the idle sticking could have been to the bike being cold, I just got back from a ride to check out noises and what not and when I pulled into the yard and revved it a few times it idled down fine.

On a different page the bike makes a weird sound while riding under throttle. It's like a whirring sound. It doesn't make it holding the clutch and just coasting but as soon as I start to let off the clutch I can hear it start to come back until clutch is fully released and then it's back to constantly making it. It increases with throttle.