Bike performs very strangely

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08 Aug 2025 19:58 #915736 by TexasKZ
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Contact KZR member Zed1015 for the air corrector jets.

1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough

www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/620336...amateur-build-thread
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08 Aug 2025 20:16 #915737 by Warren3200gt
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The timing advance works properly.
Have you checked it with a strobe or just manually moved the fly weights?
If with a strobe then it's not that causing the issue. 
If just manually be aware that if new springs have ever been fitted then they are possibly much stronger repop springs which are too strong to allow the fly weights to advance the ignition by centrifugal force. 
Ignition should show fully advanced at 3 - 3.5k rpm. 


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10 Aug 2025 11:25 #915799 by BurnsBikesLLC
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I checked it with my timing light :)

Zed replied, I'll put those air corrector guys in there and see if that makes it happy.

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29 Aug 2025 15:14 #916555 by BurnsBikesLLC
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Alright, put the air correction jets from Zed in there, bike is still behaving the same way :(

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30 Aug 2025 03:34 #916567 by asphalt900
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Sounds kinda anemic on start-up. If it "can" hold an idle, are all pipes heating-up? To rule-out mechanical, have you performed a leak-down per cylinder? Are there any signs of fuel coming out the bowl overflows? Those air-corrector jets "richen" the mixture of course but you're either flooding the cylinders/no fuel available/valves andor cam timing, etc. Did you inquire with the gent who brought it to you what happened? Did it Ever Run correctly and if so what event led-up to the drastic change. Sounds like frustration is taking it's toll!! Every once in a while i run into a stumper too!

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