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what year for first cdi?
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So here's the story. My roomate met a guy that says he owns a motorcycle salvage place here in town. She was instant messaging with him the other day and I had her tell him about my electrical problems. I went over the list of things I have replaced and he said to check the cdi unit. I have a 78 kz1000 A2A. I told him that they didn't have a cdi in 78. He insisted that they did. I think I'm right but want to make sure before I make myself look like an ass. Did they have cdi on my bike?
There was electronic ignition in '78, but not CDI.
Anyway, if you had a CDI ignition, what would you check? I think you're being sent on a wild goose chase again. It makes no sense to me, but what do I know?
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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Kawasaki used CDI ignitions on their 2 strokes for years, but as wiredgeorge said lots of people call the electronic ignitions on the kz's cdi's..same thing but different..
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Tony wrote:
The data plate on my 79 mkII shows it as being built in 78. When I bought this bike it was registered as a 78. I thought it would be to much hassle to try and change it to what it's supposed to be, so it still is registered as a 78.. Anyway, the mkII has electronic ignition and, according to the motor vehicle registration people, it is a 1978.
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This is strange because I don't think production of the MKII started until Feb 1979, but whatever the foulup was, the MKII is in fact intended to be a 1979 model. All the models Kawasaki intended as 1978 KZ1000 line was points. This includes the Z1R. Kawasaki did use CDI ignition at least as far back as 1972 on the H2 750, but no KZ1000 until the 1979 model.
Tony wrote:The data plate on my 79 mkII shows it as being built in 78. When I bought this bike it was registered as a 78. I thought it would be to much hassle to try and change it to what it's supposed to be, so it still is registered as a 78.. Anyway, the mkII has electronic ignition and, according to the motor vehicle registration people, it is a 1978.
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The engine in my bike is a 78 1000, it had points when i got it.
Kawasaki used CDI ignitions on their 2 strokes for years, but as wiredgeorge said lots of people call the electronic ignitions on the kz's cdi's..same thing but different..
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You're right, if I recall, the two-strokes did use actual CDI ignitions. I think that's why people assume the KZ's did also. The electronic KZ's use transistorized Kettering ignitions.
CDI operates differently from Kettering.
Apparently I was looking at a fiche for 79 but it wasn't labeled with a year and I had looked under '78. Buykawasaki.com combines some of the years on the fiches, apparently.
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