Low Voltage

Well, I made the ride to the Slab City Riot last weekend. Friday after work I installed a new set of coils, Hooked a big ground strap directly to the motor and went through every connection with contact cleaner to flush out any gobs of Di-electric grease. 11.6 VOLTS AND DROPPING!

Deep breath! It's 11:30 PM. Wifey's got the chase truck packed with all the camping gear and we're scheduled to meet 8 more riders at 9;30 AM.

Someone mentioned checking the stator with a load on it instead of disconnected.

18 v on one combo
6v on the other two. I check it disconnected and get the same reading. Last time I checked this was a couple weeks ago when the bike worked perfect for one day.


I check the resistance and It looks like I have a complete short in the pink wire.
I tear off the clutch cover to get to the wire's and there it is. the wire had broken about a half inch out of the stator cover. No room for a connector, so I solder it and shrink wrap it.

1:00 AM. 12.6 v at idle!

Thanks for all the input on this mess. I'll never know where the problem actually started but after a long chain of events, I have a mostly new and working electrical system. Scott

Glad you got it fixed. So do you mean you broke down on the way and fixed mid-trip? Or fixed after the trip?

Either way, you must've gotten some compliments on the bike at the show. Nice job.

Very nice bike! Glad you got it charging.

Got it fixed at 1 in the morning. Went home for a nap and hit the road. Here's a pic of Wifey taking over on the way there. She's been right by my side through this whole project. Now we gotta find another KZ to build her dream bike.

Now that is sweet, the bike too

Congratulations on 2 nice finds.