Should I have a digital ignition installed?

chiaronate wrote: OK here is the manual I bought on e-bay, it will take awhile to arrive because it's coming from New Zealand. I was going to post a picture of the cover on here but it won't let me for some reason. I figure it's worth the wait because it's a genuine Kawasaki manual and it specifically includes the Spectre models. I was also thinking about the ticking sound today and it finally occurred to me, the guy I bought that bike from removed the center stand because the spring was worn out. When I bought a new spring and attempted to put it back on, I found that the exhaust would have to be removed to re-attach it. It finally occurred to me that perhaps he removed the exhaust and didn't re-attach it tightly enough, or didn't replace a worn out gasket, and that may be causing an exhaust leak. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier, sometimes the hamster in my head doesn't spin the wheel fast enough. i7.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/1d/8c/5e6e_12.JPG

daveo wrote: chiaronate

My bike seemed to be running ok, but the coils were weak. After looking at replacement options, I decided for Dynatek Mini-coils. The coil mounts on the frame don't work with them, so I had to improvise a different mounting system.

The engine immediately ran better, just with the coil change. The rest of the (original) ignition system was fine, and would have been adequate except for one important thing...non-adjustable timing. The DDK2-1 took care of that.

So-many things contribute to harmony.

kaw-a-holic wrote:

chiaronate wrote: OK here is the manual I bought on e-bay, it will take awhile to arrive because it's coming from New Zealand. I was going to post a picture of the cover on here but it won't let me for some reason. I figure it's worth the wait because it's a genuine Kawasaki manual and it specifically includes the Spectre models. I was also thinking about the ticking sound today and it finally occurred to me, the guy I bought that bike from removed the center stand because the spring was worn out. When I bought a new spring and attempted to put it back on, I found that the exhaust would have to be removed to re-attach it. It finally occurred to me that perhaps he removed the exhaust and didn't re-attach it tightly enough, or didn't replace a worn out gasket, and that may be causing an exhaust leak. Sorry I didn't mention it earlier, sometimes the hamster in my head doesn't spin the wheel fast enough. i7.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/1d/8c/5e6e_12.JPG

That's a great service manual I bought mine from the same guy. When you use the timing light be careful not to melt the induction clip on your head. I ruined my did not see that it had fell and was sitting on the head.

daveo wrote: chiaronate

That is correct. On the Dynatek system, the round blue aluminum plate that the pulsing coils are mounted to is slotted at the three hold-down bolt locations to allow rotation for timing adjustment.
Whereas the Kawasaki plate has three bolt holes...no adjustment!