Washed my KZ. Now won't start??

JR wrote: I'm pretty sure your points are under the circular cover. Also possibly a condenser

I know little about the 750 twin so hopefully others more knowledgeable will be around soon.

Here's what I know: if it's the original coil, it needs to be replaced. The coil bodies crack over time and moisture can get in. Even if it runs sometimes, if it is cutting out the coil is likely bad.

As stated, take off the tank and verify that 12V is getting to the hot side of the coil. If so, take a plug out and press against the head and crank over and check for spark.

Check the fuses. They pop sometimes after pressure washing

swest wrote: That may be true. I was told the Air Force story by a retired kernel. He flew in and out of Germany during the occupation. Might have been BS.
Steve

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Neva believe a chair force O

My grandfather was a navigator on a B17 during WW2. He couldn't watch The Memphis Bell. Started tearing up and walked out of the room. Wouldn't talk about it. They got slaughtered at first.
Steve

Just got home and getting ready to pull the cover off the points. I had to just try to start it again and BOOM! It started right up! Lol!! Crazy! I will keep investigating thow. THANK YOU ALL SOOO MUCH!

I hope you've learnt your lesson. Dont wash your bike!!

Com'on now, there are too many rat bikes out there. Us old guys have to put our best shiny foot forward. Can't let the Hog guys have it all. :woohoo:
Steve

davido wrote: I hope you've learnt your lesson. Dont wash your bike!!

YES YES YES!! Blahhhhh!

:huh:

swest wrote: My grandfather was a navigator on a B17 during WW2. He couldn't watch The Memphis Bell. Started tearing up and walked out of the room. Wouldn't talk about it. They got slaughtered at first.
Steve

Losses were so high on the daylight bombing raids when they first started out that they would tell the new crews coming in not to bother to unpack their gear. With loss rates over 10% on each mission and daily raids, your chances of living two weeks was about zero. Got better when they got the long range fighter escorts, but it was still awful.

off topic

Yes, a relative of my family was a rare survivor in bomber command during the Cologne /Dresden /Hamburg night bombing raids, I think in a Lancaster bomber. He woke up screaming regularly with nightmares for the rest of his life and never once discussed it with is his wife for the next 40 years. As an avid ww2 historian I learnt nothing - he just never said a word to her about it.

Firstly the Pathfinders with the best navigators would locate the target city and drop marker flares, first wave then high explosive to break windows and knock slates off the roofs, second wave just incendiaries. As Churchill asked when seeing the carnage ...'are we beasts'?

Easy to pontificate now about the morality of bombing German civilians/war effort /slave labour workers as an 'area bombing' strategy, in reality both my parents witnessed lufwaffe bombing direct - that is Goering's 'total war'...it works both ways.

I appreciate the USAF efforts to do daylight precision bombing against military targets only, at unsustainable losses - a highly laudable ideal that just didn't work out.

Peace.

Ditto
Steve