i think this what has happened to red bike. problem hit when i was doing my devils whip ride. rough idle wanted to die on the bottom end. felt like fuel delivery issue. mid range and top fine so i kept ridin. on the way back near spartanburg it noisedived off the top end and lost all power. i limped to a truck stop doing 55 mph(max speed)i checked all the normal stuff fuel,changed plugs, guy went a got me some seafoam. ran great while bike was cooled off. made to columbia and it started again. filled up and headed for augusta. symptoms started again as soon as i backed off throttle. a 8 hour trip ended up being 13.
so watcha think i do? yup send carbs to ductiman!
got em back, as always awesome rebuild. fired up red, same issue!
i was shocked. anyways i did
petcock fuel test
switched back to stock coils( was running sticks)
started it up no change. any throttle and it wants to die and then recovers. seems like 1 cylinder does it more.
checked cam phasing and valve clearance. all good
reached out for help from danno and he mentioned ignitor/cdi box
i forgot all about what controls the coils. he is sending me a known good one and i bought a used one of ebay for $54. very suprised this is a known fault..
i thought nippondenso stuff was good.
ya 08 was a bad year for kawasaki. their 2nd generation crap sux.
even my 08 klr has lots of 2nd generation issues.
any new gen guys need to keep a spare box with them if u ride long distance. or you might be stranded.
