Post by ArturHawk on Oct 22, 2020 15:31:05 GMT -6
Ok, I'm stumped and need some help. Please excuse the long post but i'm gonna try to add a little before it wont start for background.
1989 kawasaki 454 ~5k miles was running great.
I started to get a rattle between 4.8k and 5.5k rpm. For the next couple days I was trying to figure out what was making the noise. I looked at the wind shield, electrical connectors, etc. Basically anything that had any ability to move.
I rode the bike to work and when I stopped, I put my kickstand down before going into neutral and the bike turned off. I'm still a new rider, so thank goodness for safety switches! I put the bike in neutral and went into work.
When I went to leave, I mounted the bike, turned the key to the on position, moved the kill switch to run and there was a "pop" and my carburetors moved and I saw a little puff of smoke come from the right side of the bike. I did not touch the starter button to make this happen.
Now the bike cranks, but won't start. 🤔 I hooked up a timing light to both plugs and i'm getting spark. When I used the timing light on cylinder 1, I aimed it at the crankshaft and it seemed to like up every time the "F" mark passed the window. I'm guessing "F" is for Fire?Cylinder 2 didn't flash in relation to any timing mark that I could see. I tried starter fluid in the air box. I even tore the top of the engine down to make sure I had all my adjustment nuts tight when I did a valve adjustment. Good news is valves are perfectly adjusted at the top of the range right where I left them.
Any ideas on what is wrong or where to go next? I'm just stumped because the bike was running like a champ in the morning and dead in the evening.
1989 kawasaki 454 ~5k miles was running great.
I started to get a rattle between 4.8k and 5.5k rpm. For the next couple days I was trying to figure out what was making the noise. I looked at the wind shield, electrical connectors, etc. Basically anything that had any ability to move.
I rode the bike to work and when I stopped, I put my kickstand down before going into neutral and the bike turned off. I'm still a new rider, so thank goodness for safety switches! I put the bike in neutral and went into work.
When I went to leave, I mounted the bike, turned the key to the on position, moved the kill switch to run and there was a "pop" and my carburetors moved and I saw a little puff of smoke come from the right side of the bike. I did not touch the starter button to make this happen.
Now the bike cranks, but won't start. 🤔 I hooked up a timing light to both plugs and i'm getting spark. When I used the timing light on cylinder 1, I aimed it at the crankshaft and it seemed to like up every time the "F" mark passed the window. I'm guessing "F" is for Fire?Cylinder 2 didn't flash in relation to any timing mark that I could see. I tried starter fluid in the air box. I even tore the top of the engine down to make sure I had all my adjustment nuts tight when I did a valve adjustment. Good news is valves are perfectly adjusted at the top of the range right where I left them.
Any ideas on what is wrong or where to go next? I'm just stumped because the bike was running like a champ in the morning and dead in the evening.
