Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
Jetting!!! Again and again and again!
gowen:
--- Quote from: kawdude ---Hope that fixes the issue.
Gowen, just so it's clear. Is the problem you're having at the low end with idle and response or top end.
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Low end and response. Top end was fine, except after awhile it got to the point of complete falling flat on its face in the top end. The last few days of testing. And I don't know why. I'm assuming the stator was just going bad.
Rick:
Yup, I agree that a bad stator could be the problem. The stator is nothing more than magnet wire wound around an iron core. The wire is small, and wraps more than 1000 times, so if you get a bare spot inside the winding, the result could well be low output. Are they installing a new stock stator plate or just an after market stator coil? Kawasaki does not sell the stator coil or CDI trigger separately, so you have to purchase the entire plate and components as one unit. Unfortunately, kawasaki is real proud of their unit, and I think it retails at around $300.
Also, I have used the aftermarket stator coils, and was not impressed. I eventually opted for an entire new plate (I think Kawdude now has my old plate), which fixed an intermitent failure. In my case, I beleive the CDI trigger was bad.
Fainally, make sure you get your hands on the old stator coil, as you can use it to make a lighting coil for less than $20. The iron core is hard to find, so a stock stator makes a great start.
Hope this fixes the problem.
Rick
kawdude:
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(I think Kawdude now has my old plate),
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Yep! and I'm very proud of it too! It was so shiny and bright!!! :D
In general wouldn't the problem with the stator be more apt to show up at the higher rpms? It seems to me that the bike ran fine in the mid and upper range until the jetting was changed. Those changes could have effected the entire range but I would expect that this issue would shown up at the higher rpms first...
hmmm, higher rpm's = more juice thru the coil = better spark...ok I'm good.
doordie:
Mine jetting for iceracer:
Main 230 (homedrilled)
pilot 60
outbored carb... 40mm and so on 8)
different needle than stock.
But don?t install that, you don?t have the grunch in your bikes :lol: :lol:
//doordie
gowen:
--- Quote from: doordie ---Mine jetting for iceracer:
Main 230 (homedrilled)
pilot 60
outbored carb... 40mm and so on 8)
different needle than stock.
But don?t install that, you don?t have the grunch in your bikes :lol: :lol:
//doordie
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