Bike performs very strangely
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Re: Bike performs very strangely
08 Aug 2025 19:58
Contact KZR member Zed1015 for the air corrector jets.
1982 KZ1000 LTD parts donor
1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough
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1981 KZ1000 LTD awaiting resurrection
2000 ZRX1100 not ridden enough
www.kzrider.com/11-projects/620336-anoth...uild-thread?start=24
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Re: Bike performs very strangely
08 Aug 2025 20:16Have you checked it with a strobe or just manually moved the fly weights?The timing advance works properly.
If with a strobe then it's not that causing the issue.
If just manually be aware that if new springs have ever been fitted then they are possibly much stronger repop springs which are too strong to allow the fly weights to advance the ignition by centrifugal force.
Ignition should show fully advanced at 3 - 3.5k rpm.
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Re: Bike performs very strangely
10 Aug 2025 11:25
I checked it with my timing light 
Zed replied, I'll put those air corrector guys in there and see if that makes it happy.

Zed replied, I'll put those air corrector guys in there and see if that makes it happy.
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Re: Bike performs very strangely
29 Aug 2025 15:14
Alright, put the air correction jets from Zed in there, bike is still behaving the same way 

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Re: Bike performs very strangely
30 Aug 2025 03:34
Sounds kinda anemic on start-up. If it "can" hold an idle, are all pipes heating-up? To rule-out mechanical, have you performed a leak-down per cylinder? Are there any signs of fuel coming out the bowl overflows? Those air-corrector jets "richen" the mixture of course but you're either flooding the cylinders/no fuel available/valves andor cam timing, etc. Did you inquire with the gent who brought it to you what happened? Did it Ever Run correctly and if so what event led-up to the drastic change. Sounds like frustration is taking it's toll!! Every once in a while i run into a stumper too!
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