KAWASAKI KH & S SERIES FORUM

Tim Steele

All work and no play makes me grumpy...

So I took off from farm work and house cleanup/ remodel work Friday morning and spent some quality time with the S2A. I discovered why my #3 plug kept wanting to foul, which I originally attributed to 2 # 20 pilots and 1 #25 discovered recently...
I decided to investigate further after installing a #20 in the #3 carb and fouling a new plug.
All 3 pilot jets are the same, yet still trying to foul plugs on #3
It turns out that when I installed the new Boyer Brandsen the yellow power wire which powers the ignition so happens to pick up its' power from the + lead of the #3 coil. When I installed the supplied scotch lock unbeknownst to me it cut the + lead to the # 3 coil nearly in 1/2... No wonder the spark was visibly weaker and fouling plugs
I cannanablized a # 3 coil from my KH 250 as I didn't have time to mount/ install my 3 new JC Whitney coils I have in a box standing by...and it was easier to change the coil than the wires... I used another slighly diffrerent scotch lock and Bob's your uncle...
Took it our for a run and promptly scared myself as a pretty violent power wheelie ensued when I gassed it in 1st@ 5000 right after I warmed it up on the 1st run
I had to readjust all the carb stuff and resynch them as it was idling way high after it really started running on all 3. I had been compensating for the weak spark by turning up the idle on that cylinder evidently...

It really is a blast to ride up here on these swoopy curvy roads here in the Shenandoah Valley, surprisingly it is easier to ride fast up here than the H2 is .. go figure???
Top speed indicated was 95 MPH somewhere around 8000 in 5th and still pulling.

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Tim Steele in Front Royal, VA

simonh · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject:

nice one tim