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Time to try a shout out to those that have brains what know older bike style stuff.

I've been (very) slowly rebuilding a 1987 Kawasaski GT550 but have now hit a bump in the road. Got a running issue with it am at a point where I can't see the issue for looking

So i'm looking for some help please.

I'll of course provide the tea/coffee/ bacon&egg sarnies biccies etc to the tech team that turn up to shine a light on the head scratcher and help me get the bloody thing running.

Kim is out for the day so it'll be pretty quiet other than some decent tunes on the sound machine and hopefully the rumble of a 4 into 1.

Anyone able to help?????

Thanks in advance.

Could be available Saturday late morning plus I can look at your light

Nice one, thanks

what's so special about this light then......., can we all have a look?

You may watch from a distance as it may be to much for you to handle without supervision

lol I do need lots of supervision as my vision isn't what it use to be.

Si give us a clue what's up with the 550 first before committing??

Ruffian wrote: ↑Jun 21st, '19, 16:29Si give us a clue what's up with the 550 first before committing??

Probably no petrol.

It's got fuel.

Supply runs to the carbs, occasionally it'll catch and turn over for a bit, then die. When it was running there was no throttle response.

Like I said, it's more than likely a simple, face palming solution but my poor old eyes have shut down to seeing it. Humph.

Does it have the vacuum fuel tap on the bottom of the tank??

And double check your firing order in which way you have the leads on the coils.

Does sound like a carb issue, have you checked the float heights?
How about the jets, are they all clean/clear?

leads and coils are as they were when taken off.

yep, vac fuel tap, pipe leading off to carb no4


yep, checked carbs etc, like i said, can't see for looking. That's why i've fired out a distress flare.

Sounds like an 80's problem.

Might be worth putting a call into Doc E Brown

i thought that the only real problems with 80's were driving slow, pissing yourself and questionable dress sense.

isn't that right Phil?

Did it run when you got it or did you buy it as a non-runner?

Have you tried turning up the idle speed screw?
Is the choke working, as in is the mechanism going the whole way over - my hornet 600 did that to me, when I though it was fully on (handle bar lever) it hadn't actually moved the slider across all the carbs far enough.