1984 klr600
Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2002 10:07 am
Hey everyone I just joined this club I'd just like to say whats up to
everyone. I also just bought a 1984 Kawasaki KLR600 and I'm having
some problems with it. I was hoping one of you had an 84 KLR or a
similar year bike, so i might be able to get this thing up and
running. I recently bought a 1984 Kawasaki KLR600. When i bought it it
didn't run, and now it runs sometimes. The bike has been sitting for
probably a decade. My friends and I have been kicking it over and over
trying to get it to start with no luck. I replaced the oil to the
correct amount, filled the tank with gas, cleaned the carb, made sure
the CDI was free of rust, put a new plug in it (the correct one), and
tested it to make sure it was getting spark. It gets spark all the
time, but sometimes it sounds as if it doesn't. The only way it will
even sound like its trying to start is to spray gas into the rear end
of the carb where the boot connecting the carb to the airbox would be.
Then it will pop and turn over, and sometimes run for a few seconds
before dying on its own. It is getting gas, the line isn't clogged and
neither is the fuel valve. I have cleaned the carb so many times I
could do it with my eyes shut. I have been asking everyone, and I have
people telling me its the compression, the carb, the timing, and the
pilot circuit? When I bought it the previous owner had said it needed
a new head, but I figured this was false because I have ridden the
thing around once when it actually ran and pulled wheelies with it
fine. I don't know what a pilot circuit is, if I did I would have
cleaned it. I pulled apart every visible jet and piece of the carb and
cleaned it, because I have narrowed the problem down to the carb.The
compression seems OK, but I do not have a compression gauge to check.
I am also only using a factory manual, which doesn't tell me much
about anyhting. Does anyone know where I could get a manual for this
bike? Please help, I've tried everything and I have