no power at speed

[skypilot110]

I'm still going with tank vent as my first guess

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Ahrens" wrote: > > Did anybody suggest vacuum leak or faulty petcock system yet? > > > > Bill Ahrens > > Race Chairman > > Tucson Sailing Club > > > > _____ > > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of mechanizeinc > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:15 AM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: No power at speed > > > > > > > Frank, > > If someone has already suggested checking these electrical components, I > apologize for the repeat. If you have fuel and air, all you're missing is > reliable spark. Just getting spark isn't always good enough. You want a > strong spark. Replace the plug if you haven't done so already. Check the > grounds. If you have not looked at your connectors for awhile, I'd pull the > CDI and the ignition coil wire at the plug at the minimum (I'd pull all the > connectors) and clean them with spray contact cleaner and physically remove > any obvious corrosion with the eraser of a #2 pencil or whatever you can get > in there with to clean the contacts. Then use bulb or "dielectric" grease on > the pins to ensure future corrosion is warded off. > > If that doesn't do it, I'd start swapping stuff with spares, or otherwise > known good components: the coil and wire. The CDI, even the pick up coil. I > think that's about all there is to the ignition system other than the switch > and the stator/exciter coil (clean those connections as well.) > > Good luck, > Mech > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3160 - Release Date: 09/26/10 > 00:01:00 >