Kawasaki Triples Club

Have taken the airbox apart today and found the filter has disintergrated due to age - Thanks to Turkish and his suggestion, I owe you a pint for that.

When riding home the bike did not miss a beat, and the plugs are a little dark but not the black as seen during the ride out.

Me thinks it could be a moisture problem in the wiring or the coils. So will be looking for a good replacement for the 35 year old coils.

Any ideas ??

Was also thinking of shrink wrapping the wire connectors to the coils to keep the moisture out.

Any thoughts on doing this good or bad ??

Lastly will also drop the carb needles one notch as suggested by the H2 god himself (RB). Will post more once that has been tried.

Nigel S wrote:Have taken the airbox apart today and found the filter has disintergrated due to age - Thanks to Turkish and his suggestion, I owe you a pint for that.

When riding home the bike did not miss a beat, and the plugs are a little dark but not the black as seen during the ride out.

Me thinks it could be a moisture problem in the wiring or the coils. So will be looking for a good replacement for the 35 year old coils.

Any ideas ??

Was also thinking of shrink wrapping the wire connectors to the coils to keep the moisture out.

Any thoughts on doing this good or bad ??

Lastly will also drop the carb needles one notch as suggested by the H2 god himself (RB). Will post more once that has been tried.

Nigel, if the bike is not misfiring then its highly unlikely there is anything wrong with the coils, although shrink wrapping the connectors is a good idea, if you have allready cleaned the plugs or put new ones in and they are still darkish colour after a run, you could drop the needles a clip,as Rick suggested and see how she run, but doing that you could lose throttle response, just see how it goes good luck Chris

Reminds me Nigel we discussed K&N filter in box! Any further feedback about using one?

SAM wrote:Reminds me Nigel we discussed K&N filter in box! Any further feedback about using one?

Could be a possibillity, as the old foam has finally given up the ghost.

I think that the K&N straight into the standard box sounds like a winner to me.