2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

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2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

#1 Unread post by Cyclepath »

I have a 2002 Kawasaki Mean Streak. The rear cylinder plugs are not firing and i am looking for a solution. I am 2 weeks away from the factory service manual but want to ride so bad. It sucks driving a 1500 at 750 or less rates.
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Re: 2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

#2 Unread post by BRUMBEAR »

well I would pull the rear cyl wires and plug any spark plug in there see if it's firing just let it hang on the motor and crank it with the front wire disconnected see if the rear is sparking .
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Re: 2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

#3 Unread post by Cyclepath »

Changed all for plugs and contacted Dyno Jet who sent me a better map for my power commander. Now it's barking like it should.
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cool
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Re: 2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

#5 Unread post by Cyclepath »

The dumb thing was there was only 500km on the plugs.
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Re: 2002 Meanstreak rear cylinder not firing

#6 Unread post by Cyclepath »

The bike is now firing nice and I have a fairly decent map in the PCIII. Need to find some one with a dyno who knows how to use it and set the final few adjustments to my fuel. It's done this before where it runs awesome just to run shitty again in a couple weeks. I started a diary of thing I do and how it's rode etc... to see if I can find an issue. I hope it's just a waste of paper and all is fine.
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