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Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 17, 2009, 11:37:19 AMAnneoakley I was just reading the manual to my power commander. I have a question for you. Have you ever had your bike hooked to your computer, to update maps or change things yourself? I believe I found one reason my bike is running rich. The valve trim was set to 4, which means it's running 4% richer than normal. Add this with the increase the maps add and we have a real rich mixture.
Reading this and never having my bike professionally tuned, might be the real problem. All the tuning to my bike I've done with my laptop.
So i do truly believe now that having it dyno tuned will fix my problem...... I will keep you posted.
Bob W.
Posted by chief
- November 16, 2009, 14:08:24 PMThank you both for keeping us advised.
Cheers.
Posted by annieoakley
- November 16, 2009, 08:01:06 AMI will do the same.
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 13, 2009, 23:09:24 PMI found a shop about 30 miles from my house. for $245 they'll do an advance tuning of the power commander. they say they can make it run like a top. we'll see. I am going to put the smog control back the way it was. At least it ran then. these guys are a private shop. The Kawasaki dealers here have both sucked me for cash and my bike still doesn't run right. Will keep you updated on this issue.
Posted by annieoakley
- November 13, 2009, 08:01:20 AMAt this point I think we are. When I picked up the bike yesterday, my tach was completely disconnected, Now I'm going to have to put that back on, $300 later and my bike barely made it home. The part he did put on my bike I could have ordered from JP cycles and put it on myself. That was the part that was supposedly on back order for 3 weeks. I'm going to call a couple of shops that are about an hour away from me and pick their brains. If I get a better answer from one of them I will bum a trailer and haul it over. Coil or injectors?
? what are your thoughts? He at least narrowed it down to the front cylinder (but I could tell that before I even took it in) Too bad we don't live down the street from each other, we could get both bikes in the same building and fix them at the same time! We will outsmart these two bikes!
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 12, 2009, 17:15:30 PMI think we we put our heads together, keep each other informed. Just maybe we'll figure out what the problem is with our rides.
Are we the only two with this problem???
Posted by chief
- November 12, 2009, 15:33:28 PMAgreed... time to get someone else to look at it.
Posted by annieoakley
- November 12, 2009, 13:39:29 PMChanged my mind!!! I just called to see how it was going and he wasn't working on it. I'm bringing him home tonight! I'll give him a bath and a good polish and then I am calling another dealer for help. If I have to trailer him clear across Indiana to get him running right I will. Almost a month in the shop is way outta control.
Posted by annieoakley
- November 12, 2009, 11:22:11 AMAccording to the mechanic my plugs look good, their not fouled nor fuel soaked. He keeps saying electrical (coil or losing spark) I have a tach on mine too so he disconnected that to see if there was a connection problem there, no dice. I asked if there could be a problem with the plug wires themselves and he said that since there were two plugs per cylinder he could unplug one and it wouldn't hurt anything. Huh? I'm not a mechanic, but that doesn't make sense to me at all. I am ready to sign up for classes to become a certified kawasaki mechanic 
then maybe I can take care of my own bike, and help you solve your problem 
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 12, 2009, 10:44:40 AMbesides not installing the FI2000, the only thing I haven't tried is taking off the hyper-charger. I disconnected the power commander didn't work. new throttle body helped but didn't really work, tried different maps on the power commander not much help there either. I'm waiting on a plug wrench to pull the plugs.I want to see what they look like. right now I can't even ride around the block.
Posted by annieoakley
- November 12, 2009, 08:18:08 AMI'm giving him until friday to figure it out. Then I will be bringing it home. It is drivable, just not for long runs. If it is not fixed I will be taking it to another dealer, maybe someone with more advanced equipment for finding the problem a little more accurately and in a timely fashion.
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 11, 2009, 17:48:55 PM$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ 
That sounds like the first time I took my bike in. Hope you have better luck
Posted by annieoakley
- November 11, 2009, 15:02:56 PMStill no bike 
now he is saying it is something electrical, losing spark, in one of the cylinders. He still doesn't know what is wrong. sigh....... new fuel controler is on though.................more updates to come I'm sure
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 10, 2009, 16:49:17 PMthree weeks is a long time. The last time mine was in the shop I had to have the throttle body replaced. It came all the way from Japan. Then they replaced my power commander unit. I had it back in less than two weeks then. Those new parts didn't help my bike run any better. Just cost me $1302.00, I don't go to that shop no more. Now mine runs worse than crap I too am having withdrawals.
Posted by 1SG CAV
- November 09, 2009, 22:02:18 PMAnneoakley I have the same problem.. I did some checking and I found that the FI2000 makes your bike run richer, it doesn't make it run leaner. I have had the thought that my hyper-charger could be the problem but I can't change back to the old air system. because I didn't put the hyper-charger on. I was hoping you had found a fix when you put your bike in the shop. I haven't taken the plugs out of mine, I don't have the right plug wrench. Mine ran ok at most speeds until I plugged off the reeds to the smog control. Now it dies at all stopsand is hard to keep running at any speed.