I just bought a 550 Kawasaki and im having trouble getting it to run good. Its hard to start and the battery goes dead before it usually gets going and i have to plug in a new battery. also when it does get running it wont idle and stay going. It has a new battery and spark plugs Please help me with what I need to do to get it running nice and strong
84 Kawasaki 550 problems HELP
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i would rebuild the carb first
sounds like the voltage reg might be bad
i would rebuild the carb first
sounds like the voltage reg might be bad
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