tmetcalfe09

Not firing at all now. 4 cylinders, to 2, to 1, to none!! So confused.

If it was the carbs, what would I be checking? I had the tops off and they are clean and dust free. Look fine!

So i didn't have a spark on the plugs that lead from coil 2/3, however when I swapped the wires from the (working) 1/4 coil to the (not working) 2/3 coil, I got a spark.

It's a 1989 model. still cannot work out what' wrong with it. As i said it's now only running on one cylinder. I've tested the pickups with a multimeter and got 0.54ohm on both.

and that let only out of three cylinders fire?

I don't think there's suppose to be continuity from the pickup to the terminal is there? I've just watched a couple of youtube videos and have instead used the multimeter against two of the terminals inside the junction box and got a reading of 0.54 ohms for both. Does this then mean the pickups are fine?

thebiglad, I figured once I'd swapped the wires from the working 1/4 coil into the 2/3 coil, and got a spark, that would mean there is nothing wrong with the coil?..

Ok, so the bike is only running on one cylinder now. I have taken the casing off on the RIGHT hand side where the timing pickups are. Using a multimeter I scratched the surface of the pickup, then placed the other end against the 4 terminals inside the junction box which is located under gt550 fairing. I got no continuity off any of the wires that lead from the terminals to the pickups. I then punctured the wire that runs in to the pickups, and got continuity off all four wires. Am I doing something wrong? Or does this then mean I've solved it and my pickups are shot? Thank you, Tim

I'm really not a mechanic so please go easy on me! I own a kawasaki gt550 and the other day as I was riding home, the bike all of the sudden started to run on only two cylinders. The coils on my bike run to cylinders 1/4 and 2/3, It is cylinders 2/3 that stopped firing. I wasn't getting a spark from either plugs 2/3, but when i swapped the wiring of the coils over, I got a spark, so there's no problem with the coils. I then tested the wires that lead from the cdi unit to the coils, and all wires are fine. Therefore I figured the only thing it could be is the cdi unit. I ordered a new one and plugged it in and it started, all exhaust pipes got hot and I sighed with relief! During the time it took me to attach the cdi unit to the bike, it has returned to only firing on 2 cylinders again!!!!!!! If there is any advice you can give me, if someone has experienced something like this before? I would really appreciate it!! Thank you, Tim