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Old 07-20-2009, 10:07 PM
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It runs great until it warms up and it shuts down no power anywhere. wait 5 mins and everything comes back on.
 
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Old 07-21-2009, 12:51 AM
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Welcome to KF
Have you checked out your manual first?
Your manual will give you requirements on coils for example. How are the plug wires as another example?
 
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Old 07-22-2009, 12:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragone#19
Welcome to KF
Have you checked out your manual first?
Your manual will give you requirements on coils for example. How are the plug wires as another example?
Yup, thats where I'd look too.
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 01:11 AM
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But would that make the the lights shut off, It will run until its warm for about 10 min....then everything shuts off.....lights everything.....wait for 10 min and runs like a new one
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 10:22 AM
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Clean the battery terminals. Is there an ignition relay?

Rob
 
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Old 07-27-2009, 03:23 PM
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I'm thinking William^ is onto something. Sounds like a resistor getting hot to me. Make sure your ground is clean. There's something your in your electrical connections not right.
 
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Old 07-28-2009, 02:11 AM
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Yuppers, always go back to basics
 
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Old 08-25-2009, 05:21 PM
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I cleaned the fuse panel.....And it runs good ! What type of oil should i use. Its got 20,000 miles on it, and how often should i change the oil ??

Thanks for the advice
 
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Old 08-25-2009, 11:26 PM
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As for oil, that always starts major problems when discussed. I use motorcycle specific oil on all mine. I have in the past used Castrol GTX with no problems, but prefer to go a little more manufacturer specific. In motorcycle I use Valvoline motorcycle oil from Checker Auto parts for my girlfriends Rebel and Mobil 1 synthetic moto oil for the ZRX and ZX11.
 
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