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Hi, I have bought a kawasaki kh125 1977 that's been sitting in a barn for 5 years. I bought a new battery, charged it, cleaned out carburetor, put new fuel in, checked oil etc. tried to start it no spark from plug. Took the flywheel off today cleaned the contact points now get spark... tried to start, bike starts immediately but straight away even in neutral revs go through the roof... checked the contact breaker assembly seems clean but it slightly bent/mishaped a little. Tried altering the gap but no difference, throttle is fine does not stick or anything, don't think prob is there...is the super high revving in neutral all caused buy the points? Would a new breaker assembly solve this? Any help much appreciated.. Matt
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a lawn mower battery is only good for a couple years when keeping it charged and testing voltage doesn't tell you what is has for amps is the volt meter read more than the off voltage while running then it works they only have a 4-7 amp charging system
You need to take the carburetors apart and clean the thorough, put a new fuel filter, fresh fuel, full charge the battery and use a new spark plug. Most likely it will start.What model is this 2001 Kawasaki 250 exactly?
i know this sounds silly ,but when you bought the battery had it been activated,new batterys are critical in their first charge and you cannot use a standare type automotve charger,if bought dry the battery needs to have the acid filled ,left to sit for at least 2 hours prior to charging,once it has sat for the 2 hrs with the acid in,the new battery will need to be charged with a "cteck"or similar type charger for at least 13 hrs before it can be put into normal service,what happened with yours i think is that sure you gave it a charge but it has only recieved a "surface charge"and will be usable for a very short time,it may recover for a brief period and go again untill the surface charge dissipates,(or in other words ..runs out of charge)best thing you can do with the battery is take it to a auto electrician and have the battery cycled and conditioned,this is not expensive to do and will give you piece of mind,after conditioning the battery shouldngive excellent service,i have the battery in my goldwing coditioned about every 12 months and i have the same battery that was in the bike when i bought the bike 8 years ago and still no electrical or battery problems(costs about $25 to get it done)once a year but that beats $280 for a new one...hope this helps
Have you cleaned the carbs out? This is the #1 problem with bikes not starting after they sit for a while. Check your plugs as well as they may need changing too.
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