The Zephyr Zone

Well before I found a manual, I asked a ( dealer ) for new plugs and that is what they sold me. It is just to far away for me to return them ans was just wondering . Thanks

Hello from NJ. My question is can a resistor plug be used in a 91 550 ?

Well I looks like your making great progress. I have come to the end of my mechanical repairs as of tonight. Cold start and idle issues were solved. But it took the weekend to resolve, taking the carbs out twice on Sunday. a tip I would like to share is that to remove and installin the carbs very ea...

I am going thru the same headaches with my barn find. Sitting for 9 years or so. Hoping it fires up today and has a great idle. Been an ongoing on and off project since the middle of last year.
Gene from Jersey USA

We at the AVA forum , have it set up that you can register onto the forum with a screen name , access all posts, and reply to all posts for free. However we have a members only permission based on a users screen name. With certain member only fields shown in the board index, that are used to chat ab...

same here in the USA ,, Sunshine and in the 70's, took the 1200 kawasaki out for about the same mileage. I needed a break from my 550 rebuild.
Gene from Jersey

It is not written on concrete. Factory settings are about 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 turns out, but they are not set for best mix, instead just enough to pass emissions. At the end you are the one who will decide when it feels right for you. ......yes, start from 1 1/2 Thank you. I am going to try that, as the...

Indeed it has been awfully silent for a long while here although I do see some recent posts now. I don't know if a forum is still the best way to communicate with it's members, it seems a Web portal is not used often these days. I used to run a Moped forum and there we did see the same issue with l...

I don't like to have to agree but yes you're right, I come on here to have a look to see if anything has been posted and I guess I am partly to blame as for many others as for not posting. But we all know what has killed this forum and that's Facebook and the many groups that have appeared ! Hello ...

Hello gents, picked up a, 1991 550 zephyr , that had been sitting for 9 years. 16,000 miles on the odometer. Lots of work was needed as it had been a very hard ridden and a low maintenance bike... I am down to the last of the main repairs and would like some advice on initial setting. The carbs. wer...