points and condensers

any body having problems with zudco points and condensers? im lucky to get 50 miles before the condensers burn out and the bike run terrible...it is a 79 kz 1000...the points now come from china .also they wont adjust....pure junk

The 1979 should be factory electronic ignition. What is the ohms of your coils, if your using the original coils the ohms might be to low for points. 

Depends which model Mikaw, Z1000a1 to a3 were still running points and condensers.
And yes, hydrolazer the Chinese replacement parts are absolutely useless and not worth buying let alone fitting unless you want to be left stranded by the roadside. 
If it's an unused show pony for authenticity the fit them but if you actually want to use the bike then you'll need to fit an electronic system unless you can find original genuine parts. 

 

I may have a set of OEM points.  Will check later today.  But they should still be available through KHI or Partzilla.

Partzilla shows the points, but not the condenser, still available.

www.partzilla.com/catalog/kawasaki/motor...r-rectifier-77-78-a1

CMS shows both, though the price of shipping may be prohibitive, and they also show some aftermarket alternatives, though I have no idea where those are made or what quality they may be.

www.cmsnl.com/kawasaki-kz1000a1-1977-can...partslist/66397.html

it has stock coils and has points....today im putting the electronic components in....thanks for the help guys

Warren3200gt wrote:

Depends which model Mikaw, Z1000a1 to a3 were still running points and condensers.
And yes, hydrolazer the Chinese replacement parts are absolutely useless and not worth buying let alone fitting unless you want to be left stranded by the roadside. 
If it's an unused show pony for authenticity the fit them but if you actually want to use the bike then you'll need to fit an electronic system unless you can find original genuine parts. 



 

Thank you, I checked the A3 and A3A and they have electronic, oddly the B3 has points. Learn something new everyday. 

i have installed the dyna s...the wiring diagram dont match the wires so i had to call them......they dont me how it goes but then all the bike will do backfire like a cannon...come to find out they told me the way i was told made the bike 180 out....i went back and rewired and went thru all the set up statically and it was spot on on 1-4 and 2-3...now the bike still backfires like a cannon....any ideas guys?

Take a step back, no rush, you need to pull all the plugs (makes it easier to manually turn the engine over). Put a 17mm wrench on the nut on the points end of the crankshaft. Cover the #1 plug hole with your thumb and turn the engine over till you feel pressure trying to push your thumb off the plug hole. Now your on the compression stroke, but before top dead center. Slowly continue to turn the engine till the line cast in the inner points cover align with “T” on the advancer. Now you know your top dead center on the compression stroke. Molded into the black rotor of the DynaTek ignition is a very small magnetic. It needs to be pointed toward the rear crescent shaped pickup. That pickup is 1-4 trigger, the wire from the DynaTek that has the black sleeve over it needs to go ti the coil mounted on the left of the frame that is connected to plugs 1-4. Confirm this and report back.

problem fixed,,,,bike runs now....when i unplugged the wires(not payingt attention to what i was doing as usual) i plugged the wires back up as they were before(senior moment????) so the bike was still 180 out.....thanks for the help guys!