rev box sticking?

[sales8807]

My z was cutting out second gear and when it was hot or wet it would cut out in any gear. sounded like the limiter was hit at a low rpm. took it to my local shop and they said the z's have a history of the rev limiters sticking? said they could take it off and it wouldnt hurt anything besides reverse going crazy fast..are they lying to me? or is that a fact?

[kawi_rider_97]

they dont know what their talkin bout, if you remove the cdi the bike will run like crap or possibly not at all, if i were you i just buy an after market cdi anyway there twice as good.

[sales8807]

well the guy that told me this had done it before on his 500cc 400ex. lol. but i was planning on getting a dyna anyways, but i need something to ride til I get 200 dollars for one. surely it doesnt run too bad without it.

[01z400]

Never tried to run one with out the CDI but as said above. I doubt it will run. The box adjusts ur timing and other things.

[sales8807]

well the way he explained it, sounded as if they were 2 different things, the cdi box and the rev limiter, said he wsa going to remove the rev limiter. but what do i Know

[kawi_rider_97]

when my cdi quit working, it ran, but no very well, it cut out and barley ran, the cdi isnt just a rev limiter its your ignniton timing without it it dosent know when to spark.

[sales8807]

sounds about like what mine was doing, when in reverse, I could barely let the clutch out before the limiter would kick in.

[kawi_rider_97]

your right, they do have a very low rev limiter in rev. im not sure why. probally saftey issues.

[quad97]

I would make sure you don't have a jet plugged before you decide it is the cdi. that would make it run lean and act as you described. The cdi runs your ignition and I doubt if it would even run without it.

[sales8807]

the reverse switch was grounding out in the tranny.. causing it to cut out..
not the CDI :) 75 dollars in labor later lol