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    Mar 18, 2019 2 minutes

    2001 KAWASAKI ZXR400

     I’m having a problem with my 2001 Kawasaki ZXR400 L9 starting. From cold I set the choke at full and turn it over. It happily turns over, but it must turn the crank about 20-30 times before signs of life and then happily ticks over and runs like a dream (or used to). It does this on fair days and when warm. I initially put this

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