2005 Kawasaki brute force 750 problems

I bought a new 2005 Kawasaki Brute Force 750 4X4i and it has been
trouble ever since I got it. It misses at low speed (8-15) Km/hr,
exhaust pipes get red hot back to muffler and won't idle when pipes
get that hot. Wondering if anybody has similar problems with this
machine.

 

I don't remember a Brute Force Kawi so I can assume it is a first run
model year and is under warranty. Sounds very lean

 

And Kawasaki America will tell you their official policy is to just keep
fixing it until it's fixed. No replacements, unless your state has a Lemon
Law, it applies to the vehicle you bought, and a ruling is made in your
favor.
Perhaps they just think their stuff is so good it should only require
minor stuff.

 

You can thank Uncle Sam and Harley from the Reagen era. Kawasaki has the
plant in the US and the government panned them for importing the
engines. So I'll bete now Kawi has to count every engine they bring in
and replacements would count against what could be built in the US.
That's probably why Muzzy's crate ZX12 motors say "For kit car use" and
not for road bike use. Make sure that the shop takes everything apart
include the rods, piston pins, clutch, bearings. My ZX10 in 89 had sand
in the oil passage ways and I was finding scored bearings after 3
rebuilds. That rebuild policy only cares about getting you passed
warranty.

 

I bought a Brute force in October. the 2nd time i rode it, i stalled
hitting speeds up to 50mph. once it stalled it would take me a 10-15
minutes to get it on again. told the dealership and they kept blowing
me off with having bad gas or something. the following time i rode it,
Every so often the atv would just stall as if their isnt any gas left
at any speed, prior to this happening when i would push the throttle it
would just pop as if their was no gas, so i would just let it idle..
after a few minutes it would stall. once it stalled it would take me
about 10-15min to get it started again. I brought it to the dealership
and they thought i had a weak battery, bad gas, fouled spark plugs, so
they replaced all this. When i picked it up. IT WOULDNT START. right
in front of them. So they finally believe that it is a much more
complicated problem. the dealer said they were calling kawasaki but
havent called me yet.
the wierd part is what i did each time to get it started. Took the
seat off, gas cap off, and air filter cap. then cranked it over a few
times and it started......SO IF ANYONE COULD GIVE ME INFO I WOULD
APPRECIATE IT!!!

 

Also when you pull the fuel cap off is there a "WHOOSH"
of air rushing into the fuel tank? If so then check the fuel
cap and see if it is vented. If not there should be a fuel
tank vent line...make sure it is neither kinked NOR plugged.
Also if it has a check valve in the vent line that could be
installed backwards, thus cutting off the flow of air to the
tank. I've seen this happen on my GL1000 when the fuel cap
vent isn't working as well as it should.

 

Yes, each time i remove the fuel cap their is a rush of air
escaping....I'll bring your points to the dealer..

 

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Sounds like the fuel tank isn't venting properly.

 

Every thing you discribe sounds like vacume in the tank.
This is a clasic problem with Honda VTR1000F. With full tank the air went
doesn't work and the the engine stalls. With that little air there is not
even a woosh, so don't expect it.

/MBE

 

My ATV again stalled on me 2 miles from headquarters....this was
interesting...i could not start for an hour and a half. I had to get
towed back....after trying to start it again....i still got
nothing........then i put more gas in, and THEN IT STARTED.....i had
two bars left of gas though when i stalled on me......I'm not too
knowledgeable in mechanics,,,,what do u think the problem is???

 

Did you let some air into the tank when it first died?

 

well after trying to start it a few times i opened the gas tank......it
happened to me again this weekend...so when i filled it up with
gas.....the atv told me that i had nothing in the tank, meanwhile, i
just filled it 15min ago....So something is wrong where it thinks
theirs no gas or something..........

 

Is this thing still under warranty? If so, call 949-460-5688. This is the
Kawasaki Customer Care hot line. They can work with you to get results, not
bullshit excuses. Call them enough and they'll do damn near anything to fix
your ride so they don't have to hear you bitch any more. Worked for me.


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Later,

Charlie

2004 Concours