Hi, I am a recent proud owner of a 1991 Kawasaki EX-500. I have currently put 430 miles on it. everything checked out at first until the battery suddenly died. no big deal I thought and bought a new one about 100 or so miles later the battery dies again so I pop the cover off and check the stator and flywheel and lo end behold the flywheel magnets had come off. I bit the bullet and bought a new flywheel stator and pickups for good measure. I could have just called it at that but I couldn't help but be suspicious about everything my bike was doing. I ended up discovering that periodically there would be an eery clunk noise that it would make when I started the engine and I could kind of feel it kick back as it did so. the bike starts with no problem however I would not feel comfortable going on any extensive trip knowing of the issue.
sorry if I wrote too much just felt like I should provide some backstory
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sorry if I wrote too much just felt like I should provide some backstory