Hey everyone, I'm brand new here. I picked up a used 2000 ZX50 Super Fever yesterday with 3,000 miles on the clock. It ran great yesterday, and I rode it about 5 or 7 miles with no trouble. When I got home, I derestricted the CDI box, and then rode it for about 5 miles with no trouble (41 mph, an increase of about 10 mph from the day before).
All of the sudden, going about 40 mph, the bike lost power and the engine died. I could not get it to start back up, and the engine struggled to turn over. I figured it was vapor locked. I waited it out, still didn't turn over. I ended up taking out the spark plug and replacing it. There was still so much compression that the engine didn't really turn over with the starter motor, so I started jumping on the kick starter. Eventually, I got it to fire.
However, now the engine runs and revs up fine, but the wheel doesn't move at all. The kick starter doesn't spring back after kicking it, I have to kick it back each time. What is wrong with my tranny? Does anyone know? I am going to open it up tomorrow, but I would appreciate anyone's input on what the probably cause is, and what it might cost to fix.
Thanks in advance!
Ted
