1983 GS 750 died at speed

[kmpask]

Hi all,

Just bought an 83 750e and was attempting to ride it from Oregon to Arkansas. 800 miles into trip I was doing about 80 and the bike just started chugging and the tach went to 0 but I was able to limp it to an exit by holding the throttle wide open and chugging along at 15 mph. When picking the bike up, the seller said he put a new battery in. It ran fine first day, but 2nd day it wouldn't fire up and I needed to bump start it. 3rd day was the highway incident. I'm stranded in Cali burning vacation time so am looking for any help to get it on the road, or to give a clue to the next owner....lol

Thanks in advance!

Kevin

[BassCliff]

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Hi Mr. kmpask,

Check your charging system via The Stator Papers. It's possible that your carbs have swallowed some rust from your fuel tank. The Carb Cleanup Series is the usual remedy. But we don't really have enough information. You'll have to do some more troubleshooting. There are lots of tips on my little website. Where are you? Let me share some GS lovin'.

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[kmpask]

Thanks much!

I appreciate the tips! I'm stranded near Bakersfield CA with my job in Little Rock needing me on Tuesday, so I may be donating the bike to someone lucky enough to have some pocket change...lol The local Suzuki shop will look at it in the AM but I'm not sure about trying to ride it to Little Rock even if they throw a new battery in for a temp fix....

[koolaid_kid]

The first thing I would do is put a voltmeter on it. If you are below 12V on the battery, run through the stator papers. You'll need to get a cheap battery charger and charge the battery also. Both these iterms can be purchased at WalMart for not a lot of money.
If the voltage is O.K., then take a look at your fuel system. Pull off the fuel line at the petcock, move the petcock to PRI position, and verify that fuel flows well. Catch the fuel in a coke can or something similar.
Third, pull a plug and take a reading. Is the plug wet? Black? White?
Take a look at your air filter. Is it clean? Is it there?
That should give you a start. Best of luck.

[Clone]

I have that bike, the orginal and a lot of the replacement r/r for this bike will just burn up, look at the back of the r/r it will most likely be a bunch of burned blastic, now you can maybe put on a replacement to get home without replacing th stator, maybe.
replace the stator once you get home.
take a look in the tank, down on the left side ou can see the filter stack if it is anything but white, you need to pull thepetcock and clean it. The screen is quite small, and if you can clean out the tank, you maybe can limp home. Once home you will need to clean the screens above the float valves in the carbs.