82 gs1100 help

[Pfellers]

HELLO

New member here and also this is my first bike
I have an 82 gs1100 from a guy for a non working car and the bike ran fine for a while. well the other day i was coming back from walmart and i started to lose power like it was hasping for gas/air got home then it started to run fine well i went to leave somewhere that night and i noticed that it started popping from the right exhaust then it just died and wouldnt start unless i jumped it well i did a carb clean and noticed that it didnt have the rubber plugs on the pilot jets, and not its leaking oil on the top left of the engine right buy the round section also i noticed that there is a rubber hose on top of the engine that goes to nothing( should it go to something) any info will help as of right now i wanna rebuild the top section

[Pfellers]

also forgot to mention that it idles sluggishly and dies without choke

[koolaid_kid]

not sure which model gs1100 you have i had the gs1100e 1983 model and it did not have any rubber plugs so i did not put any in so i guess if they are not there then probably you do not need them but i am only guessing because i am not sure on your carburetors perhaps someone else might have more information but i rebuilt two sets of gs1100e carbs and neither set had any rubber plugs in them so i did not install any in them and they ran just fine so perhaps there is some other issue with your carbs good luck

[Pfellers]

gs1100E is the model

[koolaid_kid]

then you should be ok on the lack of rubber plugs because neither set i worked on had them either and the rubbers at the end of the cam covers are leaking you can use rtv on them or replace them they are not that expensive the rubber hose is the valve cover vent hose it should be routed over the carbs and down by the swing arm pivot so it would drain on the ground in case it leaked instead of on the bike

[Pfellers]

Thanks ill do that when i start to rebuild the top end

[tkent02]

Wwshweeewwwwww........

[rapidray]

then you should be ok on the lack of rubber plugs because neither set i worked on had them either and the rubbers at the end of the cam covers are leaking you can use rtv on them or replace them they are not that expensive the rubber hose is the valve cover vent hose it should be routed over the carbs and down by the swing arm pivot so it would drain on the ground in case it leaked instead of on the bike

Punctuation can be OUR friend, as well as yours. Ray.

[koolaid_kid]

Punctuation can be OUR friend, as well as yours. Ray.

I considered that, ray. Then I realized if that is the only way he knows how to write, then possibly that is the only way he knows how to read. So I obliged. It was interesting, to say the least.

[Pfellers]

I considered that, ray. Then I realized if that is the only way he knows how to write, then possibly that is the only way he knows how to read. So I obliged. It was interesting, to say the least.

well if you look at mine i do have punctuation not just one super long never ending sentence, and how do you know that's the only way i know how to write this is my only thread and i only have one paragraph so don't be a dick please

[BassCliff]

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[mrbill5491]

well if you look at mine i do have punctuation not just one super long never ending sentence, and how do you know that's the only way i know how to write this is my only thread and i only have one paragraph so don't be a dick please

Omg, tells self, no, don't say anything. Sorry, I gotta...nope not gonna.

[rapidray]

well if you look at mine i do have punctuation not just one super long never ending sentence, and how do you know that's the only way i know how to write this is my only thread and i only have one paragraph so don't be a dick please

ONE period in an entire paragraph is punctuation to you? Then you tell someone not to be a dick?! Do you think that is the best way to get help around here?
Ray.

[Pfellers]

ONE period in an entire paragraph is punctuation to you? Then you tell someone not to be a dick?! Do you think that is the best way to get help around here?
Ray.

Oh I'm sorry I guess I misunderstood this forum. I thought I could come here to get info on my motorcycle, not my grammar. Yes I said don't be a dick because he's being a dick. Of course I'm gonna stand up for myself when someone makes fun of me. Who cares if my grammar is bad this isn't a grammar forum. you don't know me and you sure as hell haven't been what I've been through. Not all of us have the luxury of actually staying in school. So if your just gonna criticize my grammar then you can F off and I'll get my info elsewhere.

[mrbill5491]

Oh I'm sorry I guess I misunderstood this forum. I thought I could come here to get info on my motorcycle, not my grammar. Yes I said don't be a dick because he's being a dick. Of course I'm gonna stand up for myself when someone makes fun of me. Who cares if my grammar is bad this isn't a grammar forum. you don't know me and you sure as hell haven't been what I've been through. Not all of us have the luxury of actually staying in school. So if your just gonna criticize my grammar then you can F off and I'll get my info elsewhere.

Hmmm, well you don't know us or what we have been through either in our lives. Grow up...or go somewhere else. There I broke my rule.