Ignition coil?

[Stephen]

1982 GS1100GK, just back from shop. Had carbs redone, etc.

After 30 miles, the bike started to run funny. Has little power now. Starts fine, idles a little low. But when in gear the bike is slow to get going. Hard to get above 3000 rpm in 5th gear at 40 mph! When you give it gas it simply has little pep. I touch the exhaust pipes, the two outer ones are hot (1&4), but the two inner (2&3) are only warm. The manual says 1&4 are serviced by one coil, and 2&3 by the other. I am wondering if my problem is bad coil. These coils are probably the original. Bike has 21,000
Is my thinking on track?

Stephen

[Anonymous]

I believe that the first test is to see if the coil gets volatge when the ignitin is turned on. Also clean the wires for the 12 volts and the ground wire where they attach to the coil. inspect the conections and see if the wires are clean going to the ignitor-- Do you have a volt ohm meter??

[Stephen]

coils

Yes I have a meter! I will check out today!

[SqDancerLynn1]

Another thing you could do is swap the coils to see if the problem changes to the other pipes. If not i would suspect the carbs have got dirt in them. When the carbs were done Did you clean the tank, add a fuel filter?

[Stephen]

Coils

It wasn't the coils. I have several wires that are fried, brittle, corroded, etc. Will replace as much of the wiring as posible! 2-3 hours work.

[Anonymous]

Re: Coils

It wasn't the coils. I have several wires that are fried, brittle, corroded, etc. Will replace as much of the wiring as posible! 2-3 hours work.

Good show