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Well boys and girls here's another lovely thread about how my bike wont start. Lets get straight to business.
Its a 1981 Gs750E 18,000 miles.
I've owned it since march, and i bought it from griffin here on the forum.
Since i got it home its had trouble with the blinkers not blinking properly, at first it was the left front, while the rest of the blinkers worked, then it was the right front while the rest worked, now only the back blinkers turn on, but its steady, not blinking. The low and high-beams work properly, as do the rest of the gauges, with the exception that the speedometer likes to bounce lightly. I let it sit for about two months, while we got proper license plates. I tried to start it two weeks ago, only to discover that the battery needed charging. So i charged it and it eventually fired up. I kept it on charge when i wasn't riding it, and it started up fine as long as i did that. I've noticed that when the bike is warming up it does little backfires, which i would assume is normal for an aircooled motor since they run a little rich usually. Today the bike wont start at all, there was a second there where it fired up but it immediately died. There is fresh gas. I checked the spark plugs and they look good. I tried getting spark out of one of the plugs, and i didnt get anything. the fuel lines are clear, the engine is un-modded, leaks a little bit of oil out of the timing chain adjuster and a little from the valve cover. I pulled the gas tank off and noticed that one of the coil packs (the left hand side one) was black and didnt fit quite right, so i would guess that is a coil pack from a honda or something, and the one of the right side is a cream color and looks like dinosaurs made it (which i would guess is an oem one). The spark plug that i tried to get spark from was the very last one on the right hand side of the bike. I need to get a voltmeter and start testing everything before i start replacing everything. Anyone have any suggestions of where to go from this point?
-ryan
Its a 1981 Gs750E 18,000 miles.
I've owned it since march, and i bought it from griffin here on the forum.
Since i got it home its had trouble with the blinkers not blinking properly, at first it was the left front, while the rest of the blinkers worked, then it was the right front while the rest worked, now only the back blinkers turn on, but its steady, not blinking. The low and high-beams work properly, as do the rest of the gauges, with the exception that the speedometer likes to bounce lightly. I let it sit for about two months, while we got proper license plates. I tried to start it two weeks ago, only to discover that the battery needed charging. So i charged it and it eventually fired up. I kept it on charge when i wasn't riding it, and it started up fine as long as i did that. I've noticed that when the bike is warming up it does little backfires, which i would assume is normal for an aircooled motor since they run a little rich usually. Today the bike wont start at all, there was a second there where it fired up but it immediately died. There is fresh gas. I checked the spark plugs and they look good. I tried getting spark out of one of the plugs, and i didnt get anything. the fuel lines are clear, the engine is un-modded, leaks a little bit of oil out of the timing chain adjuster and a little from the valve cover. I pulled the gas tank off and noticed that one of the coil packs (the left hand side one) was black and didnt fit quite right, so i would guess that is a coil pack from a honda or something, and the one of the right side is a cream color and looks like dinosaurs made it (which i would guess is an oem one). The spark plug that i tried to get spark from was the very last one on the right hand side of the bike. I need to get a voltmeter and start testing everything before i start replacing everything. Anyone have any suggestions of where to go from this point?
-ryan
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