100 GS dies, then backfires and will run then.. - Page 2

camgregus · 11-04-2009, 05:33 AM

float needles are almost new and flow great. Battery is tight. Plugs look good. I checked all that almost immediately.

Cigars&Scotch · 11-04-2009, 07:49 AM

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camgregus · 11-04-2009, 06:55 PM

that sounds good.

Mugwest · 11-04-2009, 07:07 PM

check/ clean 'em. Idles and mains, both sides. Some carb circuit is getting loaded/starved. Double check the float height while at it. Both sides

camgregus · 11-05-2009, 05:08 AM

ok, but it started all this when it ran and idled really well.....

Wirespokes · 11-05-2009, 06:09 AM

That doesn't sound like fuel to me at all. More like Hall sensor (bean can) issues. Fuel problems aren't intermittent - unless it's something like water in the gas that eventually runs through the system.

camgregus · 11-05-2009, 06:24 AM

ok, so maybe I am the next to do the points thing......

Wirespokes · 11-05-2009, 10:46 AM

Make sure the float isn't hanging up first. I've seen the float needle dig a divot in the brass tang on the float and cause problems. Can't remember if it hung up high or low, though.

For such simple systems, trouble shooting can be a real bitch sometimes. Even with the simpler points systems, it can get complicated. I've heard it said that 90% of carburation problems are electrical. Don't know if that's true or not, but it sure can be tough figuring out which it is sometimes.

camgregus · 11-05-2009, 11:36 AM

started for a sec then died, then backfired at lunch.

Check plugs, coil and can next.

camgregus · 11-05-2009, 03:40 PM

plugs are wet. Next to check coil.

bpeckm · 11-05-2009, 04:44 PM

Easy enough to check plugs, I do it all the time... pull them, put the ht wire on them, lay them on the block sorta wedged in firmly, and crank over: look for spark, both sides. This is a gross test, but if the hallsensor has gone south, there will not be sparklers....

You may have a bad coil, bad plug, or both. Try a new set of plugs if ya got em.....

camgregus · 11-05-2009, 10:00 PM

the harley coil on ebay is paid for. If mine is good I now have a spare.

11-04-2009, 05:33 AM	#16
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	float needles are almost new and flow great. Battery is tight. Plugs look good. I checked all that almost immediately. __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-04-2009, 06:55 PM	#18
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	that sounds good. __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-04-2009, 07:07 PM	#19
Mugwest 4Friend4 Joined: Oct 2005 Location: guff coast Oddometer: 3,297	check/ clean 'em. Idles and mains, both sides. Some carb circuit is getting loaded/starved. Double check the float height while at it. Both sides __________________ _____________________________

11-05-2009, 05:08 AM	#20
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	ok, but it started all this when it ran and idled really well..... __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-05-2009, 06:09 AM	#21
Wirespokes Beemerholics Anonymous Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Scenic Jackson's Bottom, Oregon USA Oddometer: 4,280	That doesn't sound like fuel to me at all. More like Hall sensor (bean can) issues. Fuel problems aren't intermittent - unless it's something like water in the gas that eventually runs through the system. __________________ When I was younger I spent my money on motorcycles and women. The rest I just wasted. BMW gauge repairs

11-05-2009, 06:24 AM	#22
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	ok, so maybe I am the next to do the points thing...... __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-05-2009, 10:46 AM	#23
Wirespokes Beemerholics Anonymous Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Scenic Jackson's Bottom, Oregon USA Oddometer: 4,280	Make sure the float isn't hanging up first. I've seen the float needle dig a divot in the brass tang on the float and cause problems. Can't remember if it hung up high or low, though. For such simple systems, trouble shooting can be a real bitch sometimes. Even with the simpler points systems, it can get complicated. I've heard it said that 90% of carburation problems are electrical. Don't know if that's true or not, but it sure can be tough figuring out which it is sometimes. __________________ When I was younger I spent my money on motorcycles and women. The rest I just wasted. BMW gauge repairs

11-05-2009, 11:36 AM	#24
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	started for a sec then died, then backfired at lunch. Check plugs, coil and can next. __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-05-2009, 03:40 PM	#25
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	plugs are wet. Next to check coil. __________________ got to get it on the good foot

11-05-2009, 04:44 PM	#26
bpeckm Grin! Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Flat, salty part of Florida Oddometer: 2,593	Easy enough to check plugs, I do it all the time... pull them, put the ht wire on them, lay them on the block sorta wedged in firmly, and crank over: look for spark, both sides. This is a gross test, but if the hallsensor has gone south, there will not be sparklers.... You may have a bad coil, bad plug, or both. Try a new set of plugs if ya got em..... __________________ Ride it, don't hide it.....vech 1966 R50/2 gone but not forgotten 1975 R60/6 gettin caffeinated 1981 R100 monocafe project Vero Beach FL

11-05-2009, 10:00 PM	#27
camgregus riding gently now Joined: Feb 2006 Location: on the banks of the mighty mississippi, Helltown Oddometer: 2,123	the harley coil on ebay is paid for. If mine is good I now have a spare. __________________ got to get it on the good foot

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