1 Bike starting issue/fuel issue Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:35 pm
rxbbie
active member
Hi All,
First of all, thank-you for all the great posts and information on this website, you have made my K100 build a lot easier.
I'm having an issue getting my K100 to start. For the past few months I've had absolutely no issues, the bike would turn over and start first time every time. However, I was out for a ride on Sunday and after about 10 miles the bike started cutting out anytime the revs went below roughly 1k, I couldn't get it to comfortably go above 3-4k without it juddering. When I eventually got the bike home I left it for a while then went out to try start it, no joy. It keeps turning over and every so often lets out a slight grunt as if it's trying but won't go the full way.
My first thought was that the bike was starved of fuel, I had recently removed the tank and thought maybe upon putting the fuel hose back on, I had damaged the lining. I replaced the fuel hose tonight (taking of air filter etc) but still the same issue... is it possible I have let air in to the system or damaged the filter?
On a (hopefully) unrelated note, when I leave the bike for a while on the centre stand there's white smoke when I start it up.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Robbie
First of all, thank-you for all the great posts and information on this website, you have made my K100 build a lot easier.
I'm having an issue getting my K100 to start. For the past few months I've had absolutely no issues, the bike would turn over and start first time every time. However, I was out for a ride on Sunday and after about 10 miles the bike started cutting out anytime the revs went below roughly 1k, I couldn't get it to comfortably go above 3-4k without it juddering. When I eventually got the bike home I left it for a while then went out to try start it, no joy. It keeps turning over and every so often lets out a slight grunt as if it's trying but won't go the full way.
My first thought was that the bike was starved of fuel, I had recently removed the tank and thought maybe upon putting the fuel hose back on, I had damaged the lining. I replaced the fuel hose tonight (taking of air filter etc) but still the same issue... is it possible I have let air in to the system or damaged the filter?
On a (hopefully) unrelated note, when I leave the bike for a while on the centre stand there's white smoke when I start it up.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Robbie