1 BMW K100 only idles well on side stand! Mon 15 Feb 2021 - 21:14
wilbo
Silver member
My K100 has been superb for 12months apart from a new weird idle issue. I start the bike from cold, use fast idle and off I go no issues, bike pulls strongly, overtakes well and is returning about 50mpg uk. once I slow down to a stop though the idle settles down to just over 1k and then slowly drops below like its being starved of fuel but if I twist throttle it picks up fine. I noticed when it goes like this it also sometimes misses but the weirdest thing is if I kick my side stand out, get off the bike leaving it on it then the idle increases to normal and it runs without any issues!!
unfortunately I cant ride around at a 75Degree angle so I need to fix it Ha Ha. Anyone else experienced this? Give me a starter for ten? Thanks in advance
unfortunately I cant ride around at a 75Degree angle so I need to fix it Ha Ha. Anyone else experienced this? Give me a starter for ten? Thanks in advance
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Current Stable
1983 BMW K100
1996 BMW R100RT
2009 Honda CBF1000
2003 Aprilia RS250
1996 Kawasaki GPZ500s
1955 James Colonel 225cc