1 K100 with Issues Fri Jul 23, 2021 3:33 am
BadgerinNC
active member
I have a 1987 K100 that I bought a couple years ago and up until now it has been trouble free.
I was out riding with some buddies a couple weeks ago and all was fine until the low fuel light came on. Which may or may not mean anything. Soon after the bike started missing and eventually died on me. It sat a few minutes and then started and I made it a quarter mile before it died again. Same thing again.
Luckily where it last died there was a guy out doing lawn work and he offered to trailer the bike home for me.
So it sat in the shop overnight and the next day it started right away. Ran for about 15 seconds and when it died the starter kicked in all by itself. Odd, eh?
So with work and whatnot I haven't had time to mess with it, but tonight when I got home I pulled the tank off to start cleaning electrical connections and grounds. And I discovered that sometime in the past someone decided that the fuel system didn't need a fuel filter.
So I'm sure I have some electrical gremlins and perhaps also clogged injectors from not having a fuel filter?
I am a newbie so if anyone can point me to the best place to start I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
Dave
I was out riding with some buddies a couple weeks ago and all was fine until the low fuel light came on. Which may or may not mean anything. Soon after the bike started missing and eventually died on me. It sat a few minutes and then started and I made it a quarter mile before it died again. Same thing again.
Luckily where it last died there was a guy out doing lawn work and he offered to trailer the bike home for me.
So it sat in the shop overnight and the next day it started right away. Ran for about 15 seconds and when it died the starter kicked in all by itself. Odd, eh?
So with work and whatnot I haven't had time to mess with it, but tonight when I got home I pulled the tank off to start cleaning electrical connections and grounds. And I discovered that sometime in the past someone decided that the fuel system didn't need a fuel filter.
So I'm sure I have some electrical gremlins and perhaps also clogged injectors from not having a fuel filter?
I am a newbie so if anyone can point me to the best place to start I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance!
Dave