1 WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED????? Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:40 pm
Puccini
Silver member
Gentlemen,
I'm really puzzled and troubled.
About 2 months ago my 85 K100RT (21,000 mi.)
Totally shut down as I was rolling to a stop on a highway.
No lights, No engine, No NOTHING.
I tried to jiggle the stop switch and the ignition switch and a few other things.
No help.
In about 2 minutes it popped back on and ran perfectly for another month till I garaged it
for a winter layup.
I put a battery minder on it to keep the battery topped up.
This morning I took it out as the weather was very warm.
Put on the "choke" hit the start switch and it started running as usual for warmup mode.
Then, all of a sudden, same thing. DEAD.
After 2 minutes it popped back on. Same way as before.
I understand the ignition swich was replaced about a year or two ago.
With much trepidation I went for a ride at low and high speed for an hour or so, 35 miles + and it ran perfectly.
Whats going on here.
I'm starting to distrust this bike.
Gerry
Near Philadelphia, PA (USA)
I'm really puzzled and troubled.
About 2 months ago my 85 K100RT (21,000 mi.)
Totally shut down as I was rolling to a stop on a highway.
No lights, No engine, No NOTHING.
I tried to jiggle the stop switch and the ignition switch and a few other things.
No help.
In about 2 minutes it popped back on and ran perfectly for another month till I garaged it
for a winter layup.
I put a battery minder on it to keep the battery topped up.
This morning I took it out as the weather was very warm.
Put on the "choke" hit the start switch and it started running as usual for warmup mode.
Then, all of a sudden, same thing. DEAD.
After 2 minutes it popped back on. Same way as before.
I understand the ignition swich was replaced about a year or two ago.
With much trepidation I went for a ride at low and high speed for an hour or so, 35 miles + and it ran perfectly.
Whats going on here.
I'm starting to distrust this bike.
Gerry
Near Philadelphia, PA (USA)